摘要:
57 A high performance NPN bipolar transistor functioning in a current switch logic circuit is formed within an isolated region of a monocrystalline silicon body (10) wherein the transistor includes an N+ subcollector (12), an N+ collector reach-through (20) which connects the subcollector to a major surface of the silicon body, a P base region (22) above the subcollector and adjacent to the reach-through region, an N emitter region (30) within the base region and extending from the major surface. The base region (22) includes an intrinsic base region located below the emitter region (30) and an extrinsic region (34) located extending from the major surface and adjacent to the emitter region. The extrinsic base preferably completely surrounds or rings the emitter region. Using a mask (32) with openings (24) only in the areas of the extrinsic base regions a P+ type region (34) is formed by ion implanting with a P type dopant to a depth of less than the depth of the N emitter region (30) followed by a short thermal anneal to activate the P dopant. By the independent control of the intrinsic and extrinsic base resistances the performance of bipolar transistor integrated circuits for current switch logic applications is substantially increased.
摘要:
A process is described which permits the fabrication of very narrow base width bipolar transistors. The ability to selectively vary the transistor characteristics provides a degree of freedom for design of integrated circuits. The biplar transistor is processed up to the point of emitter formation using conventional techniques. But, prior to the emitter formation, a portion of the base area (22) wherein the emitter region (34) is planned to be formed is dry etched using reactive ion etching. The existing silicon nitride/silicon dioxide layers (24, 26) with the emitter opening (30) therein are used as the etching mask for this reactive ion etching procedure. Once the etching is completed to the desired depth, the normal processing is resumed to form the emitter and rest of the metallization. Since the intrinsic base under the emitter (34) is etched, and the normal emitter is formed afterwards, the etching reduces the base width by an amount approximately equal to the etched depth. The transistor characteristics depend strongly upon the base width so the etching is controlled to very tight dimensions.
摘要:
Disclosed is a self-aligned process for providing an improved high-performance bipolar transistor. The transistor device region is isolated from the other devices on the wafer by a wide deep oxide trench (16). The deep oxide trench which has nearly vertical sidewalls, extends from the epitaxial silicon surface through the N * subcollector region into the P-substrate. A shallow oxide trench is used to separate the collector reach through region from the base region. A heavily doped polysilicon layer is used to dope and make contact to the transistor base as well as define the emitter window (28) through which the emitter is doped. In the structure, the separation between the emitter contact and the polysilicon base contact is reduced to a very small value. This is achieved by employing the self-aligned process in accordance with the invention. Metal contact to the polysilicon base contact is done over the deep trench oxide isolation. This allows the transistor base area, and hence the collector base capacitance to be minimized. The shallow emitter and narrow base width of the transistor are formed by ion implantations.
摘要:
In a semiconductor device comprising at least one bipolar transistor (45) and a VIP isolating layer (43) which are formed in both an epitaxial layer (33) and a semiconductor substrate (31), an impurity-introduced region (37) having the same conductivity type as that of the semiconductor substrate (31) is formed so asto surround the V-groove (36). A buried layer (32) of the bipolartransistor comes into contact with the VIP isolating layer (39,40) to divide the impurity-intorduced region into two parts, one of which is combined with a base region (37) and the other one of which serves as a channel stopper (38).
摘要:
A base region of a walled emitter type bipolar transistor is formed by an ion implantation process. During the ion implantation, insulating films are disposed on a part of a semiconductor body corresponding to an emitter region, so that the obtained profile of a base-collector junction is terraced, namely, a part of the base-collector junction which is below the insulating films is shallower than the rest of the base-collector junction.
摘要:
Ce transistor est réalisé à partir d'une structure classique comportant un substrat (21), une région de sous-collecteur (22) associée à une région de traversée de collecteur (24), une couche épitaxiale (20) servant de région de collecteur et une couche de base (26) et des murs d'isolement (23). Dans un mode préféré on forme une couche d'émetteur (27) sur la couche de base. Puis une couche de masquage (28) est formée sur la couche d'émetteur, elle définit une ouverture autour de la région destinée à constituer l'émetteur. Les parties exposées de la structure sont attaquées ce qui définit avec précision la région d'émetteur (27), et la région de base (26). On forme alors par implantation ionique la région de contact de base (32). Les régions d'émetteur, de base et de contact de base sont donc auto-alignées. La structure est passivée par les régions d'oxyde encastré (33). On forme enfin les contacts ohmiques nécessaires. Ce procédé permet l'obtention de transistors très rapides et à grande densité d'intégration utiles dans les applications aux calculateurs.
摘要:
In order to produce an electrical connection to an inner layer such as a bottom diffusion (103), which has a good electrical conductivity and is located inside a bipolar semiconductor device isolated by trenches (119) and which for example forms a subcollector of a NPN-transistor, a hole (157) in a trench is used. The hole is filled with electrically conducting material and extends from the surface of the device to the bottom diffusion (103), so that the electrically conducting material in the hole is in contact therewith. The hole (157) is made aligned with a sidewall of the trench (119) by using selective etching. The hole can be made at the same time as contact holes for metallization are made and then also be filled in the metallization step, to contact the bottom diffusion. For a lateral PNP-transistor the hole can be made as a closed groove constituting the outer confinement of the base area, passing all around the transistor. The outer sidewall of such a closed trench can, as seen from above, be bevelled by 45°, so that no inner corners having too small angles are found in the trench, what facilitates the filling with oxide.
摘要:
Halbleitervorrichtung umfassend ein Substrat (1), ein Feldisolationsgebiet (2), welches ein aktives Gebiet (3) des Halbleitersubstrats (1) begrenzt, einen Kollektor (10), mindestens ein dem Kollektor (10) zugeordnetes Kollektorkontaktgebiet (11) sowie eine Basis (30b) mit einem zugehörigen Basisanschlussgebiet (31a, b, c), wobei der Kollektor (10) und das Kollektorkontaktgebiet (11) in demselben aktiven Gebiet (3) gebildet sind, wobei sich das Basisanschlussgebiet (31a, b, c) teilweise über das aktive Gebiet (3) erstreckt und von der Oberfläche des aktiven Gebiets (3) durch eine Isolatorschicht (20,21) getrennt ist.