Patent ID: 6747328
Filing Date: 2004-06-08
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
A scaled MOSFET device, comprising:a semiconductor substrate, of a first conductivity type; a shallow-trench-isolation (STI) structure being formed over said semiconductor substrate, wherein said STI structure comprises an active region and an isolation region; a gate region being formed over a portion of said STI structure, wherein said gate region comprises a pair of second conductive sidewall spacers being formed over inner sidewall of said gate region and on a portion of a flat surface being formed by a first conductive layer in said active region and a portion of a first raised field-oxide layers in said isolation region for forming an implant region in a central portion of a channel in a self-aligned manner, and a planarized third conductive layer being formed over a gap between said pair of second conductive, sidewall spacers; and a source region and a drain region being separately formed in a side portion of said gate region, wherein said source/drain region comprises a buffer-dielectric layer being formed over a sidewall of said gate region and on said semiconductor substrate in said active region and a third raised field-oxide layers in said isolation region for forming a lightly-doped source/drain diffusion region of a second conductivity type in a self-aligned manner, a first sidewall dielectric spacer being formed over a sidewall of said buffer-dielectric layer and on said buffer-dielectric layer for forming a heavily-doped source/drain diffusion region of said second conductivity type in a self-aligned manner, and a second sidewall dielectric spacer being formed over a sidewall of said first sidewall dielectric spacer and on said buffer-dielectric layer for forming a self-aligned metal-silicide contact over a portion of said heavily-doped source/drain diffusion region.