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US 5,489,544 AGranted
Method for making a high capacitance multi-level storage node for high density TFT load SRAMS with low soft error rates
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorThekkemadathil V. Rajeevakumar
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Abstract
A method for making high capacitance multi-level storage node contact is proposed for high density SRAMs. The proposed contact connects several poly levels to diffusion and to a trench capacitor, in one contact. The high storage node capacitance provided by the trench capacitor substantially reduces the soft error rate probability of the cell. The use of a single contact to connect several levels reduces the area. The contact preferably uses TiN as a barrier layer to reduce dopant diffusion between different poly layers.
Claims7
A method of fabricating an SRAM cell, comprising:
- providing a substrate;
- forming a trench in the substrate;
- forming a capacitor in the trench;
- forming a first diffusion area in the substrate proximate the capacitor;
- forming a second diffusion area in the substrate proximate the first diffusion area;
- forming a first gate insulator on the capacitor and the first diffusion area;
- forming a first gate electrode on the first gate insulator;
- forming a second gate insulator contacting the first and second diffusion areas;
- forming a second gate electrode on the second gate insulator;
- forming a third gate insulator contacting the second diffusion area;
- forming a third gate electrode on the third gate insulator;
- forming a contact on the second diffusion area between the first and second gate electrodes;
- forming an insulator layer on the first gate node, the second gate node, the third gate node, the contact and exposed portions of the substrate;
- forming a polysilicon gate layer on the insulator layer;
- forming a gate insulator layer on the gate layer;
- forming a polysilicon body on the polysilicon gate insulator layer;
- forming a single contact through the polysilicon body, the single contact electrically connecting the capacitor to each of the diffusion area, the first gate electrode, the polysilicon gate layer and the polysilicon body.
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