Method for manufacturing field effect transistor capable of successfully controlling transistor characteristics relating to the short-channel effect

A method for manufacturing a field effect transistor including the steps of forming a gate electrode having a gate length of 0.4 μm or less on a semiconductor substrate, and subsequently forming a source region and a drain region on a substrate surface on both sides of the gate electrode, respectively, the method further comprising the steps of:

• a) establishing a target gate length;
• b) measuring a gate length of the gate electrode to determine a measured value;
• and,
• c) applying a dose of ion implantation for forming the source region and the drain region based on the measured value of the gate length such that the dose is increased above an initial value if the measured gate length is larger than the target gate length, and such that the dose is decreased below the initial value if the measured gate length is less than the target gate length.