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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 31, 1997
Lay Chee, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abdalla Naem, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
National Semicoinductor Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A process for forming metal salicide layers on an MOS transistor structure that reduces the risk of forming metal silicide bridges between source/drain regions and a polysilicon gate. The process includes the use of a uni-directional ion metal plasma deposition step to deposit a metal layer on the surface of a MOS transistor structure such that the ratio of the metal layer thickness on the surface of a gate sidewall spacers to the metal layer thickness on the surface of a polysilicon gate is no greater than 0.2. The relatively thin metal layer on the surface of the gate sidewall spacer reduces the possibility of forming metal silicide defects.
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