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US4099987A
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Fabricating integrated circuits incorporating high-performance bipolar transistors
Assignee: International Business Machines Corp
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Filing: 1977-07-25
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Granted: 1978-07-11
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Expires: 1997-07-25
Abstract
Abstract A method and resulting semiconductor device which utilizes a mesa emitter structure in a silicon body. The mesa emitter is formed in the silicon semiconductor body and then passivated on its sidewalls using a suitable dielectric. The base region is formed both under the mesa emitter and adjacent thereto. The emitter-base junction is substantially in one plane and substantially without a sidewall component. Contacts are provided to the emitter and to the base region surrounding the mesa emitter. The resulting structure is such that a base contact can be within a few thousand angstroms of the intrinsic base region.
Inventors
- 👤 Chakrapani Gajanan Jambotkar
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 11:50
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10D; H10D10/00; H10D10/40; H10D62/00; H10D62/10; H10D62/13; H10D62/133; H10W; H10W20/00; H10W20/40; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S148/00; Y10S148/131
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 28
Claim 1
Independent Claim
104 words
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device comprising: forming a mesa emitter in a silicon body, passivating the said mesa emitter sidewall with a suitable dielectric; forming a base region in said body using a blockout mask for a first ion implanation to form an extrinsic base region in said body surrounding said mesa emitter using high dose and low energy and a second ion implantation to form an intrinsic base region in said body below said mesa emitter and contiguous with said extrinsic base region using a low dose and high energy; and providing contacts to said emitter and said extrinsic base region.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
104 words
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device comprising: forming a mesa emitter in a silicon body, passivating the said mesa emitter sidewall with a suitable dielectric; forming a base region in said body using a blockout mask for a first ion implanation to form an extrinsic base region in said body surrounding said mesa emitter using high dose and low energy and a second ion implantation to form an intrinsic base region in said body below said mesa emitter and contiguous with said extrinsic base region using a low dose and high energy; and providing contacts to said emitter and said extrinsic base region.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said mesa emitter is formed by reactive ion etching away portions of the silicon surface.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method of claim 2 wherein said mesa emitter is formed so as to taper from the widest at the surface to the narrowest at the bottom.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said mesa emitter is formed by epitaxially growing monocrystalline silicon from the surface of the said silicon body.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
20 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the resulting emitter-base junction is substantially in one plane and, substantially without sidewall component.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
34 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the depth of the emitter base junction from the silicon surface of the said emitter mesa is about 500 Angstroms less than the height of the silicon mesa.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said base contact is formed at least substantially surrounding said emitter mesa.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
36 words
The method of claim 1 wherein silicon nitride is formed upon the top surface of said emitter mesa and the top surfaces of said silicon body leaving the sides of said emitter mesa without silicon nitride.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method of claim 8 wherein the said silicon nitride is formed by a sputtering deposition process.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
38 words
The method of claim 1 wherein a refractory metal is deposited upon the top surface of said emitter mesa and the top surfaces of said silicon body leaving the sides of said emitter mesa without the refractory metal.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method of claim 8 wherein the silicon body is thereafter subjected to a thermal oxidation ambient to form a silicon dioxide passivation layer on the sides of said emitter mesa.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method of claim 10 wherein the refractory metal oxidizes in the high temperature oxygen ambient during a subsequent thermal oxidation step.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
37 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said silicon body contains subcollector regions under the said mesa emitter and said base region and the said second ion implantation is additionally made in a portion of said subcollector regions.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said first ion implantation is additionally made in said mesa emitter.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
70 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the said first ion implantation has a dose of between about 1 × 10 14 to 8 × 10 14 ions/cm 2 and an energy of between about 30 to 80 keV and said second ion implantation has a dose of between about 8 × 10 12 to 8 × 10 13 ions/cm 2 and an energy of between about 300 to 500 keV.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method to claim 1 wherein the said emitter mesa is between about 5000 to 12000 A in height.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the distance from the edge of the base contact to the edge of the intrinsic base region is less than 4000 A.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
20 words
The method of claim 1 wherein transistors in said semiconductor device are electrically isolated from one another by dielectric isolation.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
14 words
The method of claim 18 wherein the base-collector junction is substantially in one plane.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
42 words
The method of claim 11 wherein the thermal oxidation ambient to form a silicon dioxide passivation layer on the sides of said emitter mesa is also used to form the dielectric isolation for electrically separating transistors in semiconductor device from one another.
Claim 22
Independent Claim
93 words
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device comprising: forming by epitaxial growth a region which will subsequently be designated as the base region; forming a mesa emitter on said region designated as the base region; said mesa emitter region being of opposite conductivity type than said base region; passivating the said emitter sidewall with a suitable dielectric; electrically separating regions of said region designated as the base region by use of dielectric isolation formation to produce base regions under and surrounding said mesa emitter; and providing contacts to said emitter and base regions.
Claim 23
Independent Claim
93 words
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device comprising: forming by epitaxial growth a region which will subsequently be designated as the base region; forming a mesa emitter on said region designated as the base region; said mesa emitter region being of opposite conductivity type than said base region; passivating the said emitter sidewall with a suitable dielectric; electrically separating regions of said region designated as the base region by use of dielectric isolation formation to produce base regions under and surrounding said mesa emitter; and providing contacts to said emitter and base regions.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method of claim 21 wherein said mesa emitter is formed by reactive ion etching away portions of the silicon surface.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method of claim 22 wherein said mesa emitter is formed so as to taper from the widest at the surface to the narrowest at the bottom.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method of claim 21 wherein said mesa emitter is formed by epitaxially growing monocrystalline silicon from the surface of the said silicon body.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method of claim 21 wherein the said emitter mesa is between about 5000 to 12,000 A in height.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method of claim 21 wherein the distance from the edge of the base contact to the edge of the intrinsic base region is less than 4000 A.
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1981-07-10 | 1982-01-09 | 1982-07-11 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1985-07-10 | 1986-01-09 | 1986-07-11 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1989-07-10 | 1990-01-09 | 1990-07-11 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |