Active solid-state devices (e.g. – transistors – solid-state diode – Field effect device – Having insulated electrode
Patent
1994-12-12
1996-09-24
Wojciechowicz, Edward
Active solid-state devices (e.g., transistors, solid-state diode
Field effect device
Having insulated electrode
257173, 257174, 257355, 257344, 257408, 257546, H01L 2976
Patent
active
055593526
ABSTRACT:
A method of forming an ESD protection device with reduced breakdown voltage, simultaneously with an integrated circuit which includes FET devices, and the resultant device structure, are described. A silicon substrate is provided on which there are field oxide regions, gates, and active regions. A first ion implant of a conductivity-imparting dopant is performed in a vertical direction into the active regions of the ESD protection device and the FET devices. A first insulating layer is formed over the ESD protection device and the FET devices, and over the field oxide regions. The first insulating layer is patterned to create spacers adjacent to the gates of both the ESD protection device and the FET devices. A second ion implant of a conductivity-imparting dopant with higher concentration than dopant from the first ion implant is performed into active regions of both the ESD protection device and the FET devices. A second insulating layer is formed over the ESD protection device and the FET devices, and over the field oxide regions. The second insulating layer is patterned to form contact openings to the active regions. Finally, a third ion implant of a conductivity-imparting dopant, with opposite conductivity from the first and second ion implants, having equal concentration to dopant from the first ion implant, is performed through the contact openings into active regions of the ESD protection device.
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Hsue Chen-Chiu
Ko Joe
United Microelectronics Corporation
Wojciechowicz Edward
Wright William H.
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