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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 01, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Anchor Chen, Pingtung, TW;
Shih-Ching Chen, Nantou Hsien, TW;
Assignee:
United Semiconductor Corp., Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/18242 ; H01L 2/120 ; H01L 2/144 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/18242 ; H01L 2/120 ; H01L 2/144 ;
Abstract
A method for forming hemispherical silicon grains on selected surfaces of a silicon layer includes the steps of forming a doped polysilicon layer over a substrate, and then forming amorphous spacers on the sidewalls of the doped polysilicon layer. Thereafter, an ion implantation is carried out to transform the upper portion of the doped polysilicon into an amorphous silicon layer. Finally, hemispherical silicon grains are formed on the upper surface of the amorphous layer lying above the polysilicon layer and the exposed surface of the amorphous spacers.