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Method of making a device threshold control of front-gate silicon-on-insulator MOSFET using a self-aligned back-gate

US7018873B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 13, 2003
Grant dateMar 28, 2006
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Expiry dateDec 30, 2023

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D30/6744
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

provides SOI CMOS technology whereby a polysilicon back-gate is used to control the threshold voltage of the front-gate device, and the nMOS and pMOS back-gates are switched independently of each other and the front gates. Specifically, the present invention provides a method of fabricating a back-gated fully depleted CMOS device in which the device's back-gate is self-aligned to the device's front-gate as well as the source/drain extension. Such a structure minimizes the capacitance, while enhancing the device and circuit performance. The back-gated fully depleted CMOS device of the present invention is fabricated using existing SIMOX (separation by ion implantation of oxygen) or bonded SOI wafer bonding and thinning, polySi etching, low-pressure chemical vapor deposition and chemical-mechanical polishing.

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