Camouflaged circuit structure with step implants

Details Camouflaged circuit structure with step implants Camouflaged circuit structure with step implants

1997-06-06

1999-10-26

Hardy, David B.

Active solid-state devices (e.g., transistors, solid-state diode

Field effect device

Having insulated electrode

257648, 438298, H01L 2978

Patent

active

059733756

ABSTRACT:
Connections between implanted regions in a semiconductor substrate, such as the sources or drains of adjacent transistors, are made by buried conductive implants rather than upper level metalizations. The presence or absence of a connection between two implanted regions is camouflaged by implanting a conductive buried layer of the same doping conductivity as the implanted regions when a connection is desired, and a field implant of opposite conductivity to the implanted regions when no connection is desired, and forming steps into the substrate at the boundaries of the buried layer or field implant that mask the steps formed between different conductivity regions during a selective etch by a reverse engineer. The masking steps are preferably formed by field oxide layers that terminate at the boundaries of the buried layers and field implants.

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