摘要:
Disclosed are apparatus and methods for designing electrical contact for a bipolar emitter structure. The area of an emitter structure (106, 306, 400, 404) and the required current density throughput of an electrical contact structure (108, 308, 402, 406) are determined. A required electrical contact area is determined based on the required current density, and the electrical contact structure is then designed to minimize the required electrical contact area with respect to the emitter structure area.
摘要:
Disclosed are apparatus and methods for designing electrical contact for a bipolar emitter structure. The area of an emitter structure (106, 306, 400, 404) and the required current density throughput of an electrical contact structure (108, 308, 402, 406) are determined. A required electrical contact area is determined based on the required current density, and the electrical contact structure is then designed to minimize the required electrical contact area with respect to the emitter structure area.
摘要:
A method of forming two regions having differing depths using a single implantation process is provided. A mask having two openings associated therewith is formed over a semiconductor body, wherein one of the openings has a size larger than an implantation design rule, and the other opening has a size smaller than the design rule. An implant is performed into the semiconductor body through the implant mask, resulting in two distinct doped regions, wherein the region associated with the larger opening has more dopant than the region associated with the smaller opening. Subsequent activation and thermal processing results in the one region diffusing a greater amount than the second region, thereby resulting in two regions formed concurrently having different depths.
摘要:
A method of forming two regions having differing depths using a single implantation process is provided. A mask having two openings associated therewith is formed over a semiconductor body, wherein one of the openings has a size larger than an implantation design rule, and the other opening has a size smaller than the design rule. An implant is performed into the semiconductor body through the implant mask, resulting in two distinct doped regions, wherein the region associated with the larger opening has more dopant than the region associated with the smaller opening. Subsequent activation and thermal processing results in the one region diffusing a greater amount than the second region, thereby resulting in two regions formed concurrently having different depths.
摘要:
A method for forming a vertical electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection device includes depositing a multi-layer n-type epitaxial layer on a substrate having p-type surface including first epitaxial depositing to form a first n-type epitaxial layer on the p-type surface, and second epitaxial depositing to form a second n-type epitaxial layer formed on the first n-type epitaxial layer. The first type epitaxial layer has a peak doping level which is at least double that of the second n-type epitaxial layer. A p+ layer is formed on the second n-type epitaxial layer. An etch step etches through the p+ layer and multi-layer n-type epitaxial layer to reach the substrate to form a trench. The trench is filled with a filler material to form a trench isolation region. A metal contact is formed on the p+ layer for providing contact to the p+ layer.
摘要:
The present invention provides an integrated high voltage capacitor, a method of manufacture therefore, and an integrated circuit chip including the same. The integrated high voltage capacitor, among other features, includes a first capacitor plate (120) located over or in a semiconductor substrate (105), and an insulator (130) located over the first capacitor plate (120), at least a portion of the insulator (130) comprising an interlevel dielectric layer (135, 138, 143, or 148). The integrated high voltage capacitor further includes a second capacitor plate (160) located over the insulator (130).
摘要:
A method of forming a bipolar transistor device, and more particularly a vertical poly-emitter PNP transistor, as part of a BiCMOS type manufacturing process is disclosed. The formation of the PNP transistor during a CMOS/DMOS fabrication process requires merely one additional mask to facilitate formation of a very small emitter in a portion of an N-type surface layer of a double diffused well (DWELL). Unlike conventional PNP transistors, a separate mask is not required to establish the base of the transistor as the transistor base is formed from a portion of the double diffused well and the DWELL includes a P-type body layer formed via implantation through the same opening in the same mask utilized to establish the N-type surface layer of the double diffused well. The base is also thin thus improving the transistor's frequency and gain.
摘要:
A method of forming a bipolar transistor device, and more particularly a vertical poly-emitter PNP transistor, as part of a BiCMOS type manufacturing process is disclosed. The formation of the PNP transistor during a CMOS/DMOS fabrication process requires merely one additional mask to facilitate formation of a very small emitter in a portion of an N-type surface layer of a double diffused well (DWELL). Unlike conventional PNP transistors, a separate mask is not required to establish the base of the transistor as the transistor base is formed from a portion of the double diffused well and the DWELL includes a P-type body layer formed via implantation through the same opening in the same mask utilized to establish the N-type surface layer of the double diffused well. The base is also thin thus improving the transistor's frequency and gain.
摘要:
A method of forming a bipolar transistor device, and more particularly a vertical poly-emitter PNP transistor, as part of a BiCMOS type manufacturing process is disclosed. The formation of the PNP transistor during a CMOS/DMOS fabrication process requires merely one additional mask to facilitate formation of a very small emitter in a portion of an N-type surface layer of a double diffused well (DWELL). Unlike conventional PNP transistors, a separate mask is not required to establish the base of the transistor as the transistor base is formed from a portion of the double diffused well and the DWELL includes a P-type body layer formed via implantation through the same opening in the same mask utilized to establish the N-type surface layer of the double diffused well. The base is also thin thus improving the transistor's frequency and gain.
摘要:
Validation of at least some of a proposed semiconductor design layout is disclosed. According to one or more aspects of the present invention, a first voltage dependent design rule is applied to an edge of an area of the layout if the edge is not covered by a pseudo layer. A second voltage dependent design rule is, on the other hand, applied to the edge of the area if the edge is covered by the pseudo layer.