IP Library Patent Application 12105226
Patent Application
App. No. 12/105,226

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME

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App. No.
12/105,226
Abstract

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.

Claims (33)

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)

Assignments (3)
MERGER Recorded Sep 1, 2010
From: RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORP.
To: NEC ELECTRRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 024933/0869 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 1, 2010
From: NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
To: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 024953/0404 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 17, 2008
From: MORITA, YUSUKE; KIMURA, YOSHINOBU; TSUCHIYA, RYUTA; SUGII, NOBUYUKI; KIMURA, SHINICHIRO
To: RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORP.
Reel/Frame 020821/0279 →