公开(公告)号：US08586475B2

公开(公告)日：2013-11-19

申请号：US13743012

申请日：2013-01-16

Applicant: Renesas Electronics Corporation

Inventor： Hirokazu Sayama ,  Kazunobu Ohta ,  Hidekazu Oda ,  Kouhei Sugihara

IPC: H01L21/44

CPC classification number: H01L29/7845 ,  H01L21/26506 ,  H01L21/32155 ,  H01L21/823412 ,  H01L21/823418 ,  H01L21/823443 ,  H01L21/823807 ,  H01L21/823814 ,  H01L21/823828 ,  H01L21/823835 ,  H01L21/823842 ,  H01L27/10805 ,  H01L27/10844 ,  H01L27/10894 ,  H01L27/10897 ,  H01L27/1104 ,  H01L27/1116 ,  H01L29/4925 ,  H01L29/4933 ,  H01L29/66477 ,  H01L29/665 ,  H01L29/7842 ,  H01L29/7848

Abstract: A gate insulating film and a gate electrode of non-single crystalline silicon for forming an nMOS transistor are provided on a silicon substrate. Using the gate electrode as a mask, n-type dopants having a relatively large mass number (70 or more) such as As ions or Sb ions are implanted, to form a source/drain region of the nMOS transistor, whereby the gate electrode is amorphized. Subsequently, a silicon oxide film is provided to cover the gate electrode, at a temperature which is less than the one at which recrystallization of the gate electrode occurs. Thereafter, thermal processing is performed at a temperature of about 1000° C., whereby high compressive residual stress is exerted on the gate electrode, and high tensile stress is applied to a channel region under the gate electrode. As a result, carrier mobility of the nMOS transistor is enhanced.