SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME
A MIS transistor having an inclined stacked source/drain structure increased in speed is provided. The MIS transistor comprises: a gate electrode formed on a substrate; a first sidewall insulating film formed on the substrate and along a sidewall of the gate electrode; source/drain semiconductor regions formed on a main surface of the substrate and respectively having one edge positioned under the sidewall of the gate electrode; a first stacked layer formed on the source/drain semiconductor regions and in contact with the first sidewall insulating film; a second sidewall insulating film formed on the stacked layer and in contact with the first sidewall insulating film; and a second stacked layer formed on the first stacked layer and in contact with the second sidewall insulating layer.
1 . A semiconductor device comprising a MIS transistor formed on a main surface of a semiconductor substrate, the semiconductor device including:
a gate electrode of the MIS transistor formed on the semiconductor substrate interposing a gate insulating film of the MIS transistor;
a first insulating film formed on the semiconductor substrate and along sidewalls of the gate electrode;
source/drain semiconductor regions of the MIS transistor formed on the main surface of the semiconductor substrate and respectively having one edge under the sidewalls of the gate electrode;
a first layer formed on the source/drain semiconductor regions in contact with the first insulating layer and composing source/drain electrodes of the MIS transistor;
a second insulating film formed on the first layer and along the first insulating film; and
a second layer formed on the first layer formed in contact with the second insulating film and composing the source/drain electrodes.
2 . A semiconductor device comprising a MIS transistor formed on a main surface of a semiconductor substrate, the semiconductor device including:
a gate electrode of the MIS transistor formed on the semiconductor substrate interposing a gate insulating film of the MIS transistor;
source/drain regions formed on the main surface of the semiconductor substrate and respectively having one edge under sidewalls of the gate electrode;
a first layer formed on the source/drain semiconductor regions without contacting the gate electrode and composing source/drain electrodes of the MIS transistor; and
a second layer formed on the first layer without contacting the gate electrode and with a distance from the gate electrode farther than that from the first layer, and composing the source/drain electrodes.
3 . The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the source/drain semiconductor regions at the gate electrode side have a step-like shape.
4 . The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the source/drain semiconductor regions at the gate electrode side have a slope-like shape.
5 . The semiconductor device according to claim 2 ,
wherein the second layer is formed of a metal or a silicide.
6 . The semiconductor device according to claim 5 ,
wherein the first layer is formed of a semiconductor layer having a work function between a work function of the source/drain semiconductor regions and a work function of the silicide.
7 . The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the semiconductor substrate is formed of a single crystal silicon substrate, and
wherein the first layer is a semiconductor layer formed of silicon or a silicon-germanium mixed crystal.
8 . The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the semiconductor substrate is formed of an SOI substrate,
wherein the source/drain semiconductor regions are formed in an SOI layer of the SOI substrate, and
wherein a thickness of the SOI layer is equal to or smaller than 100 nm.
9 . The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the semiconductor substrate is formed of an SOI substrate, and
wherein a thickness of a buried oxide film of the SOI substrate is equal to or smaller than 10 nm.
10 . The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,
wherein a dielectric constant of the first insulating layer is higher than that of the second insulating layer.
11 - 20 . (canceled)