Patent ID: 7364995

Claim:
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising: forming a silicon layer on a semiconductor substrate; forming a metallic layer on the silicon layer; implanting an impurity into the metallic layer; etching the silicon layer and the implanted metallic layer to provide a pair of spaced apart electrode members; performing a first heat treatment to change the silicon layer to a metallic silicide layer; forming an insulating layer on the electrode members and on portions of the semiconductor substrate exposed between the electrode members; implanting the impurity into the insulating layer; removing unwanted portions of the implanted insulating layer to form side walls on the electrode members that face each other with intervals therebetween; forming a gate electrode on the semiconductor substrate between the side walls; and thermally diffusing the impurity simultaneously from each of the electrode members and from the side walls to respectively form first impurity regions under the electrode members and second impurity regions under the side walls, wherein said forming a gate electrode is performed after formation of the electrode members and the side walls.