US 7,585,710 B2
Methods of forming electronic devices having partially elevated source/drain structures
Min-Cheol Park, Seoul (Korea, Republic of); and Sung-Hoi Hur, Seoul (Korea, Republic of)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co, Ltd., Gyeonggi-do (Korea, Republic of)
Filed on Dec. 14, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/638,775.
Application 11/638775 is a division of application No. 11/020311, filed on Dec. 22, 2004.
Prior Publication US 2007/0090466 A1, Apr. 26, 2007
Int. Cl. H01L 29/72 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 438—151  [438/197; 438/672; 438/675; 257/330] 5 Claims
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1. A method of fabricating a transistor, comprising:
forming a gate layer on a semiconductor substrate;
implanting low-concentrated impurities into the semiconductor substrate around both sides of the gate layer to form a low-concentrated diffusion region;
forming an inter-level insulation film on an entire surface of the semiconductor substrate on which the low-concentrated diffusion region is formed;
patterning the inter-level insulation film to form contact holes exposing the semiconductor substrate on which the low-concentrated diffusion region is formed;
growing an epitaxial layer on the semiconductor substrate exposed by the contact holes; and
forming a contact pattern to fill the contact holes;
wherein during the growth of the epitaxial layer, impurities are implanted while gradually increasing a concentration of the impurities so that an impurity dopant concentration of the epitaxial layer increases with increasing distance from the semiconductor substrate.