摘要:
Disclosed is a self-aligned process for providing an improved bipolar transistor structure.The process includes the chemically etching of an intermediate insulating layer to undercut another top layer of a different insulating material in a self-aligned emitter process wherein the spacing of the emitter contact to the polysilicon base contact is reduced to a magnitude of approximately 0.2 to 0.3 micrometers. In addition, in the process an emitter plug is formed to block the emitter region from the heavy P+ ion dose implant of the extrinsic base.
摘要:
Disclosed is a self-aligned process for providing an improved bipolar transistor structure.The process includes the chemically etching of an intermediate insulating layer to undercut another top layer of a different insulating material in a self-aligned emitter process wherein the spacing of the emitter contact to the polysilicon base contact is reduced to a magnitude of approximately 0.2 to 0.3 micrometers. In addition, in the process an emitter plug is formed to block the emitter region from the heavy P+ ion dose implant of the extrinsic base.
摘要:
Disclosed is the fabrication and structure of very small integrated circuit devices of both PNP and NPN types with very high speeds and low power requirements. The structure provides vertical NPN and lateral PNP transistors formed within the same semiconductor chip. The base width of the lateral PNP transistor is very narrow (approximately 300 to 400 nanometers). This narrow dimension is in part obtained by using a well defined chemically vapor deposited (CVD) oxide mask instead of conventional lithographic masking. To eliminate the emitter current injecting into the substrate the P+ emitter and P+ collector of the PNP transistor are bounded by a silicon nitride and silicon dioxide dielectric layer.
摘要:
An improved bipolar transistor structure formed in a very small area of a thin epitaxial layer on a planar surface of a silicon substrate of first conductivity type, said very small area of the thin epitaxial layer having vertical sidewalls extending to the planar surface of said substrate, said area of thin epitaxial layers containing in the order recited a shallow depth emitter region of a second conductivity type having an exposed planar surface, a shallow depth base region of said first conductivity type, and a shallow depth active collector region of said second conductivity type, an elongated region of said first conductivity type surrounding said emitter, base and active collector regions, said elongated region being contained within and coextensive with said vertical sidewalls of said small area of said thin epitaxial layer, whereby the base collector capacitance is materially reduced due to the very small area of the base-collector junction. Also disclosed is a process and alternative process, for fabricating an improved bipolar transistor structure.
摘要:
A method for device fabrication disclosed is a self-aligned process. The device formed has small vertical as well as horizontal dimensions. The device region is surrounded by a deep oxide trench which has nearly vertical sidewalls. The deep trench extends from the epitaxial silicon surface through N+ subcollector region into the P substrate. The width of the deep trench is about 2 .mu.m to 3.0 .mu.m. A shallow oxide trench extending from the epitaxial silicon surface to the upper portion of the N+ subcollector separates the base and collector contact. The surface of the isolation regions and the silicon where the transistor is formed is coplanar. As shown in FIG. 1, the fabricated bipolar transistor has a mesa-type structure. The transistor base dimension is only slightly larger than the emitter. This small base area results in low collector-base capacitance which is a very important parameter in ultra-high performance integrated circuit devices. Contact to the transistor base in the disclosed structure is achieved by a thick heavily boron doped polysilicon layer which surrounds the emitter and makes lateral contact to the active base.
摘要:
A method for making wide, deep recessed oxide isolation trenches in silicon semiconductor substrates. A semi-conductor substrate is selectively etched to produce a spaced succession of narrow, shallow trenches separated by narrow silicon mesas. Silicon oxide is chemical-vapor-deposited on the horizontal and vertical surfaces of the etched structure to a thickness equalling the width of a desired silicon oxide mask. The mask is used for etching multiple deep trenches in the substrate, the trenches being separated by thin walls of silicon. The thickness of the walls is uniformly equal to and determined by the thickness of the deposited silicon oxide mask.The deposited silicon oxide is reactively ion etched away from the horizontal surfaces, leaving the oxide only on the sidewalls of the shallow trenches. The silicon is deeply etched, using the remaining oxide as a mask. Boron is ion implanted and the resulting structure is thermally oxidized sufficiently to completely oxidize the silicon under the deposited oxide mask and to oxidize the silicon surfaces at the bottoms of the trenches. The remaining trench volume is filled in with chemical-vapor-deposited silicon dioxide.
摘要:
A method for making a magnetic head slider having a protective coating on the rails thereof, the protective coating containing a thin adhesion layer, a thin layer of amorphous hydrogenated carbon, and a thin masking layer. The protective coating is deposited on the air bearing surface of the slider after the thin film magnetic heads are lapped to a chosen dimension, but before the pattern of rails is produced on the air bearing surface. The protective coating protects the magnetic head during the rail fabrication process and in usage in a magnetic recording system protects the magnetic head from wear and corrosion damage.
摘要:
A sputtering apparatus for coating a substrate comprising a first electrode for supporting a target material and a second electrode for supporting a substrate, upon which the coating is deposited. A source of RF power is connected to impose an RF voltage across the electrodes to produce a glow discharge in the space between the electrodes, and shutter means is provided in the space between the electrodes. The shutter means has means for blocking a substantial part of the sputtered atoms from the target electrode glow discharge traveling at or near normal incidence and at least one opening shaped to permit a substantial part of the sputtered atoms from the target electrode traveling at an oblique angle to impinge upon the substrate to produce a thin film coating of the target material.
摘要:
A magnetic head slider having a protective coating on the rails thereof, the protective coating comprising a thin adhesion layer, a thin layer of amorphous hydrogenated carbon, and a thin masking layer. The protective coating is deposited on the air bearing surface of the slider after the thin film magnetic heads are lapped to a chosen dimension, but before the pattern of rails is produced on the air bearing surface. The protective coating protects the magnetic head during the rail fabrication process and in usage in a magnetic recording system protects the magnetic head from wear and corrosion damage.
摘要:
An improved bipolar transistor structure formed in a very small area of a thin epitaxial layer on a planar surface of a silicon substrate of first conductivity type, said very small area of the thin epitaxial layer having vertical sidewalls extending to the planar surface of said substrate, said area of thin epitaxial layer containing in the order recited a shallow depth emitter region of a second conductivity type having an exposed planar surface, a shallow depth base region of said first conductivity type, and a shallow depth active collector region of said second conductivity type, an elongated region of said first conductivity type surrounding said emitter, base and active collector regions, said elongated region being contained within and coextensive with said vertical sidewalls of said small area of said thin epitaxial layer, whereby the base collector capacitance is materially reduced due to the very small area of the base-collector junction.