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Method of fabricating semiconductor devices and integrated circuits using sidewall spacer technology

US5573965A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 17, 1993
Grant dateNov 12, 1996
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Expiry dateDec 17, 2013

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10B69/00
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The base layer of high quality spacers, such as those used on the sidewalls of the gate stack of submicron devices (e.g., MOSFETs, EPROMs), are formed as composite, multi-layered structures of silicon oxides or of silicon oxides and silicon nitride.

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