Abstract:
To provide a semiconductor wafer having crystal orientations of a wafer for the support substrate and a wafer for the device formation shifted from each other, wherein two kinds of wafers having different crystal orientations in which a notch or an orientation flat is to be provided do not need to be prepared. One of two semiconductor wafers having a notch or an orientation flat provided in the same crystal orientation is set to be a wafer (1) for the support substrate and the other is set to be a wafer for the device formation. Both wafers are bonded with the notches or orientation flats shifted from each other (for example, a crystal orientation of the wafer for the device formation and the crystal orientation of the wafer (1) for the support substrate are set to the same direction). The wafer for the device formation is divided to obtain an SOI layer (3). A MOS transistor (TR1) or the like is formed on the SOI layer (3).
Abstract:
A semiconductor device with a spiral inductor is provided, which determines the area of an insulation layer to be provided in the surface of a wiring board thereunder. A trench isolation oxide film, which is a complete isolation oxide film including in part the structure of a partial isolation oxide film, is provided in a larger area of the surface of an SOI layer than that corresponding to the area of a spiral inductor. The trench isolation oxide film is comprised of a first portion having a first width and extending in a direction approximately perpendicular the surface of a buried oxide film, and a second portion having a second width smaller than the first width and being continuously formed under the first portion, extending approximately perpendicular to the surface of the buried oxide film. The trench isolation oxide film is provided such that a horizontal distance between each end surface of the second portion and a corresponding end surface of the spiral inductor makes a predetermined distance or more.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device having an inductor is provided. In an RF circuit portion (RP), a region in an SOI layer (3) corresponding to a region in which a spiral inductor (SI) is provided is divided into a plurality of SOI regions (21) by a plurality of trench isolation oxide films (11). The trench isolation oxide films (11) are formed by filling trenches extending from the surface of the SOI layer (3) to the surface of a buried oxide film (2) with a silicon oxide film, and completely electrically isolate the SOI regions (21) from each other. The trench isolation oxide films (11) have a predetermined width and are shaped to extend substantially perpendicularly to the surface of the buried oxide film (2). The semiconductor device is capable of reducing electrostatically induced power dissipation and electromagnetically induced power dissipation, and preventing the structure and manufacturing steps thereof from becoming complicated.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device with a spiral inductor is provided, which determines the area of an insulation layer to be provided in the surface of a wiring board thereunder. A trench isolation oxide film, which is a complete isolation oxide film including in part the structure of a partial isolation oxide film, is provided in a larger area of the surface of an SOI layer than that corresponding to the area of a spiral inductor. The trench isolation oxide film includes a first portion having a first width and extending in a direction approximately perpendicular the surface of a buried oxide film, and a second portion having a second width smaller than the first width and being continuously formed under the first portion, extending approximately perpendicular to the surface of the buried oxide film. The trench isolation oxide film is provided such that a horizontal distance between each end surface of the second portion and a corresponding end surface of the spiral inductor makes a predetermined distance or more.
Abstract:
A semiconductor integrated circuit is formed by MESA isolation of a thin film silicon layer, in which transistor characteristics are free from influence depending on pattern density of transistor forming regions. The thin film silicon layer on an insulating substrate is isolated by MESA isolation, and element forming regions are formed. In the middle part of a large distance between adjacent element forming regions, a LOCOS oxide film is thickly formed, and an oxide film is buried between the LOCOS oxide film and the element forming regions contiguously at the same surface level so that there is no step-like level difference therebetween.
Abstract:
An SOI layer is thinned without a thermal oxidation process. An SOI substrate (10) is immersed in an etching bath filled with an NH3—H2O2—H2O solution to be isotropically etched. This produces a 100-mn thick SOI layer (3) with no crystal defect.
Abstract:
FS-isolated fields (10a, 10b). LOCOS-isolated fields (11c, 11d). FS-isolated fields (10e, 10f), LOCOS-isolated field (11g, 11h) and FS-isolated field (10i) are arranged in this order. Thus, a master layout can he provided, where SOI transistors having bodies to be supplied with fixed potential and those having bodies not to be supplied with fixed potential are mixed.
Abstract:
According to a method of manufacturing a thin film transistor (TFT), amorphous silicon is formed by ion-implanting either silicon or nitrogen into a region of polysilicon while a region located at the sidewall of a gate electrode is selectively left using the stepped portion of the gate electrode. Then, a heat treatment is applied to convert the amorphous silicon into polysilicon with the remaining polysilicon as a seed crystal. As a result, polysilicon having crystal grains of great grain size can be formed in uniform. Thus, the electric characteristics of a TFT can be improved with no difference in the electric characteristics between each TFT.
Abstract:
According to a method of manufacturing a thin film transistor (TFT), amorphous silicon is formed by ion-implanting either silicon or nitrogen into a region of polysilicon while a region located at the sidewall of a gate electrode is selectively left using the stepped portion of the gate electrode. Then, a heat treatment is applied to convert the amorphous silicon into polysilicon with the remaining polysilicon as a seed crystal. As a result, polysilicon having crystal grains of great grain size can be formed in uniform. Thus, the electric characteristics of a TFT can be improved with no difference in the electric characteristics between each TFT.
Abstract:
In order to improve isolation between an FS (field shielding) electrode and a gate electrode (6), upper and lower major surfaces of a polysilicon layer (35) forming a principal part of an FS electrode (5) are covered with nitride films (SiN films) (34, 36) respectively. Therefore, it is possible to inhibit portions in the vicinity of edge portions of the polysilicon layer (35) from being oxidized by an oxidant following oxidation for forming a gate insulating film (14). Thus, the polysilicon layer (35) is inhibited from deformation following oxidation, whereby the distance between an FS electrode (5) and a gate electrode (6) is sufficiently ensured. Consequently, isolation between the FS electrode (5) and the gate electrode (6) is improved.