Abstract:
Orientation-dependent etching is employed in the fabrication of a monolithic semiconductor circuit network to provide electrical isolation and increased packing density, while minimizing collector series resistance and output capacitance. Collector contact to a transistor component is made by the direct metallization of a buried low-resistivity substrate region exposed by the preferential etching operation.
Abstract:
THIS SPECIFICATION DISCLOSES A METHOD OF FABRICATING AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CHARACTERIZED BY ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS BEING FORMED IN A POLYCRYSTALLINE SEMICONDUCTOR, SUCH AS
SILICON OR GERMANIUM, DEPOSITED AT LESS THAN 900*C. AND AT A RATE OF LESS THAN ONE MICRON PER MINUTE AND OVERLYING AN ISOLATION LAYER COVERING COMPONENTS FORMED IN A BASE REGION OF MONOCRYSTALLINE SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIAL. THE COMPONENTS IN THE POLYCRYSTALLINE SEMICONDUCTOR MAY EMPLOY JUNCTIONS AND MAY BE ACTIVE OR PASSIVE. MORE THAN ONE LAYER OF POLYCRYUSTALLINE SEMICONDUCTOR AND MORE THAN ONE ISOLATION LAYER MAY BE EMPLOYED.
Abstract:
A method for selectively masking a substrate surface, as in the fabrication of a semiconductor device, which includes the steps of forming a first layer of a masking material, e.g., silicon dioxide, on a surface of the substrate, forming an adherent layer of a second masking material, e.g., silicon nitride, on the first layer, and then forming a second layer of silicon dioxide on the silicon nitride layer. Openings are formed extending through preselected locations in the second oxide layer to expose underlying regions in the silicon nitride layer in a preselected pattern. The portions of silicon nitride exposed through the openings are selectively removed to expose preselected portions of the underlying first oxide layer, and then the exposed portions of the first oxide layer are removed to define a composite diffusion mask exposing preselected portions of the surface of the silicon semiconducor body. Subsequent diffusion and metallization steps may be then effected to form a semiconductor device.