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Scalable MOS field effect transistor

US6096590A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 30, 1998
Grant dateAug 1, 2000
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Expiry dateJun 30, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D84/86
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A field effect transistor and method for making is described incorporating self aligned source and drain contacts with Schottky metal-to-semiconductor junction and a T-shaped gate or incorporating highly doped semiconductor material for the source and drain contacts different from the channel material to provide etch selectivity and a T-shaped gate or incorporating a metal for the source and drain contacts and the oxide of the metal for the gate dielectric which is self aligned. The invention overcomes the problem of self-aligned high resistance source/drain contacts and a high resistance gate electrode for submicron FET devices which increase as devices are scaled to smaller dimensions.

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