Method for manufacturing semiconductor device and MOS field effect transistor

1. A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device configured as a MOS field effect transistor provided with a source region and a drain region formed by activating, through anneal, a first dopant of other conduction type ion-implanted in a device forming area of one conduction type provided in a semiconductor layer formed over an insulator, and a body region corresponding to the device forming area between the source region and the drain region, said method comprising the steps of, prior to the ion-implantation of the first dopant,

(a) performing ion implantation of Ar in a boundary region between the source and drain regions to be formed, which corresponds to a region lying in a predeterminate area for forming the body region; and

(b) performing high-temperature anneal for partly recovering crystal defects produced by the ion implantation of the Ar at a temperature higher than the anneal for activation of the first dopant,

wherein the high-temperature anneal is carried out at a high-temperature anneal holding temperature that ranges from 1050° C. to 1100° C., and the anneal for activation of the first dopant is carried out at an anneal holding temperature that ranges from 950° C. to 975° C.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein upon the high-temperature anneal, a rise in temperature is performed up to the high-temperature anneal holding temperature at a temperature rise rate that ranges from 60° C./sec to 80° C./sec.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the Ar is ion-implanted at such implantation energy that the concentration thereof becomes maximum at the semiconductor layer in the neighborhood of an interface between the insulator and the semiconductor layer.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the Ar is ion-implanted at an implantation rate which ranges from 2×10 14 cm −2 to 5×10 14 cm −2 .

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein ions of elements of one type or more selected from a group constituted of 0-group elements, Si and Ge other than the Ar are ion-implanted as an alternative to the Ar.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein one type of substance selected from a group constituted of SiO 2 , a sapphire and a crystal is used as the insulator.

7. A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device configured as a MOS field effect transistor in a device forming area of one conduction type provided in a semiconductor layer formed over an insulator, said method comprising:

an Ar ion implantation step for ion-implanting Ar with a gate electrode section formed in a surface of the device forming area as a mask to introduce crystal defects into the device forming area, said step being used as a pre-process for introducing a first dopant of other conduction type into the device forming area of one conduction type;

a high-temperature anneal step for recovering some of the crystal defects;

a first ion implantation step for ion-implanting the first dopant of other conduction type with the gate electrode section as a mask; and

an activation step for performing anneal for activation of the first dopant at a temperature lower than the high-temperature anneal to thereby form a source region and a drain region in the device forming area,

whereby the MOS field effect transistor having the crystal defects is formed at both an end on the source region side, of a body region corresponding to the device forming area between the source region and the drain region and an end on the drain region side, of the body region.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein a step for forming field oxide films for electrically isolating said individual MOS field effect transistors to be formed, in the semiconductor layer, a second ion implantation step for ion-implanting a second dopant of said one conduction type in the device forming area to adjust a threshold voltage of said each MOS field effect transistor, and a step for laminating a gate oxide film and a gate electrode over the surface of the device forming area demarcated by the field oxide films in this order to thereby form the gate electrode section are executed prior to the Ar ion implantation step, and

wherein the first ion implantation step includes,

a first-time ion implantation step for ion-implanting a first impurity to a depth near the surface of the device forming area as the first dopant using the gate electrode as a mask,

a step for forming sidewalls on sidewalls of the gate electrode, and

a second-time ion implantation step for ion-implanting a second impurity identical to or different from the first impurity to a depth deeper than that at the first impurity as the first dopant using the gate electrode and the sidewalls as masks.

9. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the high-temperature anneal is carried out at a high-temperature anneal holding temperature that ranges from 1050° C. to 1100° C., and the anneal for activation of the first dopant is carried out at an anneal holding temperature that ranges from 950° C. to 975° C.

10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein upon the high-temperature anneal, a rise in temperature is performed up to the high-temperature anneal holding temperature at a temperature rise rate that ranges from 60° C./sec to 80° C./sec.

11. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the Ar is ion-implanted at such implantation energy that the concentration thereof becomes maximum at the semiconductor layer in the neighborhood of an interface between the insulator and the semiconductor layer.

12. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the Ar is ion-implanted at an implantation rate which ranges from 2×10 14 cm −2 to 5×10 14 cm −2 .

13. The method according to claim 7 , wherein ions of elements of one type or more selected from a group constituted of 0-group elements, Si and Ge other than the Ar are ion-implanted as an alternative to the Ar.

14. The method according to claim 7 , wherein one type of substance selected from a group constituted of SiO 2 , a sapphire and a crystal is used as the insulator.