CMOS structures and methods using self-aligned dual stressed layers
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1. A method for fabricating a CMOS structure comprising:
- forming a first transistor of a first polarity laterally separated from a second transistor of a second polarity different than the first polarity over a semiconductor substrate;
forming a first stressed layer having a first stress located over the first transistor and a second stressed layer having a second stress different from the first stress located over the second transistor, where the first stressed layer and the second stressed layer abut and overlap;
forming a blanket layer over the first stressed layer and the second stressed layer that abut and overlap;
further masking the blanket layer over the first stressed layer and the second stressed layer to leave uncovered at least the portion of the first stressed layer and the second stressed layer that abut and overlap; and
etching the blanket layer and at least one of the first stressed layer and the second stressed layer so that the first stressed layer and the second stressed layer abut and do not overlap.
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Abstract
A CMOS structure and methods for fabricating the CMOS structure provide that a first stressed layer located over a first transistor and a second stressed layer located over a second transistor abut but do not overlap. Such an abutment absent overlap provides for enhanced manufacturing flexibility when forming a contact to a silicide layer upon a source/drain region within one of the first transistor and the second transistor.
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1. A method for fabricating a CMOS structure comprising:
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forming a first transistor of a first polarity laterally separated from a second transistor of a second polarity different than the first polarity over a semiconductor substrate; forming a first stressed layer having a first stress located over the first transistor and a second stressed layer having a second stress different from the first stress located over the second transistor, where the first stressed layer and the second stressed layer abut and overlap; forming a blanket layer over the first stressed layer and the second stressed layer that abut and overlap; further masking the blanket layer over the first stressed layer and the second stressed layer to leave uncovered at least the portion of the first stressed layer and the second stressed layer that abut and overlap; and etching the blanket layer and at least one of the first stressed layer and the second stressed layer so that the first stressed layer and the second stressed layer abut and do not overlap. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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