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Semiconductor device having a PMOS device with a source/drain region formed using a heavy atom p-type implant and method of manufacture thereof

US6013546A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 19, 1997
Grant dateJan 11, 2000
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Expiry dateDec 19, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D84/038
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A semiconductor device is formed which includes a shallow PMOS active region containing a heavy atom p-type dopant material. In an exemplary process for making a PMOS device or portion of a device, at least one PMOS gate electrode is formed over a PMOS device region of a substrate. A PMOS spacer is formed on a sidewall of a PMOS gate electrode. An amorphizing dopant material is selectively implanted into a PMOS active region using the PMOS spacer as a mask. A heavy atom p-type dopant material is selectively implanted into the PMOS active region using the PMOS spacer as a mask. The order of implantation of the amorphizing dopant material and the heavy atom p-type dopant material may be reversed.

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