IP Library Granted Patent US 8,143,651
Granted Patent B2
US 8,143,651 · App. 12/848,999 · Granted Mar 27, 2012

Nested and isolated transistors with reduced impedance difference

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Patent No.
US 8,143,651
App. No.
12/848,999
Granted
Mar 27, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A processing layer, such as silicon, is formed on a metal silicide contact followed by a metal layer. The silicon and metal layers are annealed to increase the thickness of the metal silicide contact. By selectively increasing the thickness of silicide contacts, R s of transistors in iso and nested regions can be matched.

Claims (34)

1. A device comprising:

a substrate having first and second device regions;

first metal silicide contacts in the first device region, the first metal silicide contacts comprise a first metal silicide layer; and

second metal silicide contacts in the second device region which are different than the first metal silicide contacts, the second metal silicide contacts comprise a second metal silicide contact layer over the first metal silicide layer.

2. The device of claim 1 comprises:

first transistors in the first device region, wherein the first metal silicide contacts are contacts of the first transistors; and

second transistors in the second device region, wherein the second metal silicide contacts are contacts of the second transistors.

3. The device of claim 2 wherein the first and second transistors comprise n-type transistors.

4. The device of claim 2 wherein:

the first transistors comprise iso transistors and the second transistors comprise nested transistors.

5. The device of claim 1 wherein the second metal silicide contacts comprise a target thickness.

6. The device of claim 4 wherein the second metal silicide contact stacks comprise a target thickness, the target thickness results in R s of the first transistors and R s of the second transistors being about the same.

7. The device of claim 5 wherein the target thickness results in a target R s .

8. A device comprising:

a substrate having first and second regions;

a first transistor in the first region, the first transistor include first metal silcide contacts, the first metal silicide contacts comprise a first metal silicide layer;

a second transistor in the second region, the second transistor includes second metal silicide contacts in the second region; the second metal silicide contacts, which are different from the first metal silicide contacts, comprise a second metal silicide contact layer over the first metal silicide contact layer.

9. The device of claim 8 wherein the first and second transistors comprise n-type transistors.

10. The device of claim 8 wherein the second metal silicide contacts comprise a target thickness.

11. The device of claim 10 wherein the target thickness results in a target R s of the second transistor being about the same as that of the first transistor.

12. An IC comprising:

a substrate having first and second regions;

first transistors in the first region, wherein the first transistors include first metal silicide contacts;

second transistors in the second region, wherein the second transistors include second metal silicide contacts, which are different than the first metal silicide contacts, the second metal silicide contacts comprise more metal silicide layers than the first metal silicide contacts.

13. The IC of claim 12 wherein the second metal silicide contacts comprise a target thickness to result in the first and second transistors having about the same R s .

14. The IC of claim 12 wherein the transistors comprise n-type transistors.

15. The IC of claim 12 wherein:

the first transistors comprise iso transistors and the second transistors comprise nested transistors.

16. The IC of claim 15 wherein the second metal silicide contacts comprise a target thickness to result in the first and second transistors having about the same R s .

17. The IC of claim 15 wherein the first and second transistors are n-type transistors.

18. The device in claim 12 wherein:

the first metal silicide contacts comprise a first metal silicide layer; and

the second metal silicide contacts comprise a second metal silicide layer over the first metal silicide layer.

19. The IC in claim 18 wherein the first and second metal silicide layers are of the same type of metal silicide layers.

Assignments (5)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 19, 2020
From: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: GLOBALFOUNDRIES SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.
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SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Nov 27, 2018
From: GLOBALFOUNDRIES SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
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CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 19, 2012
From: CHARTERED SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING LTD.
To: CHARTERED SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 027729/0418 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 19, 2012
From: CHARTERED SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING PTE. LTD.
To: GLOBALFOUNDRIES SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 027729/0420 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 16, 2012
From: WIDODO, JOHNNY; HSIA, LIANG CHOO; LEE, JAMES YONG MENG; GAO, WEN ZHI; LUN, ZHAO; LIU, HUANG; LAI, CHUNG WOH; MISHRA, SHAILENDRA; CHOW, YEW TUCK; CHEN, FANG; ONG, SHIANG YANG
To: CHARTERED SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING, LTD.
Reel/Frame 027712/0427 →