IP Library Granted Patent US 7,414,291
Granted Patent B2
US 7,414,291 · App. 11/099,511 · Granted Aug 19, 2008

Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same

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Patent No.
US 7,414,291
App. No.
11/099,511
Granted
Aug 19, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method includes the steps of: implanting boron into a surface region of a silicon substrate to form a p + diffused region; implanting indium into the surface of the p + diffused region, to form an indium-implanted layer; forming a contact metal layer on the indium-implanted layer; and reacting silicon in the silicon substrate including the indium-implanted layer with metal in the contact metal layer to form a titanium silicide layer.

Claims (9)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

a silicon substrate;

a diffused region formed in a surface region of said silicon substrate;

a contact plug and, at a bottom of said contact plug, a titanium layer contacting said diffused region; and

an indium-implanted region formed in said diffused region only at the bottom of said contact plug;

wherein said indium-implanted region is formed under said contact plug and a bulbous or semispherical titanium silicide layer protrudes from the bottom of said contact plug into said indium-implanted region in said diffused region.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein said titanium silicide layer has a thickness equal to or smaller than the thickness of the indium implanted layer.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein said diffused region is a boron diffused region.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein a length of said bulbous or semispherical titanium silicide layer measured from the bottom of said contact plug is greater than 50 nm.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 15, 2014
From: ELPIDA MEMORY, INC.
To: PS4 LUXCO S.A.R.L.
Reel/Frame 032900/0568 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jul 29, 2013
From: PS4 LUXCO S.A.R.L.
To: ELPIDA MEMORY INC.
Reel/Frame 032414/0261 →