Method of forming a dopant outdiffusion control structure includ

Details Method of forming a dopant outdiffusion control structure includ Method of forming a dopant outdiffusion control structure includ

1997-12-19

1999-12-07

Fahmy, Wael

Semiconductor device manufacturing: process

Making field effect device having pair of active regions...

Having insulated gate

438786, 438791, H01L 2170

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059982535

ABSTRACT:
A method for controlling dopant outdiffusion within an integrated circuit is disclosed. The method includes providing a substrate, forming a trench in the substrate, and forming a first doped layer in the trench. The first doped layer has a first dopant concentration. The method further includes forming a dopant diffusion control structure above the first doped layer. The dopant diffusion control structure includes silicon nitride (Si.sub.x N.sub.y) disposed in grain boundaries of the first doped layer. The method also includes forming a second layer above the dopant diffusion control structure. The second layer has a second dopant concentration lower than the first dopant concentration. Forming the dopant diffusion control structure includes, in one example, forming a first oxide layer over the first doped silicon layer, nitridizing the first oxide layer, thereby forming an oxynitride (SiO.sub.x N.sub.y) layer and causing the silicon nitride to migrate into the grain boundaries, and removing the oxynitride layer, thereby exposing the silicon nitride at the grain boundaries at an interface of the first doped layer.

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