IP Library Patent Application 11842643
Patent Application
App. No. 11/842,643

MOS TRANSISTOR, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME

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11/842,643
Abstract

In a MOS transistor having a structure in which a source and a drain are raised on a substrate by using a selective epitaxial growth technique, a bulk resistance can be reduced while an impurity concentration of a silicon layer is reduced in the selective epitaxial growth. A metal oxide semiconductor transistor includes a gate having a sidewall formed on a silicon substrate, a silicon layer formed on the silicon substrate by selective epitaxial growth, and an inclination portion inclined downward in a direction opposite to the gate on at least a portion of a cross-section including the silicon layer and the gate.

Claims (27)

1 . A metal oxide semiconductor transistor comprising:

a gate having a sidewall formed on a silicon substrate;

a silicon layer formed on the silicon substrate by selective epitaxial growth; and

an inclination portion inclined downward in a direction opposite to said gate on at least a portion of a cross-section including said silicon layer and said gate.

2 . The MOS transistor claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a conductive layer formed along said inclination portion.

3 . The MOS transistor claimed in claim 1 , wherein said silicon layer includes a recessed portion,

wherein said inclination portion is formed by a portion of said recessed portion.

4 . The MOS transistor claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a contact hole having a bottom formed by at least a portion of said inclination portion on said silicon layer.

5 . The MOS transistor claimed in claim 4 , further comprising a conductive layer formed on the bottom of said contact hole.

6 . The MOS transistor claimed in claim 2 , wherein said conductive layer comprises an impurity layer introduced by an ion implantation method.

7 . The MOS transistor claimed in claim 2 , wherein said conductive layer is formed in a self-aligned manner by metal or semiconductor and said silicon layer.

8 . The MOS transistor claimed in claim 4 , further comprising a contact formed in said contact hole, said contact comprising a silicide layer formed by introducing an impurity into said contact hole by an ion implantation method.

9 . The MOS transistor claimed in claim 4 , further comprising a contact formed in said contact hole, said contact comprising polysilicon including a doped impurity.

10 . A semiconductor device in which said MOS transistors claimed in claim 1 are connected to each other, comprising:

a recessed portion located between two of said gates of said MOS transistors, said recessed portion being formed by connecting said inclination portions of said MOS transistors to each other; and

a contact hole having a bottom formed by said recessed portion.

11 . A semiconductor device including said MOS transistor claimed in claim 1 .

12 . A method of manufacturing a metal oxide semiconductor transistor including a gate having a sidewall formed on a silicon substrate and a silicon layer formed on the silicon substrate by selective epitaxial growth, said method comprising:

forming an inclination portion inclined downward in a direction opposite to the gate on at least a portion of a cross-section including the silicon layer and the gate.

13 . The method claimed in claim 12 , further comprising forming a conductive layer along the inclination portion.

14 . The method claimed in claim 12 , wherein said forming process of the inclination portion comprises forming the inclination portion as a portion of a recessed portion formed in the silicon layer.

15 . The method claimed in claim 12 , further comprising forming a contact hole having a bottom formed by at least a portion of the inclination portion on the silicon layer.

16 . The method claimed in claim 15 , further comprising forming a conductive layer on the bottom of the contact hole.

17 . The method claimed in claim 13 , wherein the conductive layer comprises an impurity layer introduced by an ion implantation method.

18 . The method claimed in claim 13 , wherein said forming process of the conductive layer comprises forming the conductive layer in a self-aligned manner by metal or semiconductor and said silicon layer.

19 . The method claimed in claim 15 , further comprising introducing an impurity into the contact hole by an ion implantation method to form a contact of a silicide layer in the contact hole.

20 . The method claimed in claim 15 , further comprising forming a contact of polysilicon including a doped impurity in the contact hole.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 15, 2014
From: ELPIDA MEMORY, INC.
To: PS4 LUXCO S.A.R.L.
Reel/Frame 032895/0166 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jul 29, 2013
From: PS4 LUXCO S.A.R.L.
To: ELPIDA MEMORY INC.
Reel/Frame 032414/0261 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 21, 2007
From: KAWAKITA, KEIZO
To: ELPIDA MEMORY, INC.
Reel/Frame 019726/0300 →