Low temperature CVD process with selected stress of the CVD...

Semiconductor device manufacturing: process – Introduction of conductivity modifying dopant into... – Ion implantation of dopant into semiconductor region

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C438S199000, C438S680000, C438S780000, C257SE21316

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ABSTRACT:
Device-enhancing coatings are deposited on CMOS devices by successively masking with photoresist each one of the sets of N-channel and P-channel devices while unmasking or leaving unmasked the other set, and after each step of successively masking one of the sets of devices, carrying out low temperature CVD steps with a toroidal RF plasma current while applying an RF plasma bias voltage. The temperature of the workpiece is held below a threshold photoresist removal temperature. The RF bias voltage is held at a level at which the coating is deposited with a first stress when the unmasked set consists of the P-channel devices and with a second stress when the unmasked set consists of N-channel devices.

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