Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Young-woo Seo

Yong-hee Lee

Jung-hyun Shin

Young-Pil Kim

Young-hoon Park

Ji-hong Ahn

Myeon-Koo Kang

Sun-cheol Hong

Dug-dong Kang

Won-cheol Hong

Won-shik Lee

Methods of forming integrated circuit memory devices, such as DRAM memory cells, include the steps of simultaneously forming storage electrode and bit line contact regions of first conductivity type in a semiconductor region of second conductivity type. The contact regions preferably receive a double dose of first conductivity type dopants. This double dose compensates for etching damage caused during processing and improves the memory cell's refresh characteristics. The preferred methods of forming DRAM memory cells include the steps of forming an electrically insulating layer on a face of a semiconductor substrate containing a region of second conductivity type therein (e.g., P-type) extending to the face, and then forming a word line (or segment thereof) on the electrically insulating layer, opposite the region of second conductivity type. Contact regions of first conductivity type for a storage electrode and bit line are then formed at the same time at adjacent opposing edges of the word lines by implanting dopants of first conductivity type into the region of second conductivity type using the word line as an implant mask. A storage electrode of a capacitor is then formed on (or coupled to) the storage electrode contact region adjacent a first edge of the word line and a bit line is also preferably formed on (or coupled to) the bit line contact region adjacent a second edge of the word line. The bit line contact region and storage electrode contact region preferably receive a double dose of first conductivity type dopants by performing a first ion implant step, forming sidewall spacers on the first and second edges of the word line and then performing a second ion implant step using the sidewall spacers as an implant mask.

Methods of forming integrated circuit memory devices having improved bit

Methods of forming integrated circuits having memory cell arrays therein and peripheral circuits therein include the steps of selectively forming more lightly doped source and drain regions for transistors in the memory cell arrays. These more lightly doped source and drain regions are designed to have fewer crystalline defects therein caused by ion implantation, so that storage capacitors coupled thereto have improved refresh characteristics. Preferred methods include the steps of forming a first well region of first conductivity type (e.g., P-type) in a memory cell portion of a semiconductor substrate and a second well region of first conductivity type in a peripheral circuit portion of the semiconductor substrate extending adjacent the memory cell portion. First and second insulated gate electrodes are then formed on the first and second well regions, respectively, using conventional techniques. First dopants of second conductivity type are then implanted at a first dose level into the first and second well regions, using the first and second insulated gate electrodes as an implant mask. These dopants are then diffused to form lightly doped source and drain regions adjacent the first and second insulated gate electrodes. Second dopants of second conductivity type are then selectively implanted at a second dose level, greater than the first dose level, into the second well region using self-alignment techniques. However, these dopants are preferably not implanted into the first well region. These second dopants are then diffused into the second source/drain regions.

Methods of forming integrated circuits having memory cell arrays and

Methods of forming DRAM memory devices include the steps of forming deep storage electrode contact regions to improve the refresh characteristics of DRAM memory cells therein. In particular, the methods include the steps of forming an array of DRAM memory cells in a field ion region of second conductivity type. These memory cells contain storage electrode contact regions and bit line contact regions of first conductivity type therein. An electrically insulating layer is then deposited on the memory cells. Storage electrode contact holes are formed in the electrically insulating layer to expose the storage electrode contact regions. Dopants of first conductivity type are then implanted through the storage electrode contact holes and into the storage electrode contact regions at a first energy in a range between about 60 and 150 KeV. Then, dopants of first conductivity type are again implanted through the storage electrode contact holes at a second higher energy in a range between about 200 and 450 KeV. These dual implanting steps are preferably performed to define deep storage electrode contact extensions which extend through the field ion region and form nonrectifying junctions with the semiconductor substrate. These storage electrode contact extensions improve the refresh characteristics of the memory cells in the array by compensating for parasitic electric fields and etching damage in the field ion region.

Methods for forming integrated circuit memory devices having deep

A semiconductor device includes a connection pad layer for securing a contact margin which is formed on a first conductivity-type area whereas electrodes are connected directly through openings on a second conductivity-type area without the connection pad layer. A device fabricated according to this structure yields improved punch-through and junction depth characteristics.

Semiconductor device with selectively patterned connection pad layer for

A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, e.g., an LDD transistor, which includes the steps of forming a gate insulating layer on a semiconductor substrate, forming a polysilicon layer on the gate insulating layer, forming a silicide layer on the polysilicon layer, etching the silicide layer to form a gate-patterned silicide layer, and over-etching the silicide layer to partially etch the polysilicon layer, to thereby form a step in the polysilicon layer, forming an oxidation-prevention spacer on sidewalls of the gate-patterned silicide layer and sidewalls of the polysilicon layer exposed by the step, etching the polysilicon layer, using the oxidation-prevention spacer as an etching mask, to thereby form a gate-patterned polysilicon layer, the gate-patterned silicide layer and the gate-patterned polysilicon layer together comprising a gate electrode, thermally oxidizing exposed portions of the gate insulating layer and exposed portions of the polysilicon layer, to thereby form an oxide layer, and, ion-implanting impurities into the semiconductor substrate, using the resultant structure as an ion-implantation mask, to thereby form source/drain regions in the semiconductor substrate, on opposite sides of the gate electrode.

Method of maufacturing a semiconductor device having a low resistance

A semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof is disclosed in which a connection pad layer for securing a contact margin is formed on a first conductivity-type area whereas electrodes are connected directly through openings on a second conductivity-type area without the connection pad layer. In the method, an insulating layer is formed on the overall surface of a substrate. Using a mask pattern for exposing the first conductivity-type area, the insulating layer placed on an exposed portion is anisotropically etched so that the remaining insulating layer serves as an impurity-implantation preventing mask in a succeeding first conductivity-type impurity implantation step. A material layer for the connection pad layer is formed prior to the impurity-implantation step and patterned after the impurity implantation. In forming the second conductivity-type area, an additional insulating layer is formed, and using a mask pattern for exposing the second conductivity area, selectively and anisotropically etched so that the remaining insulating layer or the mask pattern for exposing the second conductivity-type area serves as an impurity-implantation preventing mask.

Method for manufacturing a CMOS semiconductor device

A method for manufacturing a capacitor of a highly integrated semiconductor memory device includes the steps of forming a conductive layer on the whole surface of a semiconductor substrate, forming a first material layer on the whole surface of the conductive layer, forming a polysilicon layer having hemispherical grains on the whole surface of the first material layer, forming a first material layer pattern by performing an etching on the first material layer, using the polysilicon layer as an etch-mask, partially removing the conductive layer by anisotropically etching the conductive layer, using the first material layer pattern as an etch-mask, defining the conductive layer into an individual unit cell, and removing the first material layer pattern. Since greater cell capacitance can be secured by a simple process, this method can be adopted to manufacturing semiconductor memory devices having packing densities up to 64 Mb and 256 Mb.

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