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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2006
Applicant:
Naoki Kotani, Hyogo, JP;
Inventor:
Naoki Kotani, Hyogo, JP;
Assignee:
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/70 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a semiconductor device, a transistor in an N-type logic region NL is covered with a tensile stress applying film and a transistor in a P-type logic region PL is covered with a compressive stress applying film. Transistors in a P-type SRAM region PS and an N-type SRAM region NS are covered with a layered film including a tensile stress applying film and a compressive stress applying film.