US4014037A
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Semiconductor device
Assignee: Sony Corp
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Filing: 1975-03-24
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Granted: 1977-03-22
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Expires: 1995-03-24
Abstract
Abstract A polycrystalline silicon layer as a passivation layer formed on a semiconductor single crystal layer in a semiconductor device and in which polycrystalline silicon layer contains 2 to 45 atomic percent of oxygen. This layer can be formed under accurate control by utilizing a mixed gas of nitrogen oxide as an oxygen supply source and a silicon compound as a silicon supply source is thermally decomposed. The polycrystalline silicon is constituted of grains comprising single crystals of silicon. Oxygen atoms are uniformly distributed in the grains. Substantially no SiO 2 layer exists between the grains and the semiconductor single crystal layer.
Inventors
- 👤 Takeshi Matsushita
- 👤 Hisao Hayashi
- 👤 Teruaki Aoki
- 👤 Hisayoshi Yamoto
- 👤 Yoshiyuki Kawada
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 15:43
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10P; H10P14/00; H10P14/60; H10P14/69; H10P14/692; H10P14/6921; H10P14/69215; H10P14/63; H10P14/6326; H10P14/6328; H10P14/6334; H10P14/66; H10P14/668; H10P14/6681; H10P14/6682; H10W; H10W74/00; H10W74/40; H10W74/481; H10P14/6302; H10P14/6304; H10P14/6306; H10P14/6308; H10P14/6309; H10P14/6322; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S257/00; Y10S257/905
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
58 words
A semiconductor device comprising: a semiconductor single crystal substrate; a polycrystalline silicon layer containing oxygen in the range of 2 to 45 atomic percent on and in substantially electrical contact with said substrate; said layer having a predetermined electric property such that the surface state of said substrate is substantially unaffected by an electric field across said layer.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
58 words
A semiconductor device comprising: a semiconductor single crystal substrate; a polycrystalline silicon layer containing oxygen in the range of 2 to 45 atomic percent on and in substantially electrical contact with said substrate; said layer having a predetermined electric property such that the surface state of said substrate is substantially unaffected by an electric field across said layer.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
71 words
A semiconductor device comprising: a semiconductor single crystal substrate; two semiconductor regions in said substrate forming a P-N junction therebetween ending at a surface of said substrate; a polycrystalline silicon layer containing oxygen in the range of 2 to 45 atomic percent on and in substantially electrical contact with said surface; said layer having a predetermined resistivity that relieves an electric field accompanying said junction when the latter is electrically biased.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
71 words
A semiconductor device comprising: a semiconductor single crystal substrate; two semiconductor regions in said substrate forming a P-N junction therebetween ending at a surface of said substrate; a polycrystalline silicon layer containing oxygen in the range of 2 to 45 atomic percent on and in substantially electrical contact with said surface; said layer having a predetermined resistivity that relieves an electric field accompanying said junction when the latter is electrically biased.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
17 words
A semiconductor device according to claim 1, further including a silicon dioxide layer on said polycrystalline layer.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
35 words
A semiconductor device according to claim 1, in which electric charges moved into said layer from said substrate substantially compensate electric charges above said layer or said electric field which otherwise affect said surface state.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
15 words
A semiconductor device according to claim 1, further including an electric conductor above said layer.
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