Abstract:
Various circuit devices (14, 16 and 18) incorporating junction-traversing dislocation regions (60, 64 or 66) and methods of making the same are provided. In one aspect, a method of processing is provided that includes forming an impurity region (42) in a device region (20) of a semiconductor-on-insulator substrate (12). The impurity region (42) defines a junction (56). A dislocation region (64) is formed in the device region (20) that traverses the junction, (56). The dislocation region (64) provides a pathway to neutralize charge lingering in a floating body of a device.
Abstract:
Semiconductor devices with improved transistor performance are fabricated by forming a composite oxide/nitride liner (24,25) under a gate electrode sidewall spacer (40). Embodiements include depositing a conformal oxide layer (24) by decoupled plasma deposition, depositing a conformal nitride layer (25) by decoupled plasma deposition, depositing a spacer layer (30) and then etching.
Abstract:
Semiconductor devices with improved transistor performance are fabricated by forming a composite oxide/nitride liner (24,25) under a gate electrode sidewall spacer (40). Embodiements include depositing a conformal oxide layer (24) by decoupled plasma deposition, depositing a conformal nitride layer (25) by decoupled plasma deposition, depositing a spacer layer (30) and then etching.
Abstract:
A method is provided, the method including forming a gate dielectric layer (510) above a substrate layer ((505), forming a gate conductor layer (515) above the gate dielectric layer (510), forming a first hard mask layer (540). The method also includes forming a trimmed photoresist mark (570) above the second hard mask layer (550), and forming a patterned hard mask (650) in the second hard mask layer (550) using the trimmed photoresist mask (570) to remove portions (655) of the second hard mask layer (550), the patterned hard mask (650) having a first dimension (δtrim). The method further includes forming a selectively etched hard mask (740) in the first hard mask layer (540) by removing portions (745) of the first hard mask layer (540) adjacent the patterned hard mask (650), the selectively etched hard mask (740) having a second dimension (Δ) less than the first dimension (δtrim), and forming a structure (800) using the selectively etched hard mask (740) to remove portions of the gate conductor layer (515) above the gate dielectric layer (510).
Abstract:
A method is provided, the method including forming a gate dielectric layer (510) above a substrate layer ((505), forming a gate conductor layer (515) above the gate dielectric layer (510), forming a first hard mask layer (540). The method also includes forming a trimmed photoresist mark (570) above the second hard mask layer (550), and forming a patterned hard mask (650) in the second hard mask layer (550) using the trimmed photoresist mask (570) to remove portions (655) of the second hard mask layer (550), the patterned hard mask (650) having a first dimension (δtrim). The method further includes forming a selectively etched hard mask (740) in the first hard mask layer (540) by removing portions (745) of the first hard mask layer (540) adjacent the patterned hard mask (650), the selectively etched hard mask (740) having a second dimension (Δ) less than the first dimension (δtrim), and forming a structure (800) using the selectively etched hard mask (740) to remove portions of the gate conductor layer (515) above the gate dielectric layer (510).