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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 1987
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1985
Pierre Blanchard, Echirolles, FR;
Jean P Cortot, Grenoble, FR;
Thomson-Csf, Paris, FR;
Abstract
A process for forming closely spaced silicon or silicon-silicide gate electrodes for an integrated circuit involving the successive deposition over the semiconductive substrate of layers of silicon oxide, polycrystalline silicon, a metal, for example, tantalum which can be converted to a silicide, an oxide layer and a masking layer. Then the masking layer is patterned by photolithography and the exposed oxide layer etched in a fashion to undercut the overlying masking layer to leave an overhang. Then the exposed metal layer is removed, and the metal forming a silicide redeposited through the opening in the masking layer on the central portion of the exposed polycrystalline corresponding to the opening. The metal is then converted to a silicide and the polycrystalline silicon free of the silicide is removed.