Method of metal/polysilicon gate formation in a field effect transistor
First Claim
1. A method for manufacturing a field effect transistor, the method comprising the steps of:
- forming source and drain regions in a semiconductor substrate;
depositing polysilicon on a surface of the semiconductor substrate between the source and drain regions;
forming first and second oxide spacers adjacent the polysilicon on the surface of the semiconductor substrate;
forming a masking layer covering substantially all the semiconductor substrate;
selectively removing portions of the masking layer to expose at least selected portions of the polysilicon;
removing a part of the selected portions of the polysilicon to an etch depth to define a trench between the first and second oxide spacers, the trench exposing a deposition surface of the polysilicon for forming the metallpolysilicon layer; and
selectively depositing electroless metal to form a metal/polysilicon gate in the trench at the selected portions of the polysilicon.
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Abstract
A method for manufacturing a field effect transistor (100) includes forming source and drain regions (110, 112) in a semiconductor substrate (102) and forming a polysilicon gate (104) on a surface (106) of the semiconductor substrate adjacent to the source and drain regions. A masking layer (136) is formed, covering substantially all the semiconductor substrate. Portions of the masking layer are then selectively removed to expose at least selected portions of the polysilicon gate. Selected portions of the polysilicon gate are partially etched. By selective electroless metal deposition, a metal layer (146) is formed on the etched selected portions of the polysilicon gate. In an alternative embodiment, the masking layer is removed before selective deposition of the electroless metal, so that electroless metal is simultaneously deposited on the polysilicon gate and the source region and the drain region.
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13 Claims
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1. A method for manufacturing a field effect transistor, the method comprising the steps of:
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forming source and drain regions in a semiconductor substrate; depositing polysilicon on a surface of the semiconductor substrate between the source and drain regions; forming first and second oxide spacers adjacent the polysilicon on the surface of the semiconductor substrate; forming a masking layer covering substantially all the semiconductor substrate; selectively removing portions of the masking layer to expose at least selected portions of the polysilicon; removing a part of the selected portions of the polysilicon to an etch depth to define a trench between the first and second oxide spacers, the trench exposing a deposition surface of the polysilicon for forming the metallpolysilicon layer; and selectively depositing electroless metal to form a metal/polysilicon gate in the trench at the selected portions of the polysilicon. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for manufacturing a field effect transistor, the method comprising the steps of:
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forming a polysilicon gate on a surface of a semiconductor substrate, the polysilicon gate having a predetermined thickness; forming a source region in the semiconductor substrate on a first side of the polysilicon gate and forming a drain region in the semiconductor substrate on a second side of the polysilicon gate; forming a first spacer immediately adjacent the first side of the polysilicon gate and a second spacer immediately adjacent the second side of the polysilicon gate, the first spacer and the second spacer extending from the surface of the semiconductor substrate to substantially a top surface of the polysilicon gate; exposing a deposition surface, including removing a part of the polysilicon gate between the first spacer and the second spacer from the top surface of the polysilicon gate to an etch depth, the etch depth being less than the predetermined thickness of the polysilicon gate, the first spacer, the second spacer and the deposition surface of the polysilicon gate defining a trench; and filling the trench by selectively depositing electroless metal in the trench to form a metal/polysilicon gate. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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