摘要 |
In one aspect, there is provided a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device. This method includes forming gate structures over a substrate, wherein the gate structures include gate electrodes located adjacent source/drain regions. A protective layer is formed over the gate structures and a CMP layer is formed over the protective layer. A portion of the CMP layer and the protective layer is removed to expose a portion of the gate electrodes with remaining portions of the CMP layer and the protective layer remaining over the source/drain regions. The exposed portion of the gate electrodes are doped with an n-type dopant or a p-type dopant, and the remaining portions of the CMP layer and the protective layer located over the source/drain regions are removed subsequent to the doping.
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