摘要:
A semiconductor device has one layer of a diode formed by diffusion of an impurity from a polycrystalline layer portion formed on a region in which the layer is to be formed. The polycrystalline layer portion is composed of two layers, the resistivity of the polycrystalline layer closer to the above-mentioned one layer of the diode being higher than that of the other polycrystalline layer.
摘要:
A semiconductor substrate having a single crystal semiconductor layer of one conductivity type exposed to the surface thereof is maintained at a temperature lower than the temperature at which the semiconductors is precipitated from the gas phase. In this state, a gas of a starting material of a semiconductor, a gas containing impurities capable of forming a semiconductor of the other conductivity type and a carrier gas therefore are fed onto the semiconductor substrate. Then, the semiconductor substrate is heated to form an amorphous or polycrystalline semiconductor layer of the other conductivity type on the semiconductor substrate. Simultaneously, the impurities of the other conductivity type are diffused from the amorphous or polycrystal semiconductor layer into the substrate which has a single crystal semiconductor layer of one conductivity type, to form a single crystal semiconductor layer having a p-n junction just below the amorphous or polycrystal semiconductor layer between the amorphous or polycrystalline semiconductor layer and the single crystal semiconductor layer of one conductivity type.In a p-n junction to be formed according to this process, the distribution of the concentration of impurities can be controlled precisely, and the step-like distribution of the concentration of impurities can be attained very well.
摘要:
In a method of doping impurities comprising mixing a carrier gas, a semiconductor compound gas and a doping gas and leading the mixed gas to a reaction chamber to form a semiconductor layer or a semiconductor oxide layer doped with impurities on a substrate inside the chamber, a part of the doping gas before mixing the doping gas with the other gases is taken and led to a gas analyzer and impurity concentration in the doping gas is monitored to control the impurity concentration in the doping gas.
摘要:
Disclosed is a temperature-compensated voltage reference diode comprising a breakdown PN junction for establishing the zener breakdown voltage, a PN junction for temperature compensation having a temperature coefficient opposite to that of the breakdown PN junction, the breakdown PN junction and the temperature-compensating PN junction being integrally formed in a semiconductor substrate in a laminated fashion with these PN junctions connected in inverse series with each other, and a semiconductor region interposed between the breakdown PN junction and the temperature compensating PN junction for substantially preventing a transistor action from taking place between the respective PN junctions, wherein the semiconductor region is formed of at least one of a polycrystalline semiconductor layer and a single crystal semiconductor layer having an impurity concentration of higher than about 5.times.10.sup.18 atoms/cm.sup.3.
摘要:
A field controlled thyristor is disclosed which comprises a first emitter region exposed to one main surface of a semiconductor substrate and having a first conductivity type, a second emitter region exposed to the other main surface of the substrate and having a second conductivity type, a base region connecting the first and the second emitter region, and a gate region provided in the base region. The gate region consists of a slab-like first portion disposed parallel to both the emitter and a second portion connecting the first slab-like portion with one of the main surfaces of the semiconductor substrate. The impurity concentration of the base region is higher in the portion of the base region nearer to the emitter region having the same conductivity type as that of the base region than in the portion of the base region nearer to the emitter region having the opposite conductivity type to that of the base region. The field controlled thyristor has a high forward blocking voltage gain (anode-cathode voltage/gate bias voltage), a large current rating, and a high switching power capability and its switching time is very short.
摘要:
A switching control circuit includes a first field controlled thyristor having a gate and a cathode between which a backward bias voltage source and a second field controlled thyristor are connected in series. Conduction of the second field controlled thyristor is controlled by controlling a voltage applied across the gate and the cathode, thereby to control conduction of the first field controlled thyristor. A large load current can be positively and safely turned on and off by a relatively small control current or voltage.
摘要:
A method of diffusing selectively aluminium into a single crystal silicon semiconductor substrate for fabricating a semiconductor device comprises the steps of forming a diffusion source layer of aluminium having a predetermined thickness on at least one of the major surfaces of the substrate in a predetermined pattern, forming an oxide film of a predetermined thickness through oxidation over the surface of the diffusion source layer and the exposed surface of the substrate, and heating the substrate inclusive of the exposed surface thereof and the diffusion source layer thereby to diffuse aluminium into the substrate. The thickness of the oxide film is so selected as to suppress vaporization of the aluminium and at the same time to be used as a diffusion mask without giving rise to crystallization into a cristobalite structure. The method allows the pattern of boundary between the diffused regions and non-diffused regions as well as concentration profile of the diffused region to be controlled in a desired manner with a high accuracy.
摘要:
A semiconductor photodetector comprising a first semiconductor layer having N-type conductivity; a second semiconductor layer having N-type conductivity, disposed in the vicinity of the first semiconductor layer and having a resistivity higher than that of the first semiconductor layer; a third region having P-type conductivity, disposed in the vicinity of the second semiconductor layer and having a thickness smaller than that of the second semiconductor layer; a first main electrode kept in ohmic contact with the first semiconductor layer; and a second main electrode kept in ohmic contact with a portion of the third region, the surface of the third region serving as a light receiving surface.
摘要:
A light-activated semiconductor-controlled rectifier device comprising four layers of PNPN is disclosed in which a part of the edges of the PN junction formed between the intermediate P-type layer and the intermediate N-type layer is exposed on the same side on which the outer P-type layer is exposed, so that a photo-trigger signal is radiated on that exposed part of the edges of the PN junction.
摘要:
A method of fabricating a semiconductor device through selective diffusion of aluminum vapor into a silicon substrate by heating a sealed tube in which the silicon substrate and an aluminum source are disposed. The diffusion is effected with a low concentration of aluminum smaller than about 10.sup.17 atoms/cm.sup.3, thereby making it possible to use a silicon oxide film as a diffusion mask for the selective diffusion of aluminum at predetermined region of the silicon substrate.