摘要:
A semiconductor diode of the mesa type having a channel guard zone is made by using a silicon nitride etch mask for the mesa etching step. As a result of the mesa etching, the silicon nitride mask is undercut leaving an overhang which then is utilized as a shadow mask for an ion implantation step. The ion implantation step produces a channel guard zone which, because of the mask overhang, is spaced away from the exposed edge of the diffused P-N junction in the mesa.
摘要:
A method of fabricating an integrated circuit having interconnected circuit components adjacent one surface of a semiconductor body having its opposite surface disposed upon an insulating layer on a substrate wherein the semiconductor material between the circuit elements is removed to form a moat or channel between the circuit elements and electrically isolate them from one another by the space remaining after the removal and the insulating layer.
摘要:
An improved self-isolated semiconductor integrated circuit structure is formed by a novel process beginning with diffusing a plurality of N-type buried layers onto a P-type substrate and epitaxially growing a thin P-type layer over the surface of the P-type substrate. Base regions are formed by diffusing a plurality of P-type regions into the P-type epitaxial layer. Collector contact regions and emitter regions are formed by simultaneously diffusing a plurality of N-type regions into the P-type epitaxial layer, the collector contact regions being spaced from the P-type base region and diffused through the epitaxial layer to contact the N-type buried layer, and the emitter regions being diffused within the P-type base regions. A semiconductor integrated circuit structure results having base regions with controllable wide range concentration levels, formed with only three selective diffusion process steps.
摘要:
A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE. BY USING A DOUBLE LAYER AS A MASKING LAYER, THE ELECTRIC PROPERIES OF TWO REGIONS WHICH ARE SITUATED IN THE SEMICONDUCTOR BODY ACCURATELY RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER CAN BE VARIED WITHOUT AN INTERIM PROCESION PHOTOMASKING STEP. THE INVENTION PROVIDES VWERY WIDE POSSIBILITIES OF APPLICATION. FOR EXAMPLE, THE FIRST REGION CAN BE DOPED WITH AN IMPURITY VIA AN APERATUS IN THE MASKING LAYER, AFTER WHICH THE LOWER COMPONENT LAYER OF THE MASKING LAYER IS UNDERETCHED AND AN IMPURITY IS THEN INTRODUCED INTO THE SECOND REGION. IT IS ALSO POSSIBLE, AFTER UNDERTCHING THE LOWER COMPONENT LAYER, TO OXIDISE THE SECOND REGION OF THE SEMICONDUCTOR BODY, AS A RESULT OF WHICH MAY IMPORTANT STRUCTURES ARE OBTAINED IN A SIMPLE MANNER.
摘要:
A SHALLOW JUNCTION, HIGH-SPEED SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME WHEREIN A FIRST OR BASE REGION OF ONE CONDUCTIVITY TYPE IS FORMED A SEMICONDUCTOR BODY USING PHOTOLITHOGRAPHIC PROCESS. MEXT, ONE OR MORE OXIDE LAYERS ARE VAPOR DEPOSITED AT A RELATIVELY LOW TEMPERATURE ON THE SURFACE OF THE STRUCTURE. AN OPENING IS THEN MADE IN THE VAPOR DEPOSITED OXIDE LAYERS TO PERMIT THE PASSAGE OF AN IMPURITY THERETHROUGH AND FORMS A SECOND, OPPOSITE CONDUCTIVITY TYPE EMITTER REGION WITHIN THE FIRST REGION. NEXT, A THIN LAYER OF OXIDE IS THERMALLY GROWN OVER THE EXPOSED PORTION OF THE BASE REGION AND OVER THE EXPOSED SURFACE OF THE VAPOR DEPOSITED OXIDE LAYERS. THEREAFTER, ONE OR MORE OPENINGS IN THE SURFACE OXIDE ARE SELECTIVELY MADE TO PERMIT THE FORMATION OF ELECTRICAL CONTACTS TO THE TRANSISTOR BASE REGION AND TO OTHER LIKE CONDUCTIVITY TYPE REGIONS IN THE SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE. THEN, BY CONTROLLABLY ETCHING THE THIN THERMALLY GROWN OXIDE LAYER COVERING THE SECOND OR EMITTER REGION, THE EMITTER REGION CAN BE EXPOSED FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING OHMIC CONTACT THERETO. ACCORDING TO THE PRESENT PROCESS, THE THIN LAYER OF THERMALLY GROWN OXIDE IS "WASHED OUT" OF THE EMITTER REGION BY CONTROLLED ETCHING. SUCH CONTROLLED ETCHING ELIMINATES A CRITICAL MASKING STEP WHICH OTHERWISE WOULD HAVE BEEN REQUIRED TO MAKE A CONTACT OPENING FOR THE EMITTER REGION. OHMIC CONTACTS CAN NOW BE MADE TO THE BASE AND EMITTER REGIONS OF THE STRUCTURE USING CONVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES SUCH AS THE EVAPORATION OF ALUMINUM. SINCE ALL OXIDE MASKING IS REMOVED AFTER THE FORMATION OF THE BASE REGION, THE FINAL OXIDE MASKING ON THE SURFACE OF THE STRUCTURE IS OF ONE UNIFORM THICKNESS.
摘要:
A process for producing insulated semiconductor regions. To produce an insulated region on a semiconductor wafer, a semiconductor substrate of one conductance type is etched to the region of opposite conductance type. The etching process stops at the pn-junction. The polycrystalline semiconductor layer is separated by the etchant through an insulating layer. The invention is particularly suitable for the production of multiple structures in a semiconductor wafer.
摘要:
An integrated circuit and process for making it wherein a decoupling capacitor is provided beneath devices in the surface of the integrated circuit by the formation of a first epitaxial layer between an N substrate having a P zone diffused therein and an N device-containing epitaxial layer. A P channel diffusion to the P zone formed in the substrate will serve as a damping resistor in combination with the coupling capacitor. The process for forming such a decoupling capacitor in an integrated circuit comprises, inter alia, diffusing P impurities into the substrate to form a large junction which will subsequently function as a decoupling capacitor. A first intrinsic, P or N epitaxial layer is then grown on the semiconductor substrate. Subsequently, an N epitaxial layer is grown on the first epitaxial layer. A P channel is then driven through the N epitaxial layer and the first epitaxial layer to contact the P diffused zone which serves as the decoupling capacitor. This P channel diffusion will serve as a damping resistor in combination with the decoupling capacitor. Device diffusion, i.e., transistors, resistors, etc., will take place into the N epitaxial layer, and during growth of the epitaxial layers the P zone will significantly outdiffuse into the first epitaxial layer. Appropriate channels, isolations and contacts are also provided.
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A liquid crystal display device having at least one of the electrodes formed within a semiconductor substrate is provided. Driver circuitry is integral with the substrate and may be formed either on the front or back side thereof. Very accurate spacing of the electrodes for the liquid crystal display is provided by forming a moat in the semiconductor substrate using an orientation dependent etch, the depth of the moat determining the electrode spacing.
摘要:
VARIOUS COMPONENTS OF THE NETWORK ENABLING HIGH SWITCHING SPEEDS.
A PROCESS IS DISCLOSED FOR FABRICATING A MULTI-COMPONENT NETWORK UTILIZING A BODY OF HIGH RESISTIVITY SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIAL. THE PROCESS INCLUDES SELECTIVELY ETCHING THE SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE AND REFORMING IT BY EPITEXIAL DEPOSITION OF SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIAL HAVING DIFFERENT IMPURITY CONCETRATION OR CONDUCTIVITY TYPE. THE PROCESS PROVIDES IMPROVED ISOLATION JUNCTIONS BETWEEN THE
摘要:
An improved zener diode for monolithic integrated circuits includes a first diffused region of one type conductivity having two portions, one of which portions has a significantly higher maximum impurity concentration than the other portion. A second diffused region of opposite type high conductivity is disposed within both portions of the first region and is separated from each by a PN junction, the PN junction between the second region and the lower conductivity portion being at a significantly greater depth than the PN junction between the second region and the high impurity concentration portion. The electrical contact to the second region is made only over the lower impurity concentration portion where the PN junction is at a significantly greater depth.