The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to differential silicide structures and methods of manufacture. The structure includes: a substrate; a gate structure comprising a silicided gate region; and source and drain regions adjacent to the gate structure and comprising S/D silicided regions having a differential thickness compared to the silicided gate region.

A display driver semiconductor device includes a high voltage well region formed on a substrate, a first semiconductor device, a second semiconductor device, and a third semiconductor device. The first semiconductor device is formed on the high voltage well region and includes a first gate insulating layer formed using a deposition process. The second semiconductor device is formed adjacent to the first semiconductor device and includes a second gate insulating layer formed using a thermal process. The third semiconductor device is formed adjacent to the second semiconductor device and includes a third gate insulating layer.

A method includes forming a gate stack on a first portion of a semiconductor substrate, removing a second portion of the semiconductor substrate on a side of the gate stack to form a recess, growing a semiconductor region starting from the recess, implanting the semiconductor region with an impurity, and performing a melt anneal on the semiconductor region. At least a portion of the semiconductor region is molten during the melt anneal.

The disclosure discloses an LDMOSFET device. The second side of a polysilicon gate is extended to the surface of a drift region field oxide and forms a first field plate. A second field plate dielectric layer and a second field plate are formed between the second side of the polysilicon gate and the second side of the drift region field oxide. The second field plate is formed by a metal silicide formed on the surface of the self-aligned block dielectric layer. The first field plate and the second field plate are connected together through a metal layer and are connected to a gate formed by the metal layer. The disclosure further discloses a method for making the LDMOSFET device. The disclosure can optimize the relationship between BV and Rsp of the device.

The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to differential silicide structures and methods of manufacture. The structure includes: a substrate; a gate structure comprising a silicided gate region; and source and drain regions adjacent to the gate structure and comprising S/D silicided regions having a differential thickness compared to the silicided gate region.

A semiconductor device is disclosed, a substrate structure; a raised source region; a raised drain region; a separation region disposed laterally between the raised source region and the raised drain region; a gate structure, disposed between the raised source region and the raised drain region and above a part of the separation region, the gate structure being spaced apart from the drain region and defining a drain extension region therebetween; a dummy gate structure in the drain extension region; an epitaxial layer, disposed above and in contact with the substrate structure and forming the raised source region, the raised drain region, and a raised region between the gate structure and the dummy gate structure, wherein the raised region between the gate structure and the dummy gate structure is relatively lightly doped to a conductivity of a second conductivity type which is opposite the first conductivity type.

There is provided a method for manufacturing a transistor from a stack including at least one gate pattern comprising at least one flank, the method including forming at least one gate spacer over at least the flank of the gate pattern; and reducing, after a step of exposure of the stack to a temperature greater than or equal to 600 C., of a dielectric permittivity of the at least one gate spacer, the reducing including at least one ion implantation in a portion at least of a thickness of the at least one gate spacer.

A display driver semiconductor device includes a high voltage well region formed on a substrate, a first semiconductor device, a second semiconductor device, and a third semiconductor device. The first semiconductor device is formed on the high voltage well region and includes a first gate insulating layer formed using a deposition process. The second semiconductor device is formed adjacent to the first semiconductor device and includes a second gate insulating layer formed using a thermal process. The third semiconductor device is formed adjacent to the second semiconductor device and includes a third gate insulating layer.

A method includes forming a gate stack on a first portion of a semiconductor substrate, removing a second portion of the semiconductor substrate on a side of the gate stack to form a recess, growing a semiconductor region starting from the recess, implanting the semiconductor region with an impurity, and performing a melt anneal on the semiconductor region. At least a portion of the semiconductor region is molten during the melt anneal.

A method includes forming a gate stack on a first portion of a semiconductor substrate, removing a second portion of the semiconductor substrate on a side of the gate stack to form a recess, growing a semiconductor region starting from the recess, implanting the semiconductor region with an impurity, and performing a melt anneal on the semiconductor region. At least a portion of the semiconductor region is molten during the melt anneal.