Method of manufacturing semiconductor device

Abstract

In the manufacture of a field-effect transistor, a silicon nitride film (underlaid with a thin silicon oxide film) is selectively formed on those parts of a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type at which a gate region and source and drain electrodes are to be formed, the formation of the source and drain regions and subsequently the formation of a selective thermal oxidation film on the source and drain regions are carried out by employing the silicon nitride film as a mask, and thereafter, the silicon nitride film is removed and the contacts are selectively formed at the exposed parts. Further, this invention extends to the manufacture of a C-MOS integrated circuit device which exploits the SOP (Selective oxidation process) technique employing an oxidation-proof film. According to this invention, there are provided a novel method of manufacture which reduces the problem of disconnection of electrode interconnections, which promotes the fineness of a pattern based on self-alignment and which reduces the capacitance between source and drain electrodes thereby to achieve a high-speed operation.