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Method of manufacturing a vertical-channel MOSFET

US6362025B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateNov 17, 1999
Grant dateMar 26, 2002
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Expiry dateNov 17, 2019

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

Abstract

A submicrometer vertical-channel MOSFET of high quality and reproducibility is produced by a method compatible with DPSA technology. The method steps are performed on a wafer of semiconductor material having a layer with n conductivity. First, n impurity ions and p impurity ions are implanted in an area of the layer and the wafer is subjected to a high-temperature treatment. The impurities, the implantation doses and energies, and the high-temperature treatment time and temperature being such as to form a first p region, and a second n region which forms a pn junction with the first region. A trench is hollowed out which intersects the first region and the second regions. The method further includes forming a dielectric coating on the lateral surface of the trench, depositing electrically-conductive material in the trench in contact with the dielectric, and forming elements for electrical contact with the n conductivity layer, with the second region, and with the electrically-conductive material inside the trench, to produce drain, source and gate electrodes of the MOSFET, respectively.

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