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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 18, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jeong Yeol Choi, Fremont, CA (US);
Chung-Jen Chien, Saratoga, CA (US);
Chung Chyung Han, San Jose, CA (US);
Chuen-Der Lien, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Assignee:
Integrated Device Technology, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; H01L / ; H01L / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
257408 ; 257335 ;
Abstract
A method and structure for controlling the threshold voltage of a MOSFET is provided. The method compensates for the edge effect associated with prior art halo implants by providing an edge threshold voltage implant (the VT implant) which passes impurities through dielectric spacers, through the underlying source/drain regions and into the edges of the halo regions which lie in the channel. The VT implant reduces junction capacitance and does not degrade punchthrough voltage.