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Method of fabricating semiconductor device

US5183780A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 20, 1991
Grant dateFeb 2, 1993
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Expiry dateFeb 20, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D86/60
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a method of fabricating a semiconductor device according to the present invention, a semiconductor film is formed on a substrate, and an insulator film is formed so as to cover the semiconductor film. Then, a dopant source is arranged on the insulator film and then, a region for electrical contact is irradiated with a high-energy beam through the dopant source. Consequently, the insulator film and the semiconductor film in the irradiated region are melted, to form a polycrystalline contact region having impurities supplied from the dopant source doped therein. Thus, the high-energy beam is irradiated to the region for electrical contact through the dopant source to form the polycrystalline contact region, thereby to make it possible to omit the patterning process such as etching processing for providing a contact hole.

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