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Semiconductor integreated circuit device and method of manufacturing the same

Assignee: Toshiba Corp
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Filing: 1986-03-05
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2006-03-05
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Abstract

Abstract A semiconductor device includes a bipolar transistor and an IIL element fabricated on a single wafer. The emitter region (42) of the bipolar transistor is formed by diffusing the impurity of an impurity layer (34) formed in contact with the base region (29) therein. The impurity layer is formed of a polycide layer (34) formed of a polysilicon layer (32) doped with an impurity and a metal silicide layer (33) laminated on the polysilicon layer, a laminated layer of a polysilicon layer and a refractory metal layer, or a metal silicide layer.

Inventors

  • 👤 Hiroshi C/O Patent Division Iwasaki

Bibliographic Details

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CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10D; H10D62/00; H10D62/10; H10D62/124; H10D62/126; H10D10/00; H10D10/40; H10D10/441; H10D62/80; H10D62/83; H10D64/00; H10D64/60; H10D64/62; H10D84/00; H10D84/01; H10D84/0107; H10D84/0109; H10D84/0112; H10D84/0116; H10D84/02; H10D84/03; H10D84/038; H10D84/60; H10D84/65; H10D84/658; H10P; H10P32/00; H10P32/10; H10P32/14; H10P32/1408; H10P32/1414; H10P32/17; H10P32/171

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 29
Claim 1
Independent Claim 96 words
A semiconductor device having a bipolar transistor comprising: a first semiconductor region (29) of a first conductivity type constituting a base region; a second semiconductor region (42) of a second conductivity type formed in a surface layer of said first semiconductor region; and a polycide layer (34) formed of a laminated layer of a polysilicon layer doped with an impurity of the second conductivity type and a metal silicide layer, said polycide layer being in contact with said second semiconductor region to form said second semiconductor region by using said polycide layer as a diffusion source.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 96 words
A semiconductor device having a bipolar transistor comprising: a first semiconductor region (29) of a first conductivity type constituting a base region; a second semiconductor region (42) of a second conductivity type formed in a surface layer of said first semiconductor region; and a polycide layer (34) formed of a laminated layer of a polysilicon layer doped with an impurity of the second conductivity type and a metal silicide layer, said polycide layer being in contact with said second semiconductor region to form said second semiconductor region by using said polycide layer as a diffusion source.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 98 words
A semiconductor device having a bipolar transistor comprising: a first semiconductor region (29) of a first conductivity type constituting a base region; a second semiconductor region (42) of a second conductivity type formed in a surface layer of said first semiconductor region; and a polycide layer (34) formed of a laminated layer of a polysilicon layer (32) doped with an impurity of the second conductivity type and a refractory metal layer (33), said polycide layer being in contact with said second semiconductor region to form said second semiconductor region by using said polycide layer as a diffusion source.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 98 words
A semiconductor device having a bipolar transistor comprising: a first semiconductor region (29) of a first conductivity type constituting a base region; a second semiconductor region (42) of a second conductivity type formed in a surface layer of said first semiconductor region; and a polycide layer (34) formed of a laminated layer of a polysilicon layer (32) doped with an impurity of the second conductivity type and a refractory metal layer (33), said polycide layer being in contact with said second semiconductor region to form said second semiconductor region by using said polycide layer as a diffusion source.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 81 words
A semiconductor device having a bipolar transistor comprising: a first semiconductor region (29) of a first conductivity type constituting a base region; a second semiconductor region (42) of a second conductivity type formed in a surface layer of said first semiconductor region; and a metal silicide layer doped with an impurity of the second conductivity type, and being in contact with said second semiconductor region to form said second semiconductor region by using said metal silicide layer as a diffusion source.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 81 words
A semiconductor device having a bipolar transistor comprising: a first semiconductor region (29) of a first conductivity type constituting a base region; a second semiconductor region (42) of a second conductivity type formed in a surface layer of said first semiconductor region; and a metal silicide layer doped with an impurity of the second conductivity type, and being in contact with said second semiconductor region to form said second semiconductor region by using said metal silicide layer as a diffusion source.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 23 words
A semiconductor device according to claim 3, characterized in that said second semiconductor region is an emitter region (42) of said bipolar transistor.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 50 words
A semiconductor device according to claim 3, characterized in that said emitter region comprises at least two emitter sections (56 1 , 56 2 ) which are separated from each other and aligned in a surface layer of said first semiconductor region and which are electrically connected to each other.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 40 words
A semiconductor device according to claim 3, characterized in that said metal silicide layer (58 1 , 58 2 ) is formed of a refractory metal silicide selected from the group consisting of tungsten silicide, molybdenum silicide, and titanium silicide.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 34 words
A semiconductor device according to claim 3, characterized in that said second semiconductor region constitutes a collector region (43 1 , 43 2 ) of a vertical transistor of an integrated injection logic element.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 216 words
A semiconductor device comprising: a first semiconductor region (53) of a first conductivity type as a collector region of a bipolar transistor; a field insulation layer (54) formed to define a predetermined region of said first semiconductor layer; a base region (55) of a second conductivity type formed in the predetermined region of said first semiconductor layer; at least two emitter regions (56 1 , 56 2 ) of the first conductivity type aligned at a given distance from each other in a surface layer of said base region (55); at least two emitter electrodes (58 1 , 58 2 ) which are in contact with said emitter regions (56 1 , 56 2 ) and which comprise one of a polycide layer formed by laminating a polysilicon layer containing an impurity of the first conductivity type with a metal silicide layer, a laminated layer of a polysilicon layer and a refractory metal layer and a metal silicide layer; an insulation layer (59) formed to cover surfaces of said emitter electrodes; and a base electrode (61) covering said emitter electrodes through said insulation layer (59) and in contact with said base region at both sides of said emitter electrodes extending from below said base electrode onto said field insulation layer and being connected to each other.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 216 words
A semiconductor device comprising: a first semiconductor region (53) of a first conductivity type as a collector region of a bipolar transistor; a field insulation layer (54) formed to define a predetermined region of said first semiconductor layer; a base region (55) of a second conductivity type formed in the predetermined region of said first semiconductor layer; at least two emitter regions (56 1 , 56 2 ) of the first conductivity type aligned at a given distance from each other in a surface layer of said base region (55); at least two emitter electrodes (58 1 , 58 2 ) which are in contact with said emitter regions (56 1 , 56 2 ) and which comprise one of a polycide layer formed by laminating a polysilicon layer containing an impurity of the first conductivity type with a metal silicide layer, a laminated layer of a polysilicon layer and a refractory metal layer and a metal silicide layer; an insulation layer (59) formed to cover surfaces of said emitter electrodes; and a base electrode (61) covering said emitter electrodes through said insulation layer (59) and in contact with said base region at both sides of said emitter electrodes extending from below said base electrode onto said field insulation layer and being connected to each other.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 67 words
A semiconductor device according to claim 8, characterized in that said base electrode in contact with said base region comprises one of a polycide layer (61, 61') formed of a polysilicon layer containing an impurity of the second conductivity type and a metal silicide layer laminated on said polysilicon layer, a laminated layer of a polycide layer and a refractory metal layer, and a metal silicide layer.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 41 words
A semiconductor device according to claim 9, characterized in that said base region includes an external base region (57) of a high concentration formed by using said polycide layer, said laminated layer, and said metal silicide layer as a diffusion source.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim 22 words
A semiconductor device according to claim 8, 9 or 10, characterized in that said base electrode (61) covers said insulation layer (59).
Claim 16
Dependent Claim 50 words
A semiconductor device according to claim 8, characterized in that said polycide layer (61, 61') contains impurities of the first and second conductivity types, and said base region and said emitter regions are formed by diffusion of the impurities of the first and second conductivity types in said collector region.
Claim 17
Independent Claim 179 words
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising the steps of: selectively forming a field insulation layer on a semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type so as to isolate said layer into a plurality of first semiconductor regions; doping an impurity of a second conductivity type so as to form a base region of the second conductivity type in at least one of said first semiconductor regions; forming one of a polycide layer formed by laminating a polysilicon layer containing an impurity of the first conductivity type with a metal silicide layer, a laminated layer of a polysilicon layer and a refractory metal layer and a metal silicide layer on said base region so as to be in contact with part of said base region and have one end extending over said field insulation layer; and diffusing an impurity of the first conductivity type one of said polycide layer, said laminated layer and said metal silicide layer as a diffusion source into said base region so as to form a second semiconductor region of the first conductivity type.
Claim 18
Independent Claim 179 words
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising the steps of: selectively forming a field insulation layer on a semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type so as to isolate said layer into a plurality of first semiconductor regions; doping an impurity of a second conductivity type so as to form a base region of the second conductivity type in at least one of said first semiconductor regions; forming one of a polycide layer formed by laminating a polysilicon layer containing an impurity of the first conductivity type with a metal silicide layer, a laminated layer of a polysilicon layer and a refractory metal layer and a metal silicide layer on said base region so as to be in contact with part of said base region and have one end extending over said field insulation layer; and diffusing an impurity of the first conductivity type one of said polycide layer, said laminated layer and said metal silicide layer as a diffusion source into said base region so as to form a second semiconductor region of the first conductivity type.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim 58 words
A method according to claim 13, which further includes the steps of preforming said base region on said collector region, doping one of said polycide layer, said laminated layer and said metal silicide layer with impurities of the first and second conductivity types, and diffusing the impurities of the first and second conductivity types into said base region.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim 59 words
A method according to claim 13, which further includes the steps of doping one of said polycide layer, said laminated layer and said metal silicide layer with impurities of the first and second conductivity types, and diffusing the impurities of the first and second conductivity types into said collector region to form said base region and said emitter region.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim 85 words
A method according to claim 14 or 15, which further includes the steps of forming an insulation layer covering a top surface and a side surface of one of said polycide layer, said laminated layer and saia metal silicide layer, and forming a base electrode layer containing an impurity of the second conductivity type, crossing one of said polycide layer, said laminated layer and saia metal silicide layer through said insulation layer and contacting said base region at the side surface of said insulation layer.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim 41 words
A method according to claim 16, which further includes the step of diffusing the impurity of the second conductivity type in said base electrode layer as a diffusion source to form a high concentration external base region in said base region.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim 30 words
A method according to claim 13, characterized in that said first and second semiconductor regions constitute emitter and collector regions of an inverter transistor of an integrated injection logic element.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim 103 words
A semiconductor device including a metal oxide semiconductor transistor, said transistor comprising: a first semiconductor region of a first conductivity type; second and third semiconductor regions of a second conductivity type formed at a given distance from each other in a surface layer of said first semiconductor region; and a gate electrode insulatively disposed over a portion between said second and third semiconductor regions and comprising one of a polycide layer formed of a polysilicon layer and a metal silicide layer laminated on said polysilicon layer, a laminated layer of a polysilicon layer and a refractory metal layer and a metal silicide layer.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim 103 words
A semiconductor device including a metal oxide semiconductor transistor, said transistor comprising: a first semiconductor region of a first conductivity type; second and third semiconductor regions of a second conductivity type formed at a given distance from each other in a surface layer of said first semiconductor region; and a gate electrode insulatively disposed over a portion between said second and third semiconductor regions and comprising one of a polycide layer formed of a polysilicon layer and a metal silicide layer laminated on said polysilicon layer, a laminated layer of a polysilicon layer and a refractory metal layer and a metal silicide layer.
Claim 26
Independent Claim 223 words
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising the steps of: preparing a first semiconductor region of a first conductivity type; forming second and third semiconductor regions of a second conductivity type at a given distance from each other in a surface layer of said first semiconductor region; forming a gate electrode insulatively disposed over a portion between said second and third semiconductor regions and comprising one of a polycide layer formed of a polysilicon layer and a metal silicioe layer laminated on said polysilicon layer, a laminated layer of a polysilicon layer and a refractory metal layer, and a metal silicide layer, said second and third regions ana said gate electrode constitute a metal oxide semiconductor transistor; forming a base region of a second conductivity type formed in a region of the first conductivity type to be spaced apart from said metal oxide semiconductor transistor; forming one of a polycide layer formed of a polysilicon layer containing an impurity of the secono conductivity type and a metal silicide layer laminateo on said polysilicon layer, a laminated layer of a polysilicon layer and a refractory metal layer, and a metal silicide layer, on a surface layer of said base region; and forming a fourth semiconductor region of the secono conductivity type in said base region, using saio polycide layer as a diffusion source.
Claim 27
Independent Claim 223 words
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising the steps of: preparing a first semiconductor region of a first conductivity type; forming second and third semiconductor regions of a second conductivity type at a given distance from each other in a surface layer of said first semiconductor region; forming a gate electrode insulatively disposed over a portion between said second and third semiconductor regions and comprising one of a polycide layer formed of a polysilicon layer and a metal silicioe layer laminated on said polysilicon layer, a laminated layer of a polysilicon layer and a refractory metal layer, and a metal silicide layer, said second and third regions ana said gate electrode constitute a metal oxide semiconductor transistor; forming a base region of a second conductivity type formed in a region of the first conductivity type to be spaced apart from said metal oxide semiconductor transistor; forming one of a polycide layer formed of a polysilicon layer containing an impurity of the secono conductivity type and a metal silicide layer laminateo on said polysilicon layer, a laminated layer of a polysilicon layer and a refractory metal layer, and a metal silicide layer, on a surface layer of said base region; and forming a fourth semiconductor region of the secono conductivity type in said base region, using saio polycide layer as a diffusion source.
Claim 28
Independent Claim 390 words
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising the steps of: selectively forming, in a surface layer of a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type, a plurality of high concentration buried layers having a second conductivity type, and growing an epitaxial semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type on an entire surface of said substrate; forming well regions of the second conductivity type which extend from a surface of said epitaxial semiconductor layer to said high concentration buried layers; selectively forming a field insulating film on the surface of said epitaxial semiconductor layer so as to form first conductivity type element regions and second conductivity type element regions surrounded by said field insulating film; forming a thin insulating film on surfaces of said element regions; selectively doping one of said second conductivity type element regions with a first conductivity type impurity so as to form a first conductivity type active base region of a bipolar transistor; forming gate electrodes of MOS transistors interposed with said insulating film on said first conductivity type element regions and remaining ones of said second conductivity type element regions in which said active base region is not formed, said gate electrodes each comprising one of a polycide layer formed of a polysilicon layer and a metal silicide layer laminated on said polysilicon layer, a laminated layer formed of a polysilicon layer and a refractory metal layer laminated on said polysilicon layer, and a metal silicide layer which is doped with an impurity to have a low resistance; forming a second conductivity type emitter region in said first conductivity type active base region; selectively doping a second conductivity type impurity so as to simultaneously form a second conductivity type collector contact region of said bipolar transistor, and second conductivity type source and drain regions of said MOS transistors in said first conductivity source and drain regions being self-aligned with said gate electrodes of said MOS transistors; and selectively doping a first conductivity type impurity so as to form an external base region of the first conductivity type in said first conductivity type base region and first conductivity type source and drain regions of said MOS transistors in said remaining ones of said second conductivity type element regions, said first conductivity type source and drain regions being self-aligned with said gate electrodes of said MOS transistors.
Claim 29
Independent Claim 390 words
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising the steps of: selectively forming, in a surface layer of a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type, a plurality of high concentration buried layers having a second conductivity type, and growing an epitaxial semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type on an entire surface of said substrate; forming well regions of the second conductivity type which extend from a surface of said epitaxial semiconductor layer to said high concentration buried layers; selectively forming a field insulating film on the surface of said epitaxial semiconductor layer so as to form first conductivity type element regions and second conductivity type element regions surrounded by said field insulating film; forming a thin insulating film on surfaces of said element regions; selectively doping one of said second conductivity type element regions with a first conductivity type impurity so as to form a first conductivity type active base region of a bipolar transistor; forming gate electrodes of MOS transistors interposed with said insulating film on said first conductivity type element regions and remaining ones of said second conductivity type element regions in which said active base region is not formed, said gate electrodes each comprising one of a polycide layer formed of a polysilicon layer and a metal silicide layer laminated on said polysilicon layer, a laminated layer formed of a polysilicon layer and a refractory metal layer laminated on said polysilicon layer, and a metal silicide layer which is doped with an impurity to have a low resistance; forming a second conductivity type emitter region in said first conductivity type active base region; selectively doping a second conductivity type impurity so as to simultaneously form a second conductivity type collector contact region of said bipolar transistor, and second conductivity type source and drain regions of said MOS transistors in said first conductivity source and drain regions being self-aligned with said gate electrodes of said MOS transistors; and selectively doping a first conductivity type impurity so as to form an external base region of the first conductivity type in said first conductivity type base region and first conductivity type source and drain regions of said MOS transistors in said remaining ones of said second conductivity type element regions, said first conductivity type source and drain regions being self-aligned with said gate electrodes of said MOS transistors.

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