Short channel MOS devices and the method of manufacturing same

DETAILED DESCRIPTION What I claim is: 1.
In an improved semiconductor device having a body of semiconductor material of a first conductivity type; first and second regions of an opposite conductivity type sharing a common boundary surface on the body of semiconductor material; a channel region of the first conductivity type, intermediate the first and second regions and sharing the common boundary surface; a layer of gate insulator positioned over the channel region; and a layer of conductive material positioned solely over the channel region on the layer of gate insulator, the layer of conductive material and gate insulator defining a gate member; the improvement comprising; discrete ohmic connections to the gate member, the first region and the second region; the first and second opposite conductivity regions having the same type of conductivity modifiers therein; and the first opposite conductivity region having a concentration of conductivity modifiers therein about two orders of magnitude higher than the second opposite conductivity type region.
2.
The improved semiconductor of claim 1, wherein: the first and second opposite conductivity regions are source and drain regions.
3.
The improved semiconductor of claim 1, wherein: the body of semiconductor material is deposited on an insulative substrate, the substrate being selected from the group consisting of sapphire, spinel and monocrystalline beryllium oxide.
4.
The improved semiconductor of claim 3, wherein: the first and second opposite conductivity regions are source and drain regions.
5.
The improved semiconductor of claim 4 wherein the concentration of conductivity modifiers in the source region is about two orders of magnitude higher than that of the drain region.




Description:
This invention relates to MOS devices and more particularly to a novel short channel MOS device and the method of fabricating the same.
In my copending application entitled "METHOD OF MAKING NARROW SILICON LINES AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES MADE WITH SUCH LINES", Ser