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Vertical channel field effect transistor

US6268621A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 3, 1999
Grant dateJul 31, 2001
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Expiry dateAug 3, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D86/201

Abstract

A vertical channel field effect transistor and a process of manufacturing the same. The vertical channel field effect transistor is disposed on a surface of a substrate and comprises an epitaxial silicon stack having a bottom terminal comprising heavily doped silicon, a channel comprising lightly doped silicon of opposite doping type from the bottom terminal, and a top terminal comprising heavily doped silicon of the same doping type as the bottom terminal. The vertical channel field effect transistor also comprises a gate dielectric layer covering at least a portion of the bottom terminal, the channel, and the top terminal, and a gate in contact with the gate dielectric layer. The gate is positioned adjacent the channel and adjacent at least a portion of the bottom terminal and top terminal. The channel has a thickness between the bottom terminal and the top terminal from about 50 angstroms to about 800 angstroms.

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