Abstract:
A bipolar transistor using a B-doped Si and Ge alloy for a base in which a Ge content in an emitter-base depletion region and in a base-collector depletion region is greater than a Ge content in a base layer. Diffusion of B from the base layer can be suppressed by making the Ge content in the emitter-base depletion region and in a base-collector depletion region on both sides of the base layer greater than the Ge content in the base layer since the diffusion coefficient of B in the SiGe layer is lowered as the Ge contents increases.
Abstract:
A bipolar transistor using a B-doped Si and Ge alloy for a base in which a Ge content in an emitter-base depletion region and in a base-collector depletion region is greater than a Ge content in a base layer. Diffusion of B from the base layer can be suppressed by making the Ge content in the emitter-base depletion region and in a base-collector depletion region on both sides of the base layer greater than the Ge content in the base layer since the diffusion coefficient of B in the SiGe layer is lowered as the Ge contents increases.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device having an MODFET and at least one other device formed on one identical semiconductor substrate, in which an intrinsic region for the MODFET is formed by selective growth in a groove formed on a semiconductor substrate having an insulation film on the side wall of the groove, and single-crystal silicon at the bottom of the groove, is disclosed. The step between the MODFET and the at least one other device mounted together on one identical substrate can be thereby decreased, and each of the devices can be reduced in the size and integrated to a high degree, and the interconnection length can be shortened to reduce power consumption.
Abstract:
A high-speed heterojunction bipolar transistor in a large injection of electrons from the emitter and a method for production thereof. In a typical example of the SiGeC heterojunction bipolar transistor, the collector has a layer of n-type single-crystal Si and a layer of n-type single-crystal SiGe, the base is a layer of heavily doped p-type single crystal SiGeC, and the emitter is a layer of n-type single-crystal Si. At the heterointerface between the layer of n-type single-crystal SiGe and the layer of p-type single-crystal SiGeC, the bandgap of the p-type single-crystal SiGeC is larger than that of the layer of n-type single crystal SiGe. Even though the effective neutral base expands due to an increase in electrons injected from the emitter, no energy barrier occurs in the conduction band at the heterointerface between the layer of n-type single-crystal SiGe and the layer of p-type single-crystal SiGeC. Thus, the diffusion of electrons is not inhibited and it is possible to realize high-speed heterojunction bipolar transistors even in the high injection state.
Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device comprising a plurality of single-crystal semiconductor layers formed, for example, in an opening of an insulating film, said semiconductor layers having no or very few crystal defects. The method comprises forming in a first growth chamber a first semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type in an opening of an insulating film and subsequently forming in a second growth chamber a second semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type in an opening of an insulating film, while supplying hydrogen to the surface of the substrate when the substrate is transferred from said first growth chamber to said second growth chamber.