Pass transistor and isolation design methodology and its implementation for improved manufacturability for 256-Mbit DRAM and beyond

Amitava Chatterjee; Mark Rodder; Ih-Chin Chen

doi:10.1117/12.250871

13 September 1996 Pass transistor and isolation design methodology and its implementation for improved manufacturability for 256-Mbit DRAM and beyond

Amitava Chatterjee, Mark Rodder, Ih-Chin Chen

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Proceedings Volume 2875, Microelectronic Device and Multilevel Interconnection Technology II; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.250871
Event: Microelectronic Manufacturing 1996, 1996, Austin, TX, United States

Abstract

With the active area pitch being pushed to the limit of LOCOS isolation, manufacturability of the array transistor is increasingly affected by the isolation design. In this paper we have enhanced our design for manufacturability methodology to include the effects of isolation design in addition to those of transistor design. We apply this methodology to 256 Mbit DRAM and demonstrate a margin of 0.06 micrometers for both nitride width (W) and poly gate length (L_g) variations for an isolation pitch of 0.6 micrometers and target L_g of 0.25 micrometers . This margin is obtained with Sidewall-Sealed MSL SSMSL process without edge oxide and using a heavy dose of channel stop implant. The diode leakage and gate oxide integrity are shown to be within acceptable limits. In terms of transistor design, pocket implanted transistors are shown to be marginally better than conventional transistors due to larger margin for L_g variation and comparable diode leakage.

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Amitava Chatterjee, Mark Rodder, and Ih-Chin Chen "Pass transistor and isolation design methodology and its implementation for improved manufacturability for 256-Mbit DRAM and beyond", Proc. SPIE 2875, Microelectronic Device and Multilevel Interconnection Technology II, (13 September 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.250871

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