Abstract:
The method described provides for the formation of an implantation mask of polycrystalline silicon comprising strips (14) for constituting the gate electrodes of the MOS transistors and portions (16) defining openings (17) for the formation of resistors, low-dose ionic implantation (18) through the implantation mask to form pairs of regions (19, 20) at the sides of the gate strips (14) and resistive regions (21) through the openings, the formation of an insulating layer (30) on the entire structure thus produced, and anisotropic etching of the insulating layer (30) so as to uncover the areas of the substrate not covered by the polycrystalline silicon mask but leaving a residue (22) of insulating material along the edges of the gate strips (14). To compensate for the removal of a surface layer from the resistive regions due to the anisotropic etching, a second low-dose implantation is carried out without masking of the substrate, with a dose and an energy such as to produce a predetermined resistivity for the resistive regions (21) without altering the resistivities of the source and drain regions of the MOS transistors.
Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a plurality of floating gate regions lying parallel on a semiconductor substrate (10), and of inhibiting the formation of residue materiallaterally contiguous to each floating gate region, comprises the following steps: growing a thin oxide layer (13) over the semiconductor substrate (10); depositing a first layer (14) of polysilicon to fully cover the first thin oxide layer; growing and/or depositing an intermediate dielectric layer (15) over the first layer (14) of polysilicon; depositing a second layer (16) of polysilicon to fully cover the intermediate dielectric layer (15). This method further comprises the steps of depositing a final dielectric layer (17) to cover the previously deposited and/or grown layers (13,14,15,16); depositing a layer of resist onto the final dielectric layer, followed by a photolithographing step to define a planar geometry bounding the floating gate regions; and carrying out a first etching to only transfer this planar geometry onto the final dielectric layer (17), thereby producing a mask for a late second etching of the self-aligned type; thoroughly removing the layer of resist; carrying out a second self-aligned etching to spatially define the floating gate regions with a vertical profile.