Abstract:
A semiconductor fabrication method for producing dielectrically isolated silicon regions wherein high conductivity regions surrounding device regions to be electrically isolated are produced in a silicon body, the high conductivity regions anodically etched in a solution to selectively produce regions of porous silicon, the body exposed to an oxidizing environment while heated to an elevated temperature to oxidize the resultant porous silicon regions.
Abstract:
A three-point probe is employed to determine the spreading resistance of a material with the spreading resistance probe, which is common to both the current source and a voltage measuring means, being moved into engagement with the material after the other two probes are in engagement with the material. The velocity with which each of the probes engages the material is controlled and is variable. To ascertain that a good contact has been made by the spreading resistance probe and the magnitude of the current flowing through the material from the current source, the voltage measuring means is connected across resistance means in the wire from the current source to the spreading resistance probe and current is directed through the resistance means in opposite directions by flowing through the material between the spreading resistance probe and one of the other two probes. After the magnitude of the current has been determined, the voltage measuring means is connected to the spreading resistance probe adjacent its contact to the material and to the other of the two probes, which is not connected to the current source, to determine the voltage drop through the material due to current from the current source flowing in opposite directions through the material. The amount of difference between the two voltage readings on the specimen indicates if good contact is achieved.
Abstract:
A method for removing fast diffusing metal contaminants from a monocrystalline silicon body by (1) anodizing at least one side of the body in an aqueous liquid bath under conditions that result in the formation of a porous silicon surface layer, (2) annealing the resultant structure in a non-oxidizing environment, and (3) exposing the body to an oxidizing environment to oxidize the porous silicon layer to SiO2, or alternatively forming a capping layer over the porous silicon layer.