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Method of forming lightly doped drains in metalic oxide semiconductor components

US5770508A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 4, 1997
Grant dateJun 23, 1998
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Expiry dateJun 4, 2017

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D64/021

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of forming lightly doped drains in metallic oxide semiconductor (MOS) components. The method includes forming a first, second, and third insulating layer above a silicon substrate having a gate, etching back the layers to leave behind L-shaped first spacers on sidewalls of the gate, followed by doping second type ions into the silicon substrate to form first lightly doped drains in the silicon substrate surface below the L-shaped first spacers, and second lightly doped drains in the silicon substrate surface elsewhere, further forming a fourth insulating to form third spacers, and using the using the third spacers, the first insulating layer, and the gate as masks when doping second type ions into the silicon substrate so as to form source/drain regions in silicon substrate surfaces not covered by the third spacers. Such a method produces greater yield and reduces leakage current from the transistor components.

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