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Semiconductor IC structure including isolated devices in a single substrate and method for fabricating same

Assignee: Hitachi Ltd
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Filing: 1977-06-22
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Granted: 1978-10-24
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Expires: 1997-06-22
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Abstract

Abstract A semiconductor IC structure including a plurality of isolated devices in a single substrate of a first conductivity type comprising at least three wells of a second conductivity type formed in the substrate, two of the wells reaching different edges of a buried layer of the second conductivity type at the bottom of the substrate to define a first zone of the first conductivity type in the substrate and the other wells defining at least one second zone of the first conductivity type in the substrate, and a method of fabricating a semiconductor IC structure of the above-mentioned type.

Inventors

  • 👤 Noboru Horie

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-24 05:29
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10D; H10D84/00; H10D84/60; H10D84/65; H10D84/658; H10D84/40; H10D84/401; H10D84/80; H10D84/82; H10D84/83; H10D84/85; H10D84/857; H10W; H10W10/00; H10W10/01; H10W10/031; H10W10/30

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 3
Claim 1
Independent Claim 259 words
A semiconductor IC structure including a pluralty of devices formed in a substrate and isolated from one another, comprising: a semiconductor base layer for a first conductivity type; a semiconductor substrate of the first conductivity type epitaxially formed on said base layer; a buried layer of a second conductivity type formed in the boundary between said substrate and said base layer; first and second wells of the second conductivity type extending from one surface of said substrate to reach different edges of said buried layer to define an isolated first zone of the first conductivity type in said substrate; at least one third well of the second conductivity type extending from said one surface of said substrate; an emitter- and base-contact region of the second conductivity type formed in said first well; a collector region of the second conductivity type formed in said first zone, said buried layer and said first zone serving as emitter and base regions, respectively; a base-contact and collector region of the first conductivity type formed in said second well; an emitter region of the first conductivity type formed in said second well, said second well serving as a base region; a drain region and a source region both of the first conductivity type formed in a spaced relation in one of said at least one third well; and a first gate formed on a first insulating layer on the surface of said one third well; whereby at least an IIL device and a first conductivity type channel MOS device are constituted in said substrate.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 259 words
A semiconductor IC structure including a pluralty of devices formed in a substrate and isolated from one another, comprising: a semiconductor base layer for a first conductivity type; a semiconductor substrate of the first conductivity type epitaxially formed on said base layer; a buried layer of a second conductivity type formed in the boundary between said substrate and said base layer; first and second wells of the second conductivity type extending from one surface of said substrate to reach different edges of said buried layer to define an isolated first zone of the first conductivity type in said substrate; at least one third well of the second conductivity type extending from said one surface of said substrate; an emitter- and base-contact region of the second conductivity type formed in said first well; a collector region of the second conductivity type formed in said first zone, said buried layer and said first zone serving as emitter and base regions, respectively; a base-contact and collector region of the first conductivity type formed in said second well; an emitter region of the first conductivity type formed in said second well, said second well serving as a base region; a drain region and a source region both of the first conductivity type formed in a spaced relation in one of said at least one third well; and a first gate formed on a first insulating layer on the surface of said one third well; whereby at least an IIL device and a first conductivity type channel MOS device are constituted in said substrate.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 78 words
A structure according to claim 1, further comprising: drain and source regions of the second conductivity type formed in a spaced relation in one of the at least one second zone of the first conductivity type in said substrate between said wells and a second gate formed on a second insulating layer on the surface of said one second zone between said drain and source regions, thereby constituting a second conductivity type channel MOS device is said substrate.

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