Method of providing lower contact resistance in MOS transistor structures
US5296387A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 2, 1992 |
| Grant date | Mar 22, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 2, 2012 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S148/059
- WIPO fieldSemiconductors
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Germanium is used to significantly enhance the drift mobilities of minority carriers in the channels of N-channel and P-channel metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) transistors with silicon substrates. Germanium processing is also used to enhance the source/drain contact conductance for MOS devices. Methods are disclosed for forming a germanium-rich interfacial layer utilizing a germanium implant and wet oxidation or growing a silicon-germanium alloy by molecular beam epitaxy.
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