Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080230804 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND FABRICATION METHOD OF SAME - A semiconductor device having an electrode with reduced electrical contact resistance even where either electrons or holes are majority carriers is disclosed. This device has an n-type diffusion layer and a p-type diffusion layer in a top surface of a semiconductor substrate. The device also has first and second metal wires patterned to overlie the n-type and p-type diffusion layers, respectively, with a dielectric layer interposed therebetween, a first contact electrode for electrical connection between the n-type diffusion layer and the first metal wire, and a second contact electrode for connection between the p-type diffusion layer and the second metal wire. The first contact electrode's portion in contact with the n-type diffusion layer and the second contact electrode's portion contacted with the p-type diffusion layer are each formed of a first conductor that contains a metal and a second conductor containing a rare earth metal. | 09-25-2008 |
20090008726 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device reducing interface resistance of n-type and p-type MISFETs are provided. According to the method, a gate dielectric film and a gate electrode of the n-type MISFET are formed on a first semiconductor region, a gate dielectric film and a gate electrode of the p-type MISFET are formed on a second semiconductor region, an n-type diffusion layer is formed by ion implantation of As into the first semiconductor region, a first silicide layer is formed by first heat treatment after a first metal containing Ni is deposited on the n-type diffusion layer, the first silicide layer is made thicker by second heat treatment after a second metal containing Ni is deposited on the first silicide layer and second semiconductor region, and third heat treatment is provided after formation of a second silicide layer and ion implantation of B or Mg into the second silicide layer. | 01-08-2009 |
20090134388 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND FABRICATION METHOD OF SAME - A semiconductor device having a metal insulator semiconductor field effect transistor (MISFET) with interface resistance-reduced source/drain electrodes is disclosed. This device includes a p-type MISFET formed on a semiconductor substrate. The p-MISFET has a channel region in the substrate, a gate insulating film on the channel region, a gate electrode on the gate insulating film, and a pair of laterally spaced-apart source and drain electrodes on both sides of the channel region. These source/drain electrodes are each formed of a nickel (Ni)-containing silicide layer. The p-MISFET further includes an interface layer which is formed on the substrate side of an interface between the substrate and each source/drain electrode. This interface layer contains magnesium (Mg), calcium (Ca) or barium (Ba) therein. A fabrication method of the semiconductor device is also disclosed. | 05-28-2009 |
20090152652 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND THE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Described herein is a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device realizing higher performance by reducing contact resistance of an electrode. In the method, a gate insulating film, a gate electrode are formed on a semiconductor substrate. A first metal is deposited substrate, and a metal semiconductor compound layer is formed on the surface of the semiconductor substrate by making the first metal and the semiconductor substrate react each other by a first heat treatment. Ions having a mass equal to or larger than atomic weight of Si are implanted into the metal semiconductor compound layer. A second metal is deposited on the metal semiconductor compound layer. An interface layer is formed by making the second metal segregated at an interface between the metal semiconductor compound layer and the semiconductor substrate by diffusing the second metal through the metal semiconductor compound layer by a second heat treatment. | 06-18-2009 |
20130062622 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device according to the present embodiment includes a semiconductor substrate having a first n-type silicon carbide layer and a second n-type silicon carbide layer, a first p-type impurity region formed in the n-type silicon carbide layer, a first n-type impurity region of 4H—SiC structure formed in the n-type silicon carbide layer, a second n-type impurity region of 3C—SiC structure formed in the n-type silicon carbide layer having a depth shallower than the first n-type impurity region, a gate insulating film, a gate electrode formed on the gate insulating film, and a metallic silicide layer formed above the first n-type impurity region and having a bottom portion and a side surface portion such that the second n-type impurity region is sandwiched between the first n-type impurity region and at least the side surface portion. | 03-14-2013 |
20130062623 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed is a semiconductor device including: a first electrode formed of a conductive material; a p-type first silicon carbide (SiC) semiconductor section and an n-type second SiC semiconductor section | 03-14-2013 |
20130062624 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes a silicon carbide, a metal silicide formed on the silicon carbide and including a first layer and a second layer having a carbon ratio lower than that of the first layer, and a metallic electrode formed on the metal silicide, wherein the second layer is formed on the first layer, and the second layer is in contact with the metallic electrode, and an average grain diameter of a metal silicide in the second layer is larger than an average grain diameter of a metal silicide in the first layer. | 03-14-2013 |
20130234159 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device of an embodiment includes: a substrate formed of a single-crystal first semiconductor; a gate insulating film on the substrate; a gate electrode including a layered structure of a semiconductor layer formed of a polycrystalline second semiconductor and a metal semiconductor compound layer formed of a first metal semiconductor compound that is a reaction product of a metal and the second semiconductor; and electrodes formed of a second metal semiconductor compound that is a reaction product of the metal and the first semiconductor, and formed on the substrate with the gate electrode interposed therebetween, and an aggregation temperature of the first metal semiconductor compound on the polycrystalline second semiconductor is lower than an aggregation temperature of the second metal semiconductor compound on the single-crystal first semiconductor, and a cluster-state high carbon concentration region is included in an interface between the semiconductor layer and the metal semiconductor compound layer. | 09-12-2013 |
20140042462 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device according to the present embodiment includes a semiconductor substrate having a first n-type silicon carbide layer and a second n-type silicon carbide layer, a first p-type impurity region formed in the n-type silicon carbide layer, a first n-type impurity region of 4H—SiC structure formed in the n-type silicon carbide layer, a second n-type impurity region of 3C—SiC structure formed in the n-type silicon carbide layer having a depth shallower than the first n-type impurity region, a gate insulating film, a gate electrode formed on the gate insulating film, and a metallic silicide layer formed above the first n-type impurity region and having a bottom portion and a side surface portion such that the second n-type impurity region is sandwiched between the first n-type impurity region and at least the side surface portion. | 02-13-2014 |
20140134817 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes a silicon carbide, a metal silicide formed on the silicon carbide and including a first layer and a second layer having a carbon ratio lower than that of the first layer, and a metallic electrode formed on the metal silicide, wherein the second layer is formed on the first layer, and the second layer is in contact with the metallic electrode, and an average grain diameter of a metal silicide in the second layer is larger than an average grain diameter of a metal silicide in the first layer. | 05-15-2014 |