Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
355 words
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising the steps of: selectively forming, in a surface layer of a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type, a plurality of high concentration buried layers having a second conductivity type, and growing an epitaxial semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type on an entire surface of said substrate; forming well regions of the second conductivity type which extend from a surface of said epitaxial semiconductor layer to said high concentration buried layers; selectively forming a field insulating film on the surface of said epitaxial semiconductor layer so as to form first conductivity type element regions and second conductivity type element regions surrounded by said field insulating film; forming a thin insulating film on surfaces of said element regions; selectively doping one of said second conductivity type element regions with a first conductivity type impurity so as to form a first conductivity type active base region of a bipolar transistor; forming gate electrodes of MOS transistors interposed with said insulating film on said first conductivity type element regions and remaining ones of said second conductivity type element regions in which said active base region is not formed, said gate electrodes comprising polysilicon layers which are doped with an impurity to have a low resistance; forming a second conductivity type emitter region in said first conductivity type active base region; selectively doping a second conductivity type impurity so as to simultaneously form a second conductivity type collector contact region of said bipolar transistor, and second conductivity type source and drain regions of said MOS transistors in said first conductivity type element region, said second conductivity type source and drain regions being self-aligned with said gate electrodes of said MOS transistors; and selectively doping a first conductivity type impurity so as to form an external base region of the first conductivity type in said first conductivity type base region and first conductivity type source and drain regions of said MOS transistors in said remaining ones of said second conductivity type element regions, said first conductivity type source and drain regions being self-aligned with said gate electrodes of said MOS transistors.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
355 words
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising the steps of: selectively forming, in a surface layer of a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type, a plurality of high concentration buried layers having a second conductivity type, and growing an epitaxial semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type on an entire surface of said substrate; forming well regions of the second conductivity type which extend from a surface of said epitaxial semiconductor layer to said high concentration buried layers; selectively forming a field insulating film on the surface of said epitaxial semiconductor layer so as to form first conductivity type element regions and second conductivity type element regions surrounded by said field insulating film; forming a thin insulating film on surfaces of said element regions; selectively doping one of said second conductivity type element regions with a first conductivity type impurity so as to form a first conductivity type active base region of a bipolar transistor; forming gate electrodes of MOS transistors interposed with said insulating film on said first conductivity type element regions and remaining ones of said second conductivity type element regions in which said active base region is not formed, said gate electrodes comprising polysilicon layers which are doped with an impurity to have a low resistance; forming a second conductivity type emitter region in said first conductivity type active base region; selectively doping a second conductivity type impurity so as to simultaneously form a second conductivity type collector contact region of said bipolar transistor, and second conductivity type source and drain regions of said MOS transistors in said first conductivity type element region, said second conductivity type source and drain regions being self-aligned with said gate electrodes of said MOS transistors; and selectively doping a first conductivity type impurity so as to form an external base region of the first conductivity type in said first conductivity type base region and first conductivity type source and drain regions of said MOS transistors in said remaining ones of said second conductivity type element regions, said first conductivity type source and drain regions being self-aligned with said gate electrodes of said MOS transistors.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
34 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein the step for forming said second conductivity type collector contact region and the step for forming said second conductivity type source and drain regions are performed simultaneously.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
130 words
A method according to claim 1, further comprising the steps of: forming an emitter diffusion window in said thin insulating film on said active base region after said first conductivity type active base region is formed; forming an emitter electrode which consists of a polysilicon layer doped with the second conductivity type impurity to have a low resistance and which is in contact with said first conductivity type active base region through said emitter diffusion window, simultaneously as said gate electrodes of said MOS transistors comprising said polysilicon layers having the low resistance are formed by doping of said impurity; and performing impurity diffusion using said emitter electrode as a diffusion source so as to form said second conductivity type emitter region in said first conductivity type active base region.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
22 words
A method according to claim 3, wherein said first conductivity type external base region is formed in self-alignment with said emitter electrode.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
29 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein said gate electrodes of said MOS transistors comprise gate electrodes which have a low resistance due to doping with phosphorus and arsenic.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
61 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein among said gate electrodes of said MOS transistors, said gate electrode of said p-channel MOS transistor comprises a gate electrode which has a low resistance by doping with boron, and said gate electrode of said n-channel MOS transistor comprises a gate electrode which has a low resistance due to doping with phosphorus and arsenic.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
20 words
A method according to claim 3, wherein said emitter electrode is doped with arsenic as the second conductivity type impurity.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
52 words
A method according to claim 3, wherein a collector electrode comprising a polysilicon layer doped with the second conductivity type impurity is formed, and said second conductivity type collector contact region is formed using said collector electrode as a diffusion source in a similar manner to said second conductivity type emitter region.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
44 words
A method according to claim 8, wherein said collector electrode comprising said polysilicon layer doped with the second conductivity type impurity to be used as said diffusion source for forming said second conductivity type collector contact region is formed simultaneously with said emitter electrode.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
50 words
A method according to claim 8, wherein said collector electrode used as said diffusion source for forming said second conductivity type collector contact region comprises, as said gate electrodes of said MOS transistors, a polysilicon layer which has a low resistance due to doping with phosphorus or phosphorus and arsenic.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
38 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein in the step for forming said gate electrodes of said MOS transistors, polysilicon resistor whose resistance has been controlled by doping of an impurity is formed on said field insulating film.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
19 words
A method according to claim 11, wherein the resistance of said polysilicon resistor is controlled by doping of boron.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
43 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein in the step for forming said second conductivity type wells, second conductivity type high-concentration connecting regions are formed which extend from surfaces of said second conductivity type wells to said second conductivity type high-concentration buried layers.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
58 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein in the step for forming said second conductivity type wells, a first conductivity type high-concentration impurity diffusion layer surrounding the well is formed in said first conductivity type epitaxial semiconductor layer, which extends from the surface of said first conductivity type epitaxial semiconductor layer to said first conductivity type semiconductor substrate.