Patent · US Expired

Method of forming a field effect transistor using conductive masking material

US7271064B2 · kind B2 · utility

0Cited by
12References
20Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateAug 24, 2005
Grant dateSep 18, 2007
Priority date
Expiry dateFeb 4, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D64/035
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention includes methods of forming field effect transistors. In one implementation, a method of forming a field effect transistor having a gate comprising a conductive metal or metal compound received over conductively doped semiconductive material includes forming transistor gate semiconductive material into a gate line over a semiconductive material channel region. The gate line includes semiconductive material sidewalls. The semiconductive material sidewalls of the gate line are oxidized. After the oxidizing, at least one of a conductive metal or metal compound is formed in electrical connection with the transistor gate semiconductive material to comprise a substantially coextensive elongated portion of a final construction of the gate line of the field effect transistor being formed.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.