US4151006A
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Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device
Assignee: US Philips Corp
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Filing: 1977-04-19
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Granted: 1979-04-24
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Expires: 1997-04-19
Abstract
Abstract A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device having a transistor structure in which the emitter zone comprises a lower-doped region adjoining the base zone and a more highly-doped region adjoining the surface. According to the invention, the more highly-doped part is obtained by the introduction of doping atoms through an undoped polycrystalline layer provided on the surface. Preferably, a thin silicon nitride or silicon oxide layer is provided between the surface and the polycrystalline silicon layer prior to providing the latter.
Inventors
- 👤 Hendrik C. De Graaff
- 👤 Paul A. H. Hart
- 👤 Albert Schmitz
- 👤 Jan W. Slotboom
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 02:59
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10D; H10D62/00; H10D62/10; H10D62/13; H10D62/133; H10P; H10P32/00; H10P32/10; H10P32/14; H10P32/1408; H10P32/141; H10P32/1412; H10P32/1414; H10P32/17; H10P32/171; H10P95/00; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S148/00; Y10S148/02
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
186 words
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device having a bipolar transistor, the method including the steps of providing a semiconductor body having a first region of a first conductivity type, providing a second region of the second conductivity type on said first region, providing a third region of the first conductivity type on said second region, and then providing in the third region a surface-adjoining fourth region of the first conductivity type having a higher doping than that of the third region, the first region forming the collector zone, the second region forming the base zone, and the third and fourth regions forming the emitter zone of said bipolar transistor, wherein the improvement comprises providing the fourth region by first providing a thin layer of an electrically insulating material on the third region, then forming an undoped layer of polycrystalline silicon on the thin layer and then providing the fourth region in the third region by introducing a dopant through the polycrystalline silicon layer and the thin layer, the thickness of said thin layer being at least about 0.0010 micron and at most about 0.0100 micron.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
186 words
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device having a bipolar transistor, the method including the steps of providing a semiconductor body having a first region of a first conductivity type, providing a second region of the second conductivity type on said first region, providing a third region of the first conductivity type on said second region, and then providing in the third region a surface-adjoining fourth region of the first conductivity type having a higher doping than that of the third region, the first region forming the collector zone, the second region forming the base zone, and the third and fourth regions forming the emitter zone of said bipolar transistor, wherein the improvement comprises providing the fourth region by first providing a thin layer of an electrically insulating material on the third region, then forming an undoped layer of polycrystalline silicon on the thin layer and then providing the fourth region in the third region by introducing a dopant through the polycrystalline silicon layer and the thin layer, the thickness of said thin layer being at least about 0.0010 micron and at most about 0.0100 micron.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
28 words
A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the thin layer is provided in a thickness of at least about 0.0020 micron and at most about 0.0060 micron.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
14 words
A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the thin layer comprises silicon nitride.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
26 words
A method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the layer of silicon nitride is provided by a heat treatment in an atmosphere containing nitrogen and ammonia.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
29 words
A method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the layer of silicon nitride is provided in a plasma selected from the group consisting of nitrogen plasma and ammonia plasma.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
14 words
A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the thin layer comprises silicon oxide.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
18 words
A method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the layer of silicon oxide is provided by thermal oxidation.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
19 words
A method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the layer of silicon oxide is provided in an oxygen plasma.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
53 words
A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the fourth region is provided in the semiconductor body down to such a depth that the distance from the junction between the third and the fourth regions to the second region is at most a diffusion length of minority charge carries in the third region.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
20 words
A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the third region is formed by epitaxial growth on the second region.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
15 words
A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the semiconductor body consists entirely of silicon.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
19 words
A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the regions of the first conductivity type are of n-type conductivity.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
61 words
A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first region in the semiconductor body is formed by providing a highly doped substrate of the first conductivity type in said semiconductory body and growing on said substrate an epitaxial layer of a lower doping of the first conductivity type, the second and third regions then being provided on said epitaxial layer.
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