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Fabrication of semiconductor architecture having field-effect transistors especially suitable for analog applications

US8258026B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 16, 2011
Grant dateSep 4, 2012
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Expiry dateNov 16, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D86/201

Abstract

An insulated-gate field-effect transistor (220U) is provided with an empty-well region for achieving high performance. The concentration of the body dopant reaches a maximum at a subsurface location no more than 10 times deeper below the upper semiconductor surface than the depth of one of a pair of source/drain zones (262 and 264), decreases by at least a factor of 10 in moving from the subsurface location along a selected vertical line (136U) through that source/drain zone to the upper semiconductor surface, and has a logarithm that decreases substantially monotonically and substantially inflectionlessly in moving from the subsurface location along the vertical line to that source/drain zone. Each source/drain zone has a main portion (262M or 264M) and a more lightly doped lateral extension (262E or 264E). Alternatively or additionally, a more heavily doped pocket portion (280) of the body material extends along one of the source/drain zones.

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