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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2003
Filed:
May. 22, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Cyril Furio, Bordeaux, FR;
Assignee:
SGS-Thomson Microelectronics S.A., Gentilly, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/947 ; H01L 2/9812 ; H01L 3/107 ; H01L 3/1108 ; H01L 2/7095 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/947 ; H01L 2/9812 ; H01L 3/107 ; H01L 3/1108 ; H01L 2/7095 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a contacting structure on a lightly-doped P-type region of a semiconductor component, this P-type region being positively biased during the on-state operation of said component, including, on the P region a layer of a platinum silicide, or of a metal silicide having with the P-type silicon a barrier height lower than or equal to that of the platinum silicide.