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Stacked MOS transistor

US4476475A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 19, 1982
Grant dateOct 9, 1984
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Expiry dateNov 19, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D88/01
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a stacked metal-oxide-semiconductor (SMOS) transistor, the transistor source, drain and channel each have a lower part formed in a silicon substrate and an upper part composed of recrystallized polysilicon. The device gate is located between the upper and lower channel parts. By vertically integrating a MOS transistor, performance limitations imposed by the direct scaling approach to device miniaturization are avoided.

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