摘要:
An oxide sidewall spacer is formed on the sidewalls of a gate prior to forming the body region of a DMOS transistor. An ion implantation or diffusion process is then conducted to form the body region, where the gate and the oxide sidewall spacer together act as a mask for self-alignment of the body region. After a drive-in step to diffuse the impurities, the body region will extend only a relatively short distance under the gate due to its initial spacing from the edge of the gate. After the body region is formed, the oxide sidewall spacer is removed, and impurities to form the source region are implanted or diffused into the body region and driven in. Since the extension of the body region under the gate is limited by the oxide sidewall spacer, the channel region between the edge of the source region and the body region under the gate may be made shorter resulting in the channel on-resistance of the transistor being reduced.
摘要:
A method for manufacturing a DMOS which comprises forming a first conductive type layer on a substrate, forming a gate oxide layer thereon, forming a gate electrode layer and a second insulating layer successively on the gate oxide layer, forming a second conductive type body region and a first conductive type source region having a narrower width by implanting impurities utilizing the second insulating layer as a mask, forming a side wall spacer of an insulating material on at least a side portion of the gate electrode, forming a conductive passage penetrating the source region and extending into the body region while utilizing the second insulating layer and the side wall spacer as mask, optionally implanting the exposed body region, further excessively etching the sidewall spacer, the masking layer overlying the gate, and the gate oxide prior to providing an electrode connecting the source and body regions.
摘要:
A compound semiconductor device comprises an enhancement-mode transistor and a depletion-mode transistor, each of which has a heterojunction and utilizes a two-dimensional electron gas. The method of producing the device comprises the steps of: forming an undoped GaAs channel layer on a semi-insulating GaAs substrate; forming an N-type AlGaAs electron-supply layer so as to form the heterojunction; forming an N-type GaAs layer; forming an AlGaAs layer; selectively etching the AlGaAs layer to form a recess; performing an etching treatment using an etchant which can etch rapidly GaAs and etch slowly AlGaAs to form simultaneously grooves for gate electrodes of the enhancement-mode transistor and the depletion-mode transistor, the bottoms of the grooves being in the N-type AlGaAs layer and the distance between the bottoms being equal to the thickness of the AlGaAs layer; and forming simultaneously the gate electrodes in the grooves.
摘要:
The invention pertains to a method for the selective etching of a surface layer which is automatically stopped at a subjacent layer.According to the invention, a first layer of a material containing gallium is selectively etched with respect to a second layer containing aluminium by reactive ion etching in the presence of a pure freon plasma C Cl.sub.2 F.sub.2. At low pressures (0.5 to 2.5 pascals), the etching is anisotropic and makes it possible to etch the gate recess of a field effect transistor. At a higher pressure (6 to 10 pascals), the etching is isotropic and makes it possible to sub-etch the first layer.Application to the manufacture of field effect transistors made of group III-V materials, with low access resistances.
摘要翻译:本发明涉及一种用于选择性蚀刻表面层的方法,该表面层在下层自动停止。 根据本发明,在纯氟利昂等离子体CCl 2 F 2的存在下,通过反应离子蚀刻,相对于含有铝的第二层选择性地蚀刻包含镓的材料的第一层。 在低压(0.5至2.5帕斯卡)时,蚀刻是各向异性的,并且可以蚀刻场效应晶体管的栅极凹槽。 在更高的压力(6至10帕斯卡),蚀刻是各向同性的,并且可以对第一层进行次蚀刻。 应用于制造由III-V族材料制成的场效应晶体管,具有低访问阻抗。
摘要:
The problem of unwanted residual polysilicon stringers along the sidewalls of a field oxide layer employed in direct moat wafer processing is avoided by a processing scheme in which the sidewalls of the aperture in the field oxide layer are initially tapered prior to formation of the polysilicon layer to be used for the gate electrode(s). Because of the graduated thickness of the sidewalls of the field oxide layer, the thickness of the polysilicon layer formed thereon is substantially uniform over the entirety of the substrate. As a result, during subsequent masking of the polysilicon layer to define the gate electrode(s), all unmasked portions of the polysilicon are completely etched, leaving no residual material (e.g. stringers) that could be a source of device contamination. After the polysilicon gate has been delineated, the sloped sidewalls of the field oxide are removed (by anisotropic etching), so that the sidewalls of the apertures or windows of the field oxide layer will be perpendicular to the planar surface of the substrate, thus facilitating proper formation of dielectric (oxide) spacers therealong, which thereby provide separation between contact materials and the junction created by shallow ion implantation of dopants through the field oxide aperture.
摘要:
A process is disclosed for fabricating semiconductor devices, and especially for fabricating semiconductor devices having multiple levels of metallization separated by polyimide or other organic materials. The process avoids the sputter etching and redeposition of the lower metal layer during reactive ion etching of openings through the organic layer. Sequential layers overlying the first layer of metallization include a layer of oxide, a layer of organic material, and a second layer of oxide. The second layer of oxide functions as a hard mask for patterning the organic material. The first layer of oxide acts as an etch stop and protective layer to prevent attack of the underlying metal during reactive ion etching of the organic layer. The first layer of oxide is of limited areal extent to avoid subsequent problems with the organic layer. The oxide located at the bottom of the opening through the organic material as well as the second layer of oxide and any oxide which is sputtered and redeposited on the walls of the opening through the organic material are easily removed in a single etch step without adversely affecting the underlying metallization. After removing the oxide, a second layer of metallization is applied and patterned as required.
摘要:
An ion implantation process uses exclusively photoresist masks to cover a substrate except in the regions to be implanted with ions. The photoresist masks are removed after each ion implantation by plasma etching.
摘要:
A method for making highly dense, dielectrically isolated, U-shaped MOSFET. In a preferred method a monocrystalline silicon P substrate with a N+ layer thereon, a P layer on the N+ layer and a N+ layer on the P layer is provided. A pattern of U-shaped openings is formed in the body through to the P substrate by the reactively ion etching technique. This pattern of openings is filled with an insulator material, such as silicon dioxide. A conductive layer of N+ doped polycrystalline silicon is deposited on the bare surface of this silicon body. Openings are formed in the polycrystalline silicon over the silicon dioxide filled openings. A silicon dioxide layer is then grown by, for example, thermal oxidation over the polycrystalline silicon layer. Reactively ion etching is used to produce substantially U-shaped openings through the layers over the P substrate and into the P substrate to substantially bisect the regions of monocrystalline silicon. This etching step forms two storage cells in the monocrystalline silicon areas and a bit line for each column of cells in the polycrystalline silicon layer. A silicon dioxide gate insulator is grownon the monocrystalline silicon surfaces of the U-shaped openings by thermal oxidation in a suitable ambient. Conductively doped polycrystalline silicon is deposited in the U-shaped openings over the silicon dioxide gate insulator layer until the openings are filled and cover the surface of the body. The conductively doped polycrystalline silicon on the surface of the body is etched in a suitable pattern to produce the word lines of the random access memory device.
摘要:
A method is given for fabricating vertical NPN and PNP structures on the same semiconductor body. The method involves providing a monocrystalline semiconductor substrate having regions of monocrystalline silicon isolated from one another by isolation regions. Buried regions are formed overlapping the juncture of the substrate and epitaxial layer and are located in at least one of the regions of isolated monocrystalline silicon. The P base region in the NPN designated regions and a P reach-through in the PNP designated regions are formed simultaneously. The emitter region in the NPN regions and base contact region in the PNP regions are then formed simultaneously. The P emitter region in the PNP regions is then implanted by suitable ion implantation techniques. A Schottky Barrier collector contact in the PNP regions are formed. Electrical contacts are then made to the PNP and NPN transistor elements. A PNP device may be fabricated without the formation of an NPN device if it is so desired.
摘要:
A method for producing deeply recessed oxidized regions in silicon. A series of deep trenches are formed in a silicon wafer by a reactive ion etching (RIE) method. In a first species, the trenches are of equal width. A block-off mask is selectively employed during part of the RIE process to produce trenches of unequal depth. The trench walls are thermally oxidized to completely fill in all of the trenches with oxide at the same time. In a second species, the trenches are of equal depth and width and of uniform spacing. In one aspect of the second species, the width of the trenches is equal to the distance between the trenches whereby the thermal oxidation completely fills in the trenches with oxide at the same time that the silicon between the trenches is fully converted to silicon oxide. In another aspect of the second species, the trenches are wider than the distance between the trenches whereby the thermal oxidation only partially fills in the trenches with oxide when the intervening silicon is fully converted to silicon oxide. In the latter aspect, the filling of the trenches is completed by the deposition of suitable material such as pyrolytically deposited silicon oxide.