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Semiconductor structure in which like-polarity insulated-gate field-effect transistors have multiple vertical body dopant concentration maxima and different halo pocket characteristics

US7701005B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateOct 15, 2007
Grant dateApr 20, 2010
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Expiry dateOct 15, 2027

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D84/038

Abstract

Each of a pair of differently configured like-polarity insulated-gate field-effect transistors (40 or 42 and 240 or 242) in a semiconductor structure has a channel zone of semiconductor body material, a gate dielectric layer overlying the channel zone, and a gate electrode overlying the gate dielectric layer. For each transistor, the net dopant concentration of the body material reaches multiple local subsurface maxima below a channel surface depletion region and below largely all gate-electrode material overlying the channel zone. The transistors have source/drain zones (60 or 80) of opposite conductivity type to, and halo pocket portions of the same conductivity type as, the body material. One pocket portion (100/102 or 104) extends along both source/drain zones of one of the transistors. Another pocket portion (244 or 246) extends largely along only one of the source/drain zones of the other transistor so that it is asymmetrical.

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