| US 7,601,610 B2 | ||
| Method for manufacturing a high integration density power MOS device | ||
| Giuseppe Arena, Catania (Italy); Giuseppe Ferla, Acicastello (Italy); and Marco Camalleri, Catania (Italy) | ||
| Assigned to STMicroelectronics, S.r.L., Agrate Brianza (Italy) | ||
| Filed on Nov. 21, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/285,742. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. MI2004A2243 (IT), filed on Nov. 19, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0138537 A1, Jun. 29, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. H01L 21/20 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 438—448 [438/449; 438/532; 438/634; 438/646; 438/655; 257/E21.016; 257/E21.022; 257/E21.576] | 12 Claims |

| 1. A process for the realization of a high integration density power MOS device, comprising the steps of:
providing a doped semiconductor substrate with a first type of conductivity;
forming, on the substrate, a semiconductor layer with lower conductivity;
forming, on said semiconductor layer, a dielectric layer of thickness comprised between 300 and 1300 nm;
depositing, on said dielectric layer, a hard mask layer;
masking the hard mask layer by means of a masking layer;
etching the hard mask layers and the underlying dielectric layer for defining a plurality of hard mask portions to protect
said dielectric layer;
removing the masking layer;
isotropically and laterally etching said dielectric layer forming lateral cavities in said dielectric layer below said hard
mask portions;
forming a gate oxide of thickness comprised between 15 and 150 nm;
depositing a conductor material in said cavities and above the same to form a recess spacer wherein said recess spacer serves
as gate electrode, which is totally aligned with a gate structure comprising said thick dielectric layer and said gate oxides;
providing a masking, by positioning a resist layer, of the regions which will lead signal transmission conductive layers,
above said thick dielectric layer; and
anisotropically etching the conductor layer and removing said resist layer, said anisotropically etching of said conductor
layer defining, in a simultaneous way, said recess spacer and said signal transmission conductive layer.
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