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Semiconductor on silicon (SOI) transistor with a halo implant

US5936278A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 7, 1997
Grant dateAug 10, 1999
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Expiry dateMar 7, 2017

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D30/6744

Abstract

A semiconductor over insulator transistor (100) includes a semiconductor mesa (36) formed over an insulating layer (34) which overlies a semiconductor substrate (32). Source and drain regions (66, 68) of a first conductivity type are formed at opposite ends of the mesa. A body node (56) of a second conductivity type is located between the source and drain regions in the mesa. A gate insulator (40) and a gate electrode (46) lie over the body node. Halo implants (54, 56) are placed to completely separate the source and drain regions from the body node, or channel regions, for improving short channel effect. The transistor is useful as a pass gate and as a peripheral transistor in a DRAM, and also is useful in digital and analog applications and in low power applications.

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