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US4033787A
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Fabrication of semiconductor devices utilizing ion implantation
Assignee: Honeywell Inc
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Filing: 1976-10-01
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Granted: 1977-07-05
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Expires: 1996-10-01
Abstract
Abstract Semiconductor material stress sensors are provided where the sensing resistors therein have good electrical stability while being sufficiently protected without degrading sensor performance. This is accomplished through control of the locations of the maximum concentrations of the resistor dopant.
Inventors
- 👤 James F. Marshall
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-10-26 10:29
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01L; G01L9/00; G01L9/0041; G01L9/0042; G01L9/0051; G01L9/0052; G01L9/0054; H; H04; H04R; H04R23/00; H04R23/006; H10; H10D; H10D48/00; H10D48/50; H10P; H10P30/00; H10P30/20; H10P30/202; H10P30/204; H10P30/21; H10P30/212; H10P30/28; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T29/00; Y10T29/49; Y10T29/49002; Y10T29/49082; Y10T29/49103
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 33
Claim 1
Independent Claim
194 words
A method for providing semiconductor material stress sensor having structural portions including substantially a diaphragm and a constraint for constraining said diaphragm at peripheral portions thereof, said method comprising: providing a layer of semiconductor material initially of a first conductivity type; and implanting ions of a first kind in said layer through a first surface portion thereof to form, after annealing, a first region of a second conductivity type located at least in part in a portion of said layer which will be included in said diaphragm to serve as a piezoresistor, said part of said first region as located being confined to interior portions of said layer with respect to said first surface portion such that a first semiconductor junction separates said part of said first region from remaining portions of said layer with said part of said first region having therein what, before annealing, is a region of maximum concentration of said first kind ions spaced apart from at least a first portion of said first semiconductor junction where said first portion of said first semiconductor junction occurs between said first surface portion and said region of maximum first kind ion concentration.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
194 words
A method for providing semiconductor material stress sensor having structural portions including substantially a diaphragm and a constraint for constraining said diaphragm at peripheral portions thereof, said method comprising: providing a layer of semiconductor material initially of a first conductivity type; and implanting ions of a first kind in said layer through a first surface portion thereof to form, after annealing, a first region of a second conductivity type located at least in part in a portion of said layer which will be included in said diaphragm to serve as a piezoresistor, said part of said first region as located being confined to interior portions of said layer with respect to said first surface portion such that a first semiconductor junction separates said part of said first region from remaining portions of said layer with said part of said first region having therein what, before annealing, is a region of maximum concentration of said first kind ions spaced apart from at least a first portion of said first semiconductor junction where said first portion of said first semiconductor junction occurs between said first surface portion and said region of maximum first kind ion concentration.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
50 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said implanting of said first kind ions is followed by providing a second region of said first conductivity type in said layer, said second region being located at least in part between said maximum first kind ion concentration region and said first surface portion.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
69 words
The method of claim 1 wherein a first dopant, due to said first kind ions and so responsible for said second conductivity type occuring in said first region, has a maximum concentration in said region of maximum first kind ion concentration exceeding by at least a factor of five that concentration of said first dopant in said first region adjacent to said first portion of said first semiconductor junction.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
69 words
The method of claim 2 wherein, as a result of said implanting of said first region and said providing of said second region, a third region of said second conductivity type results in said first region which intersects a surface of said layer and with said providing of said second region being followed by forming an ohmic contact to said third region where said third region intersects said surface.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
56 words
The method of claim 2 wherein said providing of said layer is accomplished by epitaxial growth of two strata of said first conductivity type silicon on a silicon substrate of said second conductivity type with each strata being of a different conductivity and that strata having a higher conductivity also having said first region contained therein.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method of claim 2 wherein said providing of said second region is accomplished by implanting a second kind of ions.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
10 words
The method of claim 3 wherein said factor exceeds twenty-five.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method of claim 4 where said third region intersects said first surface portion in a portion of said layer which will be in said constraint.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
64 words
The method of claim 8 wherein a first dopant, due to said first kind ions and so responsible for said second conductivity type occuring in said first region, has a maximum concentration in said region of maximum first kind ion concentration exceeding by at least a factor of five that concentration of said first dopant in said first portion of said first semiconductor junction.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
35 words
The method of claim 8 wherein said providing of said layer is accomplished by epitaxial growth on a substrate and said forming of said contact is followed by etching said substrate to provide said diaphragm.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method of claim 10 wherein said etching of said substrate is followed by bonding said substrate to a low thermal expansion glass member.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
77 words
The method of claim 11 wherein (i) said providing of said layer is accomplished by epitaxial growth of two strata of n-type conductivity silicon on a p-type conductivity silicon substrate with each strata being of a different conductivity and that strata having a higher conductivity also having said first region contained therein, (ii) said providing of first region is accomplished by implanting boron ions, and (iii) said providing of second region is accomplished by implanting phosphorous ions.
Claim 14
Independent Claim
412 words
A method for providing semiconductor materials stress sensors having structural portions including substantially a diaphragm and a constraint for constraining said diaphragm at peripheral portions thereof, said method comprising: providing a layer of semiconductor material initially of a first conductivity type; providing a first mask on a first surface of said layer to form a first masked structure, said first mask being capable of restricting ions of a first kind impinging on said first masked structure to substantially penetrating said first surface only in one or more selected areas thereof including a first selected area, said first selected area, at least in part, being in a portion of said layer which will be included in said diaphragm; implanting said first kind ions in said layer by impinging said first kind ions on said first masked structure including impinging them on said first selected area, said first kind ions being of a type tending to cause those portions of said layer wherein said first kind ions are located to be of a second conductivity type, said implanting to be such that first kind ions, after implantation, are located in said layer with a concentration sufficient to convert a first region in said layer to said second conductivity type and such that, after implantation, a region of maximum concentration of said first kind ions occurs spaced apart from said first surface; providing a second mask on said first surface to form a second masked structure, said second mask being capable of restricting ions of a second kind impinging on said second masked structure to substantially penetrating said first surface only in one or more selected areas thereof including a second selected area, said second selected area overlapping, at least in part, some or all of that part of said first selected area which is in said diaphragm; and implanting said second kind ions in said layer by impinging said second kind ions on said second masked structure including impinging them on said second selected area, said second kind ions being of a type tending to cause those portions of said layer wherein said second kind ions are located to be of said first conductivity type, said implanting to be such that said second kind ions, after implantation, are located in said layer with a concentration sufficient to provide a second region of said first conductivity type which is located between said region of maximum concentration of said first kind ions and said first surface.
Claim 15
Independent Claim
412 words
A method for providing semiconductor materials stress sensors having structural portions including substantially a diaphragm and a constraint for constraining said diaphragm at peripheral portions thereof, said method comprising: providing a layer of semiconductor material initially of a first conductivity type; providing a first mask on a first surface of said layer to form a first masked structure, said first mask being capable of restricting ions of a first kind impinging on said first masked structure to substantially penetrating said first surface only in one or more selected areas thereof including a first selected area, said first selected area, at least in part, being in a portion of said layer which will be included in said diaphragm; implanting said first kind ions in said layer by impinging said first kind ions on said first masked structure including impinging them on said first selected area, said first kind ions being of a type tending to cause those portions of said layer wherein said first kind ions are located to be of a second conductivity type, said implanting to be such that first kind ions, after implantation, are located in said layer with a concentration sufficient to convert a first region in said layer to said second conductivity type and such that, after implantation, a region of maximum concentration of said first kind ions occurs spaced apart from said first surface; providing a second mask on said first surface to form a second masked structure, said second mask being capable of restricting ions of a second kind impinging on said second masked structure to substantially penetrating said first surface only in one or more selected areas thereof including a second selected area, said second selected area overlapping, at least in part, some or all of that part of said first selected area which is in said diaphragm; and implanting said second kind ions in said layer by impinging said second kind ions on said second masked structure including impinging them on said second selected area, said second kind ions being of a type tending to cause those portions of said layer wherein said second kind ions are located to be of said first conductivity type, said implanting to be such that said second kind ions, after implantation, are located in said layer with a concentration sufficient to provide a second region of said first conductivity type which is located between said region of maximum concentration of said first kind ions and said first surface.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
90 words
The method of claim 13 wherein said first and second regions are formed separated by a first semiconductor junction through annealing and, as a result of said forming of said first and second regions, a third region of said second conductivity type results in said first region of said second conductivity type results in said first region which intersects said first surface and with said implanting of said second kind ions being followed by forming an ohmic contact to said third region where said third region intersects said first surface.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
57 words
The method of claim 13 wherein said providing of said layer is accomplished by epitaxial growth of two strata of said first conductivity type silicon on a silicon substrate of said second conductivity type with said two strata each having a different conductivity and that strata having a higher conductivity also having said first region contained therein.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
16 words
The method of claim 14 wherein said third region intersects said first surface in said constraint.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
38 words
The method of claim 14 wherein said providing of said layer is accomplished by epitaxial growth of two strata on a substrate and said forming of said contact is followed by etching said substrate to provide said diaphragm.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
81 words
The method of claim 16 wherein (i) said providing of said layer is accomplished by epitaxial growth of two strata of n-type silicon on a p-type conductivity silicon substrate with said two strata each having a different conductivity with that strata having a higher conductivity also having said first region contained therein, (ii) said implanting of said first kind ions is accomplished by implanting boron ions, and (iii) said implanting of said second kind ions is accomplished by implanting phosphorous ions.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
66 words
The method of claim 16 wherein said first mask is of thick silicon dioxide around said first selected area but is of thin said silicon dioxide suitable for scattering ions in said first selected area and said second mask comprises a portion of said thin silicon dioxide with photoresist thereon, said ohmic contact being later made to said third region where said second mask is located.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
82 words
The method of claim 17 wherein (i) said providing of said layer is accompliahed by epitaxial growth of two strata of n-type conductivity silicon on a p-type conductivity silicon substrate with said two strata each having a different conductivity with that strata having a higher conductivity also having said first region contained therein, (ii) said implanting of said first kind ions is accomplished by implanting boron ions, and (iii) said implanting of said second kind ions is accomplished by implanting phosphorous ions.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method of claim 17 wherein said etching of said substrate is followed by bonding said substrate to a low thermal expansion glass member.
Claim 24
Independent Claim
457 words
A method of providing uniform and stable semiconductor junction isolated resistors in a semiconductor material structure, said method comprising: providing a layer of semiconductor material initially of a first conductivity type; providing a first mask on a first surface of said layer to form a first masked structure, said first mask being capable of restricting ions of a first kind impinging on said first masked structure to substantially penetrating said first surface only in one or more selected areas thereof including a first selected area; implanting said first kind ions in said layer by impinging said first kind ions on said first masked structure including impinging them on said first selected area, said first kind ions being of a type tending to cause those portions of said layer wherein said first kind ions are located to be of a second conductivity type, said implanting to be such that first kind ions, after implantation, are located in said layer with a concentration sufficient to convert a first region in said layer to said second conductivity type and such that, after implantation, a region of maximum concentration of said first kind ions occurs spaced apart from said first surface; providing a second mask on said first surface to form a second masked structure, said second mask being capable of restricting ions of a second kind impinging on said second masked structure to substantially penetrating said first surface only in one or more selected areas thereof including a second selected area, said second selected area overlapping, at least in part, some or all of that part of said first selected area; implanting said second kind ions in said layer by impinging said second kind ions on said second mask structure including impinging them on said second selected area, said second kind ions being of a type tending to cause those portions of said layer wherein said second kind ions are located to be of said first conductivity type, said implanting to be such that said second kind ions, after implantation, are located in said layer with a concentration sufficient to provide a second region of said first conductivity type which is located between said region of maximum concentration of said first kind ions and said first surface; and annealing said layer that said first and second regions are formed separated by a first semiconductor junction such that a first dopant, due to said first kind ions and so responsible for said second conductivity type occuring in said first region, has a maximum concentration, in what before annealing was said region of maximum first kind ion concentration, exceedind by at least a factor of five that concentration of said first dopant in said first region adjacent to said first semiconductor junction.
Claim 25
Independent Claim
457 words
A method of providing uniform and stable semiconductor junction isolated resistors in a semiconductor material structure, said method comprising: providing a layer of semiconductor material initially of a first conductivity type; providing a first mask on a first surface of said layer to form a first masked structure, said first mask being capable of restricting ions of a first kind impinging on said first masked structure to substantially penetrating said first surface only in one or more selected areas thereof including a first selected area; implanting said first kind ions in said layer by impinging said first kind ions on said first masked structure including impinging them on said first selected area, said first kind ions being of a type tending to cause those portions of said layer wherein said first kind ions are located to be of a second conductivity type, said implanting to be such that first kind ions, after implantation, are located in said layer with a concentration sufficient to convert a first region in said layer to said second conductivity type and such that, after implantation, a region of maximum concentration of said first kind ions occurs spaced apart from said first surface; providing a second mask on said first surface to form a second masked structure, said second mask being capable of restricting ions of a second kind impinging on said second masked structure to substantially penetrating said first surface only in one or more selected areas thereof including a second selected area, said second selected area overlapping, at least in part, some or all of that part of said first selected area; implanting said second kind ions in said layer by impinging said second kind ions on said second mask structure including impinging them on said second selected area, said second kind ions being of a type tending to cause those portions of said layer wherein said second kind ions are located to be of said first conductivity type, said implanting to be such that said second kind ions, after implantation, are located in said layer with a concentration sufficient to provide a second region of said first conductivity type which is located between said region of maximum concentration of said first kind ions and said first surface; and annealing said layer that said first and second regions are formed separated by a first semiconductor junction such that a first dopant, due to said first kind ions and so responsible for said second conductivity type occuring in said first region, has a maximum concentration, in what before annealing was said region of maximum first kind ion concentration, exceedind by at least a factor of five that concentration of said first dopant in said first region adjacent to said first semiconductor junction.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
64 words
The method of claim 22 wherein, as a result of said providing of said first and second regions, a third region of said second conductivity type results in said first region which intersects said first surface and with said implanting of said second kind ions being followed by forming an ohmic contact to said third region where said third region intersects said first surface.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
33 words
The method of claim 22 wherein said implanting of said first kind ions is accomplished by implanting boron ions, and said implanting of said second kind ions is accomplished by implanting phosphorous ions.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
33 words
The method of claim 23 wherein said implanting of said first kind ions is accomplished by implanting boron ions and said implanting of said second kind ions is accomplished by implanting phosphorous ions.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
66 words
The method of claim 23 wherein said first mask is of thick silicon dioxide around said first selected area but is of thin said silicon dioxide suitable for scattering ions in said first selected area and said second mask comprises a portion of said thin silicon dioxide with photoresist thereon, said ohmic contact being later made to said third region where said second mask is located.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
86 words
The method of claim 13 wherein said first and second regions are formed separated by a first semiconductor junction through annealing such that a first dopant, due to said first kind ions and so responsible for said second conductivity type occuring in said first region, has a maximum concentration, in what before annealing was said region of maximum first kind ion concentration, exceeding by at least a factor of five that concentration of said first dopant in said first region adjacent to said first semiconductor junction.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
69 words
The method of claim 16 wherein a first dopant, due to said first kind ions and so responsible for said second conductivity type occurring in said first region, has a maximum concentration, in what before annealing was said region of maximum first kind ion concentration exceeding by at least a factor of five that concentration of said first dopant in said first region adjacent to said first semiconductor junction.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
10 words
The method of claim 27 wherein said factor exceeds twenty-five.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
10 words
The method of claim 22 wherein said factor exceeds 25.
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