ANALOGUE THIN-OXIDE MOSFET
A dual gate oxide CMOS technology providing three types of transistor; a thin oxide device, a thick oxide device, and a thin oxide device using the implant type of the thick oxide device for providing improved analogue performance.
1 . A dual gate oxide CMOS integrated circuit, comprising
at least one thin-oxide transistor comprising a gate oxide having a first configuration and a first implant type,
at least one thick-oxide transistor comprising a gate oxide having a second configuration and a second implant type, and
at least one further transistor comprising a gate oxide of the first configuration and implants of the second type.
2 . A dual gate oxide CMOS integrated circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the first gate oxide configuration is a thin-oxide gate principally for high speed performance or lower supply voltage and the second type of gate oxide is a thick oxide gate principally for IO devices or higher supply voltage.
3 . A mask set for the manufacture of a dual gate oxide CMOS integrated circuit, comprising
a first mask for the definition of LDD implants in a thick gate oxide transistor,
a second mask for the definition of gate oxides,
wherein the first mask is open for the definition of LDD implants at a first site and the second mask is closed for the definition of a thin gate oxide at that first site, for the formation of a transistor in the integrated circuit at that first site.
4 . A mask set according to claim 3 , further comprising
a third mask for the definition of LDD implants in a thin gate oxide transistor.
5 . A mask set according to claim 4 , wherein
the second mask is closed for the definition of a thin gate oxide at a second site and the third mask is open for the definition of LDD implants at that second site, for the formation of a conventional thin-oxide transistor at that site, and
the first mask is open for the definition of LDD implants at a third site and the second mask is open for the definition of a thick gate oxide at that third site, for the formation of a conventional thick-oxide transistor at that site.
6 . A method for the manufacture of a dual-oxide CMOS integrated circuit, comprising the steps of
forming a thin-oxide transistor using a first implant type and a first oxide configuration,
forming a thick-oxide transistor using a second implant type and a second oxide configuration, and
forming a third type of transistor using the first oxide configuration and the second implant type.
7 . A method for the manufacture of a dual gate oxide CMOS integrated circuit utilising the mask set of claim 3 , comprising the steps of
implanting LDD implants at the first site using the first mask, and
defining a thin oxide layer using the second mask at the first site.
8 . A method of designing a dual oxide CMOS integrated circuit using a CMOS technology, the CMOS technology comprising a thin gate oxide transistor utilising a first gate oxide configuration and a first implant type, and a thick gate oxide transistor utilising a second gate oxide configuration and a second implant type, the method comprising the step of
defining at least one transistor using the first gate oxide configuration and the second implant type.