摘要:
A method of fabricating very large scale integrated circuits including N-channel silicon gate nonvolatile memory elements and additional peripheral transistor elements. The nonvolatile memory elements are fabricated as PDS protected drain-source devices composed of a variable threshold memory device having a thin silicon dioxide gate insulator in combination with a pair of fixed threshold devices having a thicker silicon dioxide gate insulator arranged with a common silicon nitride layer and common gate electrode. The additional fixed threshold peripheral transistors are fabricated without a silicon nitride layer. In addition, the method contains no processing steps subsequent to the fabrication of the PDS devices which necessitate the application of temperatures in excess of 900.degree. C.
摘要:
The field oxide surrounding an NMOS device or the field oxide around the NMOS device and between the NMOS and PMOS devices in CMOS is split or notched to make at least one thin field oxide region under which a degenerative P+ region is formed in the substrate to increase threshold voltages of the undesired field oxide FET.
摘要:
The invention provides a sub-micron MOS device and process for manufacturing with contacts down to 0.1 microns. It also provides a sub-micron bipolar device and process for manufacturing it with contacts down to 0.1 microns. Further, there is provided a sub-micron bipolar device of a type having emitter, base and collector adjacent each other rather than in surrounding relationship, together with contacts down to 0.1 micron and process for making the same. All processes and devices utilize doped polysilicon as the electrodes for the device elements, and some convert polysilicon to polyoxide, except where protected by nitride buttons over the electrodes to prevent oxidation of the polysilicon therebeneath. One embodiment surrounds the polysilicon contacts with low temperature oxide covered by SOG. In the polysilicon oxidized devices, the contacts may be made oversized to compensate for irregularities in processing.
摘要:
The field oxide surrounding an NMOS device or the field oxide around the NMOS device and between the NMOS and PMOS devices in CMOS is split or notched to make at least one thin field oxide region under which a degenerative P+ region is formed in the substrate to increase threshold voltages of the undesired field oxide FET.
摘要:
The invention provides a novel high speed hardened CMOS structure and process for developing the structure. In a first embodiment, the surface of the silicon wafer is preserved intact by building the field oxide above this surface so there is no transition from the plane to the plane. In a first embodiment, one of the gate electrode overlaps is avoided, thereby eliminating the sidewalk effect or parasitic device from causing leakage on that side of the channel. The preferred embodiment provides a device with no field oxide extending into the silicon wafer and with no overlap of the gate electrode over the field oxide. This is achieved by causing the gate metal interconnect to proceed linearly along the active region over either the source or drain before it leaves the active region, thereby avoiding the establishing of an extra field in the gate region. An alternative method for accomplishing the foregoing is to provide double metal layers and allow the gate metal interconnect to leave the active area directly from the gate electrode because the spacing is sufficient to render the metal interconnect field ineffective to cause parasitic problems; also, in this embodiment the metal interconnect can be run linearly along the active region and depart the same over the source or drain thereby even decreasing gate capacitance effects. A method for establishing sub-micron contacts is disclosed which permits manufacture of the CMOS devices to sub-micron dimensions.
摘要:
The subject invention conserves memory real estate by employing ROM cells which are FETs or non-FETs depending upon the programming. Each cell comprises a gate, a source and drain region and provision for connections to bit and word lines. Programming is achieved by a mask which permits doping of the source and drain regions to comprise FETs for the cells indicative of one state of logic while precluding doping of the source and drain regions to complete the channel in the cells comprising the other state of logic. Also, the FETs are fabricated, their contacts extending linearly between bit lines which are preferably diffused lines, and the word line making direct contact with gates of the linear cells. The process simplifies the number of steps required to manufacture the FETs and non-FETs by simply providing the programming after the basic cells are formed. Such unprogrammed structures may be inventoried and simply programmed i.e. completed by selective doping and establishing of contacts to fulfill orders to customer specifications immediately.
摘要:
The present invention comprises a unique FET with resistor in its drain lead of undoped polysilicon which may be characterized by high resistance in the absence of the application of a biasing voltage across the FET and the resistor when the FET is conducting, which biasing voltage irreversibly changes the resistor to a high state of conductivity thereby selectively providing the two logic states. This device may comprise a redundant cell for a ROM memory and may be uniquely fabricated utilizing VLSI MOS processing steps to provide a new manufacturing process.
摘要:
The sub-micron NMOS, PMOS and CMOS devices with methods for forming sub-micron contacts provide sub-micron devices and processes for manufacturing them with contacts down to 0.1 microns or less. All processes and devices utilize doped polysilicon as the electrodes for the device elements, and the preferred embodiment surrounds the polysilicon contacts with low temperature oxide covered by SOG which avoids all oxidation steps that could be detrimental in this contact size range. An optional alternative includes large contact area enlarging layers of silicide directly beneath each contact.
摘要:
The sub-micron bipolar devices with method for forming sub-micron contacts provides a sub-micron bipolar device and process for manufacturing it with contacts down to 0.1 microns or less. All processes and devices utilize doped polysilicon as the electrodes for the device elements, and the preferred embodiment surrounds the polysilicon contacts with low temperature oxide covered by SOG to avoid all oxidation steps which otherwise might be detrimental to the extremely thin whisker contacts.
摘要:
The present invention is a CMOS process for forming an N-channel device and a P-channel device on a doped substrate wherein an active region surrounded by field for the N-channel device is delineated to comprise a thin layer of oxide, a layer of nitride and a further layer of oxide. An active region surrounded by field of the P-channel device is delineated to comprise a thin layer of oxide and a layer of nitride. A well beneath the P-channel active region and the surrounding field region therefor is implanted. Then, the N-channel field is implanted. The oxide layer is removed from the N-channel active region and field oxide is grown for both channels while the well implant and the field implant are concurrently driven-in. The nitride layers are removed, and sacrificial oxide is grown and removed. Implanting is carried out for threshold adjust. The gate oxide is grown, and the gate electrodes of doped polysilicon are delineated for each channel. An activated source and drain is established for each channel. The crossover oxide is deposited, and metal contacts are established to each source and drain and to the gate polysilicon through the crossover oxide.