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Planar gate turn-off field controlled thyristors and planar junction gate field effect transistors, and method of making same
Assignee: Progress Bank
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Filing: 1984-07-11
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Granted: 1986-02-11
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Expires: 2004-07-11
Abstract
Abstract Gate turn-off field controlled thyristors having high forward blocking capabilities and high blocking gains, and planar, junction gate field effect transistors having high source-to-drain breakdown voltage capability with high differential blocking gain, include a gate region having a plurality of vertical-walled grooves. The devices are fabricated by preferentially etching one surface of a semiconductor substrate, selectively refilling the grooves with a vapor phase epitaxial growth, forming a plurality of first electrode regions on the same surface and interdigitated with the gate region, and forming a second electrode region on the opposite surface of the substrate.
Inventors
- 👤 Bantval J. Baliga
- 👤 Bruce W. Wessels
Bibliographic Details
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2026-11-03 03:24
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10P; H10P50/00; H10P50/60; H10P50/64; H10P50/642; H10P50/644; H10D; H10D12/00; H10D12/211; H10D12/212; H10D62/00; H10D62/10; H10D62/17; H10D62/192; H10P14/00; H10P14/20; H10P14/24; H10P14/29; H10P14/2901; H10P14/2902; H10P14/2905; H10P14/2924; H10P14/2925; H10P14/2926; H10P14/34; H10P14/3402; H10P14/3404; H10P14/3411; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S148/00; Y10S148/05
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 22
Claim 1
Independent Claim
147 words
A method of fabricating an electric field controlled thyristor device including cathode and grid regions in one major surface and an anode region in the opposite major surface, said method comprising: selectively etching a plurality of elongated grooves in a semiconductor substrate of one conductivity type; epitaxially refilling said grooves with an opposite conductivity type semiconductor material, the refilled grooves forming said grid regions and defining channels with high aspect ratio; diffusing a plurality of elongated one conductivity type regions into the surface of the semiconductor substrate containing the epitaxially refilled grooves, said plurality of diffused regions interdigitated with said plurality of grooves forming said grid regions and forming said cathode; diffusing a substantially uniform region of opposite conductivity type in said opposite major surface, said uniform region of opposite conductivity type forming said anode region; and forming metallized contacts to said anode, cathode and grid regions.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
147 words
A method of fabricating an electric field controlled thyristor device including cathode and grid regions in one major surface and an anode region in the opposite major surface, said method comprising: selectively etching a plurality of elongated grooves in a semiconductor substrate of one conductivity type; epitaxially refilling said grooves with an opposite conductivity type semiconductor material, the refilled grooves forming said grid regions and defining channels with high aspect ratio; diffusing a plurality of elongated one conductivity type regions into the surface of the semiconductor substrate containing the epitaxially refilled grooves, said plurality of diffused regions interdigitated with said plurality of grooves forming said grid regions and forming said cathode; diffusing a substantially uniform region of opposite conductivity type in said opposite major surface, said uniform region of opposite conductivity type forming said anode region; and forming metallized contacts to said anode, cathode and grid regions.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
33 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the step of etching includes: masking selected regions on the surface of said semiconductor substrate; and etching the unmasked surface of said substrate with an orientation-dependent etch.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method of claim 2 wherein said substrate is silicon and said orientation-dependent etch is a mixture of potassium hydroxide and isopropanol.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method of claim 3 wherein the step of epitaxially refilling said grooves includes: vapor depositing said semiconductor material from a vapor phase composition containing silicon and chlorine.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method of claim 4 wherein said composition is selected from the group consisting of SiCl 4 , SiHCl 3 and SiH 2 Cl 2
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method of claim 4 wherein said composition comprises HCl and SiH 2 Cl 2 in a mole ratio of approximately 8:1.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
37 words
The method of claim 6 wherein said substrate comprises N-conductivity type, said grid and anode regions are of P conductivity type and said cathode region is of N conductivity type but of higher conductivity than said substrate.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method of claim 7 wherein the step of forming metallized contacts includes depositing aluminum on said one surface and photolithographically defining contacts to said grid and cathode regions.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method of claim 2 wherein each of said plurality of channels has a depth-to-width ratio greater than unity.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
74 words
A method of fabricating an electric field effect transistor device including source and grid-type gate regions in one major surface and a drain region in the opposite major surface, said method comprising: epitaxially growing, atop a semiconductor substrate heavily doped to one type conductivity so as to constitute a drain region, a semiconductor layer of said one type conductivity; selectively etching a plurality of elongated grooves in said layer of epitaxially deposited semiconductor material;
Claim 12
Independent Claim
74 words
A method of fabricating an electric field effect transistor device including source and grid-type gate regions in one major surface and a drain region in the opposite major surface, said method comprising: epitaxially growing, atop a semiconductor substrate heavily doped to one type conductivity so as to constitute a drain region, a semiconductor layer of said one type conductivity; selectively etching a plurality of elongated grooves in said layer of epitaxially deposited semiconductor material;
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
72 words
epitaxially refilling said grooves with an opposite conductivity type semiconductor material, the refilled grooves forming said gate regions and defining channels with high aspect ratio; diffusing a plurality of elongated regions of said one type conductivity into the surface of the epitaxially-deposited semiconductor layer such that said plurality of diffused regions is interdigitated with said plurality of grooves said source region; and forming metallized contacts to said source, drain and gate regions.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
72 words
epitaxially refilling said grooves with an opposite conductivity type semiconductor material, the refilled grooves forming said gate regions and defining channels with high aspect ratio; diffusing a plurality of elongated regions of said one type conductivity into the surface of the epitaxially-deposited semiconductor layer such that said plurality of diffused regions is interdigitated with said plurality of grooves said source region; and forming metallized contacts to said source, drain and gate regions.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
36 words
The method of claim 10 wherein the step of etching includes: masking selected regions on the surface of said epitaxially-deposited semiconductor layer; and etching the unmasked surface of said epitaxially-deposited semiconductor layer with an orientation-dependent etch.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method of claim 11 wherein said substrate comprises silicon and said orientation-dependent etch comprises a mixture of potassium hydroxide and isopropanol.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method of claim 12 wherein the step of epitaxially refilling said grooves comprises: vapor depositing said semiconductor materials from a vapor phase composition containing silicon and chlorine.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method of claim 13 wherein said composition is selected from the group consisting of SiCl 4 , SiHCl 3 and SiH 2 Cl 2 .
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method of claim 13 wherein said composition comprises HCl and SiH 2 Cl 2 in a mole ratio of approximately 8:1.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
46 words
The method of claim 15 wherein said source and drain regions comprise N-conductivity type semiconductor material, said gate region comprises P-conductivity type semiconductor material, and said epitaxially-deposited layer is of N-conductivity type semiconductor material but of lower conductivity than either of said source and drain regions.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
33 words
The method of claim 16 wherein the step of forming metallized contacts includes depositing aluminum on the exposed major surface of said substrate and photolithographically defining contacts to said grid and source regions.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
20 words
The method of claim 11 wherein each of said plurality of channels has a depth-to-width ratio of greater than unity.
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