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MOS field-effect transistor with sidewall spacers

US5170232A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 4, 1991
Grant dateDec 8, 1992
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Expiry dateJun 4, 2011

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S257/90

Abstract

In a n-channel MOS transistor of LDD structure with sidewall spacers, a p-type diffusion layer is formed to be on the surface of a n.sup.- drain layer just underneath the sidewall spacer and to be separated from the channel region. The low impurity concentration drain layer therefore becomes separated from the sidewall spacer, and thus degradation incident to LDD due to injection of hot carriers into the sidewall spacer can be prevented.

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