Abstract:
Disclosed is a method of fabricating an SOI substrate, comprising the steps of forming a first insulating layer on a single crystal silicon substrate; patterning the first insulating layer to form an opening; growing a single crystal silicon in the opening to form active and inactive regions; polishing the active region 31 as the first insulating layer as a polishing stopper to form a planarized surface; depositing a second insulating layer on the planarized surface; bonding a bonding substrate to the second insulating layer; and polishing the silicon substrate using the first insulating layer as a stopper up to a surface of the active region. By the method, a stray capacitance occurring between an SOI substrate and a metal wiring portion formed thereon can be significantly reduced owing to a relatively thick insulating layer therebetween, and a parasitic capacitance can be eliminated owing to an insulating layer interposed between a bonding substrate and an active region to be used as a buried collector.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a metal silicon field effect transistor (MOSFET), and more particularly to a MOSFET, using a Si or SiGe channel to effectively adjust threshold voltage. The transistor according to the present invention can solve the problems, such as the punch-through caused by the short distance between the source region and the drain region, the decrease of the breakdown voltage between the source region and the drain region and the leakage current flowing into the bulk region beneath the channel due to the drain-induced barrier lowering. Furthermore, because the source region and the drain region are isolated from the semiconductor substrate by the lower insulation layer, the removal of the parasite junction capacitor speed up the transistor.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a super self-aligned heterojunction bipolar transistor which is capable of miniaturizing an element, simplifying the process step thereof by employing a selective collector epitaxial growth process without using a trench for isolating between elements. According to the invention, isolation between elements is derived by using a mask defining an emitter region and a second spacer. The base layer has multi-layer structure being made of a Si, an undoped SiGe, a SiGe doped a p-type impurity in-situ and Si. Also, the selective epitaxial growth for a base is not required. Thus, it can be less prone to a flow of leakage current or an emitter-base-collector short effect.
Abstract:
There is disclosed a method of manufacturing a silicon/silicon germanium heterojunction bipolar transistor having a good conformity and an improved speed characteristic, which includes the steps of sequentially laminating an underlying nitride film, an oxide film, a polycrystalline silicon film and an upper nitride on a semiconductor substrate on which devices are separated and a collector is formed; sequentially etching said upper nitride film and said polycrystalline silicon film using the emitter as a mask, and then forming a side wall nitride film; selectively wet-etching said oxide film to form a side base linker opening; burying said base linker opening with a polycrystalline silicon; oxidizing said polycrystalline silicon film buried into said base linker opening and then removing said oxide film by means of the selective wet-etch process; removing said upper nitride and then forming a silicon/silicon germanium film as a base film on the exposed thereof; and forming an emitter said silicon/silicon germanium film.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a fabrication of a hetero-junction bipolar transistor in which a base parasitic capacitance is fully reduced by using a metallic silicide as a base, comprising the steps of injecting an impurity in a silicon substrate to form a conductive buried collector region; growing a collector epitaxial layer on the buried collector region and forming a field oxide layer; selectively injecting an impurity into the collector epitaxial layer to form a collector sinker; sequentially forming a base layer and an first oxide layer thereon; patterning the first oxide layer to define an extrinsic base region; ion-implanting an impurity in the extrinsic base region using a patterned oxide layer as a mask and removing the patterned oxide layer; depositing a metallic silicide film thereon to form a base electrode thin film; forming a capping oxide layer of about 500 .ANG. thickness only on the base electrode thin film; forming an isolating oxide layer thereon and sequentially and selectively removing the isolating oxide layer, the capping oxide layer, the base electrode thin film and the base layer using a patterned photomask to form a pattern, the isolating oxide layer being provided to electrically isolate base and emitter; forming a side wall oxide layer at both side edges of the pattern; removing a portion of the isolating oxide layer to define an emitter region; forming a passivation layer thereon and selectively removing the passivation layer to form contact holes; and depositing a polysilicon layer doped with impurity ions in the contact holes to form electrodes.
Abstract:
Disclosed are a method for forming a base layer by epitaxial growth technology of a heterojunction bipolar device and a structure of the bipolar device manufactured by the method. The method comprises steps of depositing an insulation film containing silicon nitride on a substrate and removing a part of the insulation film to define a collector area; growing a first semiconductor in the collector area by selective epitaxial growth method to form the collector protruded over the insulation film in the form of a mushroom; forming an oxide film containing silicon dioxide on a surface of the collector protruded over the silicon nitride; selectively growing a second polycrystalline semiconductor material on only the nitride insulation film at the same height as the protruded portion of the collector to form a first base semiconductor electrode; removing an upper surface of the oxide film to expose the collector; and growing a second semiconductor containing silicon-germanium on the second polycrystalline semiconductor and the collector of the first semiconductor to form a second base semiconductor electrode on the first base semiconductor electrode and the base on the collector, thereby preventing a current leakage and a loading effect.
Abstract:
The present invention is related to a bipolar transistor in which the in-situ doped epitaxial Si or SiGe base layer is used instead of using an ion-implanted Si base, in order to achieve higher cutoff frequency. The SiGe base having the narrower energy bandgap than the Si emitter allows to enhance the current gain, the cutoff frequency (fT), and the maximum oscillation frequency (fmax). The narrow bandgap SiGe base also allows to have higher base doping concentration. As a result, the intrinsic base resistance is lowered and the noise figure is thus lowered. Parasitic base resistance is also minimized by using a metallic silicide base ohmic electrode. The present invention is focused on low cost, high repeatability and reliability by simplifying the manufacturing process step.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a super self-aligned heterojunction bipolar transistor which is capable of miniaturizing an element, simplifying the process step thereof by employing a selective collector epitaxial growth process without using a trench for isolating between elements. According to the invention, isolation between elements is derived by using a mask defining an emitter region and a second spacer. The base layer has multi-layer structure being made of a Si, an undoped SiGe, a SiGe doped a p-type impurity in-situ and Si. Also, the selective epitaxial growth for a base is not required. Thus, it can be less prone to a flow of leakage current or an emitter-base-collector short effect.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a device isolating method of a semiconductor device, comprising the steps of sequentially forming a pad oxide film, a polysilicon film and an insulating layer, on a silicon substrate, said insulating layer being composed of a first silicon oxide film, a nitride film and a second silicon oxide film formed sequentially on the polysilicon film; defining active and inactive regions by using a patterned photomask; removing the insulating layer only on the inactive region so as to expose a surface of the polysilicon film; forming a side wall at both edges of the insulating layer on the active region, said side wall being composed of a nitride film; depositing a third silicon oxide film on the surface of the polysilicon film; removing the side wall and etching the substrate to a predetermined depth to form a trench; filling an insulating material into the trench and depositing it up to the second silicon oxide so as to form an insulating film for isolating; simultaneously removing the second silicon oxide film and the silicon oxide film and removing the polysilicon film only the inactive region; performing a thermal oxidation to form a field oxide film on the inactive region; and sequentially removing the isolating layer and the polysilicon film formed on the active region. Because the active region is defined using an insulator-filled shallow trench before performing thermal oxidation, no oxygen is penetrated into the active region during the thermal oxidation, whereby a field oxide film can be formed without occurrence of a Bird's beak.
Abstract:
A silicon/silicon-germanium bipolar transistor fabrication method employs a metallic silicide film as an extrinsic base electrode to reduce resistance of the extrinsic base electrode, and to increase a maximum oscillation frequency and cut-off frequency due to its self-aligned structure. The fabrication method enables agglomeration to occur on the side wall of the polycrystalline silicon film connected to the metallic silicide film instead of on the interface between the metallic silicide film and the lower silicon/silicon-germanium film, and leads the extrinsic base electrode to be sandwitched by the insulator films, thereby realizing a constant resistance and also resulting in the application of integrated circuits to a mass production mechanism.