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CMOS process

US4282648A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 24, 1980
Grant dateAug 11, 1981
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Expiry dateMar 24, 2000

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S148/117
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A CMOS Process for fabricating channel stops which are substantially formed as a by-product of growing a field oxide is described. A p-type region is formed at an edge (or edges) of an n-type well through an opening in a silicon nitride layer. An oxide is grown at the opening. As the oxide grows, n-type dopant from the n-type well accumulates at the edge of the oxide, forming a more highly doped n-type region. Simultaneously, an adjacent p-type region is formed under the oxide from the p-type dopant. The process also permits easy fabrication of a buried contact to the p-channel device thus eliminating the need for a metal contact when forming a bistable circuit.

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