Fabricating semiconductor devices to prevent alloy spiking
AssigneeHitachi, Ltd.
InventorsShuji Ikeda, Kouichi Nagasawa, Makoto Motoyoshi, Kiyoshi Nagai, Satoshi Meguro
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Abstract
After contact holes for the P- and N-type source or drain regions of P- and N-channel MOSFETs have been made at a common step, an N-type impurity is ion-implanted into at least the N-type source or drain regions through the contact holes. The N-type impurity is annealed to form an N-type region which is deeper than the N-type source or drain regions. During the annealing treatment, the N-type source or drain regions are covered with an insulating film.
Claims20
A process for fabricating a semiconductor integrated circuit device comprising:
- (a) the step of forming an N-channel MOSFET having N-type semiconductor regions and a P-channel MOSFET having P-type semiconductor regions on a main surface of a semiconductor substrate;
- (b) the step of forming a first insulating film for covering said MOSFETs;
- (c) the step of simultaneously forming at least two contact holes in said first insulating film, said contact holes being formed in at least each of an N-type semiconductor region of the N-channel MOSFET and a P-type semiconductor region of the P-channel MOSFET;
- (d) the step of forming a second insulating film for covering a part of said main surface of said substrate, said part being an area of the main surface exposed to the outside through said contact holes;
- (e) the step of ion-implanting an N-type impurity into at least said N-type semiconductor region through said contact hole, and then annealing, said impurity being introduced into said substrate through said second insulating film, said ion-implanting and annealing being performed so as to provide a further N-type semiconductor region that extends deeper than said N-type semiconductor region;
- (f) the step of removing said second insulating film;
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- (g) the step of forming a conductive film in the contact holes.
A process for fabricating contacts to semiconductor regions in a semiconductor substrate, said semiconductor regions being part of a semiconductor integrated circuit device, comprising:
- (a) the step of forming a first semiconductor region of first conductivity type and a second semiconductor region of second conductivity type in a main surface of a semiconductor substrate;
- (b) the step of forming a first insulating film for covering said first and second semiconductor regions;
- (c) the step of simultaneously forming contact holes in said first insulating film, said contact holes being formed so as to expose at least an area of each of said first and second semiconductor regions;
- (d) the step of forming a second insulating film for covering a part of said main surface of said substrate, said part being the area exposed to the outside through said contact holes;
- (e) the step of ion-implanting an impurity of first conductivity type into at least said first semiconductor region through said contact hole, and then annealing, said impurity being introduced into said substrate through said second insulating film, the ion-implanting and annealing being performed so as to provide a further first semiconductor region that extends deeper than said first semiconductor region;
- (f) the step of removing said second insulating film;
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- (g) the step of forming an electrically conductive material film in the contact holes so as to contact the area of the first and second semiconductor regions exposed to the outside through the contact holes.
A process for fabricating contacts to semiconductor regions in a semiconductor substrate, said semiconductor regions being part of a semiconductor integrated circuit device, comprising:
- (a) the step of forming a first semiconductor region of first conductivity type and a second semiconductor region of second conductivity type in a main surface of a semiconductor substrate;
- (b) the step of forming a first insulating film for covering said first and second semiconductor regions, said first insulating film being a relatively thin insulating film;
- (c) the step of forming a second insulating film for covering said first and second semiconductor regions, said second insulating film being a relatively thick insulating film as compared to the thickness of the first insulating film;
- (d) the step of simultaneously forming holes extending through the thickness of the second insulating film but not through the first insulating film, said holes being formed over at least each of said first and second semiconductor regions;
- (e) the step of ion-implanting an impurity of first conductivity type into at least said first semiconductor region through the hole, and then annealing, said impurity being introduced into said substrate through said first insulating film, the ion-implanting and annealing being performed so as to provide a further first semiconductor region that extends deeper than said first semiconductor region;
- (f) the step of removing the first insulating film so as to expose areas of the first and second semiconductor regions, thereby forming contact holes;
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- (g) the step of forming conductive films in said contact holes so as to contact exposed areas of the first and second semiconductor regions.
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