The sourcddrain junction leakage currents of lightly doped drain(LDD) MOSFET for various gate sidewall spacer materials have been measured and analyzed. Since the step coverages of spacer materials and the etch rates of field oxide during the gate sidewall spacer etch process are different,the junction leakage currents are found to be different for three different spacer materials. Therefore, the comer defects formed at the boundaries between the source/drain substrate and the field oxide have different depth. The deeper the comer defects form, the more the junction leakage currents flow. The defects are generated by the damage from n+ source/drain As75 implant process following the gate sidewall spacer etch.
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