摘要:
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising the steps of providing a semiconductor body comprising a first surface and an underlying semiconductor portion that is of first conductivity type, providing a doping material of said first conductivity type at a first portion of said first surface prior to the formation of a sunken insulating layer, said first portion being situated beside said sunken insulation layer, forming an insulation layer consisting of insulating material and sunk locally in said body from said first surface, and then introducing said doping material into said semiconductor body via said first portion of said first surface so as to form a zone of said first conductivity type, said zone contacting said underlying semiconductor portion, and zone extending at the area of contact to a depth greater than that of said sunken insulation layer.
摘要:
A lateral transistor or the like is made by the steps of forming a first insulating layer on a semiconductor substrate and providing a first hole in this insulating layer so as to expose a first surface portion of the substrate. An impurity of a first conductivity type is introduced through the hole and a second hole is formed in the insulating layer so as to expose a second surface portion of the substrate spaced apart from the first portion. Then, a second insulating layer of a material different from that of the first layer is formed on the first insulating layer and on the first and second surface portions of the substrate. Subsequently, third and fourth holes are formed in the second insulating layer within the confines of these holes to expose at least portions of the first and second surface portions of the substrate. Then, an impurity of a second conductivity type is introduced into the exposed first and second surface portions of the substrate through the third and fourth holes.
摘要:
In the fabrication of integrated circuits, a method is provided for forming recessed silicon dioxide isolation in integrated circuits in which the "bird's beak" problems associated with conventional silicon dioxide-silicon nitride composite masking structures is minimized. A conventional composite mask comprising a bottom layer of silicon dioxide and an upper layer of silicon nitride having a plurality of openings defining the regions in the silicon substrate which are to be thermally oxidized is formed on a silicon substrate. Recesses are then etched in the silicon substrate in registration with the openings in the composite mask. Then, the silicon dioxide layer is, in effect, over-etched to extend the openings in the silicon dioxide to greater lateral dimensions than the openings in the silicon nitride layer whereby the silicon nitride at the periphery of the openings is undercut.A layer of silicon is then deposited in the recesses covering the undercut portions of said silicon nitride layer. Then, the structure subjected to thermal oxidation whereby the silicon in and abutting the recesses is oxidized to form regions of recessed silicon dioxide substantially coplanar with the unrecessed portions of the silicon substrate. Because of the undercutting and the deposition of silicon in the recesses, the "bird's beak" effect is minimized.
摘要:
A process for the production of a pair of complementary field effect transistors which have very short channel lengths. A lightly doped semiconductor layer is deposited on an electrically insulating substrate. A gate insulator layer is applied onto which first and second gate electrodes are formed for the two transistors. A masking oxide layer is applied to the exposed surface regions of the gate insulating layer and the gate electrodes. An opening is etched into the masking layer and gate insulator layer lying adjacent each gate electrode. Charge carriers of first and second types are diffused through the respective openings into the region of the semiconductor layer lying below to dope the same. This doping extends partially into the semiconductor region lying beneath a portion of the respective gate electrodes. All parts of the gate insulator layer except those parts lying beneath the gate electrodes are removed. Charge carriers of the second and first type are diffused into the semiconductor layer on opposite sides of the first and second gate electrodes, respectively, while leaving a portion of the first and second doped regions unchanged beneath the first and second gate electrodes. The doped regions of the semiconductor layer on opposite sides of the first and second gate electrodes provide the source and drain regions of the first and second field effect transistors, respectively.
摘要:
A method for making charge coupled devices of the type which are addressable by a single clock phase. Photoresist masks are offset with respect to stepped oxide patterns in order to produce by ion implantation self-aligned surface regions which are needed for potential asymmetry. Such surface regions can thereby be made smaller than the minimum mask feature. The oxide pattern in the final device may be formed by using silicon nitride to mask against oxide growth in selected areas. A single layer of metal may then be formed over the oxide to establish a uniphase charge coupled device with a cell length which is just twice the size of the minimum mask feature.
摘要:
Method of making a field effect transistor having a short channel length which includes forming a protective covering layer on a silicon layer medium doped with an impurity that can be gettered, removing portions of the protective layer, forming a gettering layer on the exposed silicon surface where the portions of the protective covering has been removed, etching spaced areas of the getter layer and a portion of the protective covering adjacent one of the etched getter areas to provide source and drain diffusion windows, diffusing impurities of the opposite impurity type to the doping of the silicon layer through the windows to provide source and drain regions in the silicon layer separated by a channel region formed in its length in part by a medium doped region and in part by a low doped region, removing the protective covering from above the medium doped region, forming an insulating layer over the entire area, forming windows in the insulating layer above portions of the insulating layer above the source and drain regions, forming electrodes on the source and drain regions respectively and forming a gate electrode on the insulating layer above the highly doped channel region.
摘要:
A silicon oxide layer is formed on a phosphorus doped surface region of a silicon semiconductor body by steam treatment, there being an enhanced growth rate of the silicon oxide on the phosphorus doped region enabling, for example, the provision of a low temperature steam treatment, and/or the production, possibly within an aperture in an already provided silicon oxide layer less than 3000A thick, of a thin silicon oxide layer, so that impurity concentration gradients within the semiconductor body are not caused to change by a significant extent and the surface concentration of phosphorus within the region is not significantly depleted.
摘要:
A dielectric isolation barrier is formed in a silicon substrate by oxidizing openings formed in an epitaxial layer on the substrate and a layer of silicon oxynitride (SiOxNy), which is on the surface of the epitaxial layer of the substrate. During this oxidation of the openings, the layer of silicon oxynitride is thermally oxidized to form an electrically insulating layer of silicon dioxide on the surface of the epitaxial layer and homogeneous with the silicon dioxide of the dielectric isolation barrier. The index of refraction of the layer of silicon oxynitride is selected in accordance with its thickness to produce a desired thickness of the layer of silicon dioxide after completion of oxidation of the openings in which the dielectric isolation barrier is formed. the index of refraction of silicon oxynitride is preferably between 1.55 and 1.70.
摘要翻译:在硅衬底中通过氧化在衬底上的外延层中形成的开口和位于衬底的外延层的表面上的氧氮化硅层(SiO x N y)形成绝缘隔离屏障。 在这种开口氧化期间,氧氮化硅层被热氧化,以在外延层的表面上形成二氧化硅的电绝缘层,并与介电隔离屏障的二氧化硅均匀。 氧氮化硅层的折射率根据其厚度来选择,以在其中形成介电隔离屏障的开口的氧化完成之后产生所需的二氧化硅层厚度。 氮氧化硅的折射率优选在1.55和1.70之间。
摘要:
In a method of making a transistor by ion implantation, wherein an emitter region is ion implanted through a window in a layer of silicon dioxide, a capping layer of silicon nitride is deposited over the emitter region before annealing the transistor, whereby out diffusion and evaporation of the emitter dopant atoms are prevented.
摘要:
1. IN A PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, COMPRISING THE STEPS OF: PROVIDING A SUBSTRATE HAVING A NUMNER OF OPERATING SEMICONDUCTOR REGIONS FORMING AT LEAST ONE ACTIVE SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT, AT LEAST ONE OF SAID REGIONS BEING CONTIGUOUS WITH A GIVEN SURFACE OF SAID SUBSTRATE; FROMING A LAYER OF INSULATING MATERIAL ON SAID GIVEN SURFACE OVERLYING AT LEAST A PART OF SAID AT ONE REGION, SAID DEVICE INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE DELETERIOUS METAL INGREDIENT; EXPOSING SAID LAYER TO AN ATMOSPHERE COMPRISING A HYDROGEN HALIDE; AMD HEATING SAID SUBSTRATE TO A GIVEN TEMPERATURE SUFFICIENT TO CONVERT SAID METAL TO THE METAL HALIDE AND TO VOLATILIZE THE HALIDE AT THE EXPOSED SURFACE OF SAID INSULATING LAYER, THEREBY ESTABLISHING A GRADIENT FOR OUT-DIFFUSION OF SAID METAL FROM SAID DEVICE TOWARD SAID EXPOSED SURFACE, THE IMPROVEMENT WHEREIN SAID ATMOSPHERE IS MAINTAINED SUBSTANTIALLY FREE OF WATER VAPOR.