Abstract:
A process is disclosed for forming, on a common semiconductor substrate (S), CMOS transistors and vertical or lateral MOS transistors on at least first and second portions (A,C), respectively, of the substrate (S), the process comprising the following steps:
forming a first dielectric layer (14) on the whole substrate (S); forming a first semiconductor material layer (15) on the first dielectric layer (14), in the first portion (A); forming, on the whole substrate (S), a stack structure comprising a second dielectric layer (16), second semiconductor layer (17), and low-resistance layer (18); the process being in that it further comprises the steps of:
defining first ports (19) in the second semiconductor layer (17) and the low-resistance layer ( 18) to provide gate regions (20) of the vertical or lateral MOS transistors; completely removing the second semiconductor layer (17) and the low-resistance layer (18) from the first portion (A) of the substrate (S) by using the second dielectric layer (16) as a screen; defining second ports (22') in the second dielectric layer (16) and the second semiconductor layer (15) to provide gate regions (22) with the CMOS transistors; screening off the gate region (20) of the vertical or lateral transistors with a protective layer (27); forming a low-resistance layer (29) on the gate regions (22) of the CMOS transistors.
Abstract:
Process for manufacturing a screened lateral power MOS transistor (D) on a same semiconductor substrate, the process comprising the following steps of: forming, on at least a first weakly doped drain portion (3), a protective layer (11) of a first type of material, forming, on said whole lateral MOS transistor (D), a dielectric layer (12) of a second type of material being selectively etchable with respect to said first type of material, forming, in a single step, in said dielectric layer (12): a first opening (13) to expose at least one portion of a highly doped source portion (5), a second opening (15) to expose at least one portion of a highly doped drain portion (6), at least a third opening (14) to expose at least one portion of said protective layer (11), filling in said first, second and said at least third opening (13,15 and 14) by means of a conductive layer so as to form respective drain and source contacts (16,17) electrically connected to the first and second highly doped portions (5,6), and one electrical screen (18) substantially aligned with said protective layer (11).