Semiconductor device comprising a salicide structure
AssigneeMitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMasatoshi Kimura, Masao Sugiyama
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Abstract
After formation a gate electrode and source/drain regions, N ions or O ions are implanted into a predetermined region using a resist mask, and a Ti layer is deposited on the entire face of a substrate, and then the Ti layer is silicided in self-alignment by a heat treatment, whereby a high resistivity TixNySiz mixing layer is formed the predetermined region on the gate electrode and the source/drain regions 10, and a low resistivity TiSi.sub.2 layer 12 is formed on another region.
Claims6
A semiconductor device comprising:
- a semiconductor substrate;
- a conductive layer on the substrate, which is made from a silicon material;
- and
- a silicided layer on the conductive layer, which is formed by salicide technology;
- wherein the silicided layer is partly constituted by a high resistivity silicided layer with N ions or O ions introduced therein so that a high resistivity silicided layer part and a low resistivity silicided layer part coexist on the substrate.
A semiconductor device comprising:
- a semiconductor substrate;
- a conductive layer on the substrate, which is made from a silicon material;
- and
- a silicided layer on the conductive layer, which is formed by salicide technology;
- wherein a high resistivity region is provided by forming on the conductive layer, for connection with an external pad, a high resistivity silicided layer part with N ions or O ions introduced therein surrounding a contact hole for connection with the external pad, and the high resistivity silicided layer part is formed in an annular shape, and the other part of the silicided layer on the substrate has low resistivity.
A semiconductor device comprising:
- silicided layers formed on an input driver gate electrode and an output driver gate electrode, and on source/drain regions of the output driver on a semiconductor substrate by salicide technology;
- the source/drain regions of the output driver being connected to an external pad and the input driver gate electrode;
- a contact hole A for connection with the external pad;
- and
- a contact hole B for connection with the input driver gate electrode;
- wherein the contact hole A is arranged at a side nearer to the output driver gate electrode than the contact hole B, and a high resistivity region is provided by forming a high resistivity silicided layer with N ions or O ions introduced therein at locations surrounding contact hole A and surrounding contact hole B.
A semiconductor device comprising:
- silicided layers formed on an input driver gate electrode and an output driver gate electrode, and on source/drain regions on a semiconductor substrate by salicide technology;
- an external pad;
- the source/drain regions lying in an output driver;
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- the external pad, the output driver source/drain regions, and the input driver gate electrode being connected by coupled interconnect layers;
- wherein a high resistivity region is provided by forming a high resistivity silicided layer with N ions or O ions introduced therein at locations surrounding a contact hole in the interconnect layer on the output driver source/drain region and on the input driver gate electrode for connection with the interconnect layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.