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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 1997
Filed:
Mar. 28, 1996
Chih-Hsien Wang, Hsinchu, TW;
Min-Liang Chen, Hsinchu, TW;
Mosel Vitelic, Inc., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A method and resulting integrated circuit device, and in particular a CMOS integrated circuit device, having a fabrication method and structure therefor for an improved lightly doped drain region. The method includes the steps of providing a semiconductor substrate with a P type well region and an N type well region. Gate electrodes are formed overlying gate dielectic over each P type well and N type well regions. The method then performs a blanket N type implant step at an angle being about 45.degree. or greater from a perpendicular to the gate electrodes in both the P type and N type well regions. The blanket N type implant forms an LDD region in the P type well region. Sidewall spacers are then formed on edges of the gate electrodes. The method then performs two separate N type implants into the P type well region, each at different angles and dosages to form the N type LDD source/drain region for an NMOS device. The method also performs two separate P type implants into the N type well region, each at different angles and dosages to form the P type LDD source/drain region for a PMOS device. The present LDD fabrication method provides a relatively consistent and easy to fabricate CMOS LDD region, with less masking steps and improved device performance.