Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same

Abstract

An isolation which is higher in a stepwise manner than an active area of a silicon substrate is formed. On the active area, an FET including a gate oxide film, a gate electrode, a gate protection film, sidewalls and the like is formed. An insulating film is deposited on the entire top surface of the substrate, and a resist film for exposing an area stretching over the active area, a part of the isolation and the gate protection film is formed on the insulating film. There is no need to provide an alignment margin for avoiding interference with the isolation and the like to a region where a connection hole is formed. Since the isolation is higher in a stepwise manner than the active area, the isolation is prevented from being removed by over-etch in the formation of a connection hole to come in contact with a portion where an impurity concentration is low in the active area. In this manner, the integration of a semiconductor device can be improved and an area occupied by the semiconductor device can be decreased without causing degradation of junction voltage resistance and increase of a junction leakage current in the semiconductor device.

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       39 . A semiconductor device, comprising: 
 an isolation insulating area surrounding an active area of a semiconductor substrate;    a gate insulating film formed over the active area;    a gate electrode formed over the gate insulating film;    first L-shaped sidewalls formed over the side surfaces of the gate electrode; and    first silicide layers formed on regions located on the sides of the first L-shaped sidewalls within the active area.    
   
   
       40 . The semiconductor device of  claim 39 , wherein the first L-shaped sidewalls are made of a silicon nitride film.  
   
   
       41 . The semiconductor device of  claim 39 , further comprising first protection oxide films formed between the gate electrode and the first L-shaped sidewalls.  
   
   
       42 . The semiconductor device of  claim 39 , further comprising a second silicide layer formed on the gate electrode.  
   
   
       43 . The semiconductor device of  claim 39 , further comprising source/drain regions formed on both sides of the gate electrode within the active area, wherein the first silicide layers are formed on the source/drain regions.  
   
   
       44 . The semiconductor device of  claim 39 , further comprising an interconnection formed over the isolation insulating area; and 
 second L-shaped sidewalls formed over the side surfaces of the interconnection.    
   
   
       45 . The semiconductor device of  claim 44 , the second L-shaped sidewalls are made of a silicon nitride film.  
   
   
       46 . The semiconductor device of  claim 44 , further comprising second protection oxide films formed between the interconnection and the second L-shaped sidewalls.  
   
   
       47 . The semiconductor device of  claim 44 , further comprising a third silicide layer formed on the interconnection.  
   
   
       48 . The semiconductor device of  claim 39 , wherein the isolation insulating area is a trench isolation.  
   
   
       49 . The semiconductor device of  claim 48 , wherein the trench isolation has an upper surface higher than the surface of the active area.  
   
   
       50 . The semiconductor device of  claim 48 , wherein a lower portion of the interconnection provided on the upper surface of the trench isolation is located higher than the surface of the active area.  
   
   
       51 . The semiconductor device of  claim 44 , wherein the interconnection is composed of the same material as the gate electrode.  
   
   
       52 . The semiconductor device of  claim 51 , wherein the gate electrode and the interconnection has at least a polysilicon film.