A high-speed 0.15 mu m single-gate Co salicide CMOS technology has been dem
onstrated, which suppresses short channel effects in 0.15 mu m buried chann
el pMOSFETs by optimizing the fabrication conditions of their extension reg
ion. An unloaded CMOS inverter ring-oscillator delay of 19.8 ps has been ob
tained. At 0.12 mu m gate length, 11.4 ps gate delay was observed. (C) 1999
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