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High-speed semiconductor device having a dual-layer gate structure and a fabrication process thereof

US6037245A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 28, 1999
Grant dateMar 14, 2000
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Expiry dateJun 28, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D1/20
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A fabricating process of a semiconductor device includes the steps of forming a first photoresist layer on a surface of a substrate so as to cover a gate electrode on the substrate, forming a second photoresist layer on the fist photoresist layer with an increased sensitivity, forming a third photoresist layer on the second photoresist layer with a reduced sensitivity, forming an opening in a photoresist structure thus formed of the first through third photoresist layers such that the opening exposes the gate electrode and such that the opening has a diameter that increases gradually from the first photoresist layer to the second photoresist layer. Further, a low-resistance metal layer is deposited on the photoresist structure including the opening, such that the metal layer forms a low-resistance electrode on the gate electrode.

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