Patent ID: 9553046
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: H01L

Claim:
1. A method of forming a semiconductor device comprising a fuse, the method comprising: providing a semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) structure comprising an insulating layer and a semiconductor layer formed on said insulating layer; forming an isolation region in said SOI structure separating first and second regions of said SOI structure; forming raised semiconductor regions on said semiconductor layer adjacent to a central portion of said semiconductor layer on said first region; performing a silicidation process of said central portion of said semiconductor layer and said raised semiconductor regions to form a silicided semiconductor layer and silicided raised semiconductor regions; and forming a transistor device on said second region, wherein forming said transistor device comprises forming a gate stack and sidewall spacers at sidewalls of said gate stack and further comprising forming a mask layer over said semiconductor layer before forming said raised semiconductor regions and after forming said gate stack and said sidewall spacers.