Method and structure for creating high density buried contact for use with SOI processes for high performance logic
US6436744B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 16, 2001 |
| Grant date | Aug 20, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 16, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH10D86/201
- WIPO fieldSemiconductors
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A semiconductor device having an SOI FET comprising a silicon body on an insulating layer on a conductive substrate. A gate dielectric and a gate are provided on a surface of the silicon body, and a source and a drain are provided on two sides of the gate. A buried body contact to the substrate conductor is provided below a third side of the gate. The buried body contact does not extend to the top surface of the silicon body. The body contact is separated from the gate by a second dielectric having a thickness typically greater than that of the gate dielectric. The body contact is a plug of conductive material, and the second dielectric coats the body contact under the gate. The FET can be used in an SRAM circuit or other type of circuit having a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) construction.
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