摘要:
A semiconductor device having an improved passivating structure comprises a first primary passivating layer free of any layer of silicon nitride (Si.sub.3 N.sub.4), disposed on a surface of a semiconductor body, a metallic conductor disposed on the first passivating layer, and a secondary passivating overcoat disposed over the metallic conductor, wherein the secondary passivating overcoat includes both a glass layer on the conductor and a low-temperature-deposited (typically 300.degree. C) nitride layer on the glass layer. The device is highly resistant to degradation in the presence of water vapor and corrosive atmospheres.
摘要翻译:具有改善的钝化结构的半导体器件包括设置在半导体主体的表面上的任何无氮化硅层(Si 3 N 4)的第一初级钝化层,设置在第一钝化层上的金属导体和设置在第一钝化层上的二次钝化外涂层 在金属导体上,其中二次钝化外涂层包括导体上的玻璃层和玻璃层上的低温沉积(通常为300℃)的氮化物层。 该装置在水蒸气和腐蚀性气氛的存在下具有高度的抗降解性。
摘要:
Leakage currents can occur in monolithic semi-conductor integrated circuits through field induced inversion layer channels where the field arises from a layer of distributed charge on the surface of the passivating insulator. These channels can occur at locations where adjacent conductors are at substantially different potentials during circuit operation. At those locations where such channels, if present, could couple a region in the device to another region which may be at some different potential, a conductor layer is disposed on the insulating layer. This conductor layer is adapted to be biased during operation of the device in such a way that an inversion layer channel is not induced thereunder, so that a continuous channel between the two regions cannot be established. Other locations where channels are not likely to occur are left free of conductive material in order to save space.
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An improved insulated gate field effect transistor is achieved by using a material such as silicon nitride as an ion implantation and oxidation mask overlying a channel region, forming source and drain regions or extensions thereof by implanting ions of a conductivity modifier into a semiconductor substrate, and subjecting the implanted ions to a drive-in diffusion whereby the conductivity modifier ions are redistributed. The ion implantation allows greater control over the amount of conductivity modifier implanted in the lightly doped source and drain regions, the more uniform distribution of conductivity modifier increases the source-drain breakdown voltage, while the use of the silicon nitride mask provides simultaneously for general alignment of the channel region with the effective gate length.
摘要:
A highly sensitive light detector is described which employs two interdigitated PN junction light detectors, one of which is covered by an opaque material. The one covered by opaque material is used as a standard for eliminating dark current efffects.
摘要:
A method of vapor depositing a material onto a substrate results in improved substrate step coverage by the material while keeping the substrate clean by minimizing the evaporation of contaminants onto the surface of the substrate. The method comprises depositing a first layer of material onto the substrate, while the substrate is at a first temperature, heating the substrate to a higher temperature, and then depositing a second layer while maintaining the substrate at the higher temperature.