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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2013
Filed:
May. 22, 2007
Chih-chiang Wang, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Yi-ming Sheu, Hsinchu, TW;
Ying-shiou Lin, Hsinchu, TW;
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Abstract
An apparatus comprising a substrate of first dopant type and first dopant concentration; pocket regions in the substrate and having the first dopant type and a second dopant concentration greater than the first dopant concentration; a gate stack over the substrate and laterally between the pocket regions; first and second source/drain regions on opposing sides of the gate stack and vertically between the gate stack and the pocket regions, the first and second source/drain regions having a second dopant type opposite the first dopant type and a third dopant concentration; and third and fourth source/drain regions having the second dopant type and a fourth dopant concentration that is greater than the third dopant concentration, wherein the pocket regions are between the third and fourth source/drain regions, and the third and fourth source/drain regions are vertically between the first and second source/drain regions and a bulk portion of the substrate.