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CMOS Process
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Circuit Under Design
VDD VDD
M2
M4
M1 M3
Circuit Layout
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The Manufacturing Process
For a great tour through the process and its different steps, check
http://www.fullman.com/semiconductors/semiconductors.html
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Process Flow
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Start Material
A
* Cross-sections will be
shown along vertical line A-A’
N-well Construction
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N-well Construction
N-well Construction
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N-well Construction
P-well Construction
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Grow Gate Oxide
0.055 µm thin
0.9 µm thick
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Polysilicon layer
Source-Drain Implants
n+ source-drain implant
(using n+ select mask)
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Source-Drain Implants
p+ source-drain implant
(using p+ select mask)
Contact-Hole Definition
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Aluminum-1 Layer
Aluminum evaporated
(0.8 µm thick)
followed by other metal
layers and glass
Advanced Metalization
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Design Rules
Jan M. Rabaey
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Design Rules
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Intra-Layer Design Rules
Same Potential Different Potential
9 2
0
Well or Polysilicon
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10 2
3 3
Active Metal1
Contact
or Via 2
3 Hole 3
2 2 4
Select Metal2
Transistor Layout
Transistor
3 2
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Via’s and Contacts
2
4
Via
1 1
5
Metal to
Metal to 1 Poly Contact
Active Contact 3 2
2
2
Select Layer
2
Select
3
2
1
3 3
2 5
Well
Substrate
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CMOS Inverter Layout
GND In VDD
A A’
Out
(a) Layout
A A’
n
p-substrate Field
n+ p+ Oxide
(b) Cross-Section along A-A’
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