摘要:
The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to heater terminal contacts, methods of operation and methods of manufacture. The structure includes: a heterojunction bipolar transistor having a collector, sub-collector region, emitter and base region; and heater terminal contacts electrically coupled to the sub-collector region.
摘要:
A system for biasing a power amplifier module, where the module comprises:a first die (409) including a power amplifier circuit (415) and a passive component (412)having an electrical property that depends on one or more conditions of the first die, anda second die (414) including a bias signal generating circuit (413) that is configured to generate a bias signal based at least in part on measurement of the electrical property of the passive component of the first die.
摘要:
A bipolar transistor includes a collector including a laterally extending drift region. The bipolar transistor also includes a base located above the collector. The bipolar transistor further includes an emitter located above the base. The bipolar transistor also includes a doped region having a conductivity type that is different to that of the collector. The doped region extends laterally beneath the collector to form a junction at a region of contact between the doped region and the collector. The doped region has a non-uniform lateral doping profile. A doping level of the doped region is highest in a part of the doped region closest to a collector-base junction of the bipolar transistor.
摘要:
The invention provides for an alternative and less complex method of manufacturing a bipolar transistor comprising a field plate (17) in a trench (7) adjacent to a collector region (21), which field plate (17) employs a reduced surface field (Resurf) effect. The Resurf effect reshapes the electric field distribution in the collector region (21) such that for the same collector-base breakdown voltage the doping concentration of the collector region (21) can effectively be increased resulting in a reduced collector resistance and hence an increased bipolar transistor speed. The method comprises a step of forming a base window (6) in a first base layer (4) thereby exposing a top surface of the collector region (21) and a part of an isolation region (3). The trench (7) is formed by removing the exposed part of the isolation region (3), after which isolation layers (9,10) are formed on the surface of the trench (7). A second base layer (13) is formed on the isolation layer (10), thereby forming the field plate (17), on the top surface of the collector region (21), thereby forming a base region (31), and on a sidewall of the first base layer (4), thereby forming an electrical connection between the first base layer (4), the base region (31) and the field plate (17). An emitter region (41) is formed on a top part of the base region (31), thereby forming the Resurf bipolar transistor.
摘要:
A bipolar transistor is fabricated having a collector (52) in a substrate (1) and a base (57, 58) and an emitter (59) formed over the substrate. The base has a stack region (57) which is laterally separated from the emitter (59) by an electrically insulating spacer (71). The insulating spacer (71) has a width dimension at its top end at least as large as the width dimension at its bottom end and forms a r-shape or an oblique shape. The profile reduces the risk of silicide bridging at the top of the spacer in subsequent processing, while maintaining the width of emitter window.
摘要:
The invention relates to a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device (10) comprising a substrate (12) and a silicon semiconductor body (11) and comprising a bipolar transistor with an emitter region (1) of a first conductivity type, a base region (2) of a second conductivity type opposite to the first conductivity type, and a collector region (3) of the first conductivity type, on the surface of the semiconductor body (11) in which the collector region (3) is formed at least an epitaxial semiconductor layer (20,21,22) being deposited in which the base region (2) is formed, on top of this an etch stop layer (15) being deposited on which a silicon low-crystalline semiconductor layer (24) is deposited in which a connection zone of the base region (2) is formed and in which at the location of an emitter region (1) to be formed an opening (7) is provided running up to the etch stop layer (15), a portion of the etch stop layer (15) covering the opening (7) being removed by means of etching and also an adjoining portion of the etch stop layer (15), a hollow being created underneath the silicon low-crystalline semiconductor layer (24) adjoining and connected the opening (7), whereinafter a high-crystalline semiconductor layer (5) is formed within the hollow. In a method according to the invention the formation of the high-crystalline semiconductor layer (5) is carried out in such a way that a part of the surface of the semiconductor body (11) adjoining the opening (7) is kept free from the high-crystalline semiconductor layer (5). In this way a high-quality device (10) is obtained in easy manner. The relevant surface is kept free using a cover layer (6) or in a preferred manner even without the use of such a layer.
摘要:
The invention relates to a semiconductor device (30) comprising a substrate (1), a semiconductor body (25) comprising a bipolar transistor that comprises a collector region (3), a base region (4), and an emitter region (15), wherein at least a portion of the collector region (3) is surrounded by a first isolation region (2, 8), the semiconductor body (25) further comprises an extrinsic base region (35) arranged in contacting manner to the base region (4). In this way, a fast semiconductor device with reduced impact of parasitic components is obtained.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a junction with a controlled dopant (concentration) profile comprising (or consisting of) the steps of: - forming a first semiconductor material comprising a first dopant having a first concentration and thereupon - forming a second semiconductor material comprising a second dopant, having a second concentration thereby forming a junction, and - depositing by Atomic Layer Epitaxy or Vapor Phase Doping at least a fraction of a monolayer of a precursor suitable to form the second dopant on the first semiconductor material, prior to forming the second semiconductor material, thereby increasing the second concentration of the second dopant at the junction.