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Method of manufacturing a semiconductor integrated circuit device

Assignee: Hitachi Ltd
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Filing: 1985-07-26
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Granted: 1987-05-05
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Expires: 2005-07-26
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Abstract

Abstract The present invention relates to a Bi-CMOS.IC, characterized by comprising a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type, and a semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type which is epitaxially grown on one major surface of said semiconductor substrate and which is electrically isolated into a plurality of semiconductor island regions by a thick surface oxide film formed by local oxidation and a semiconductor diffused layer of the first conductivity type formed between said oxide film and said substrate; a bipolar type semiconductor element being formed in one of said island regions, while CMOS type semiconductor elements are formed in the other island regions; the thick surface oxide film formed by the local oxidation being included between a base region and a collector contact region within said one island region formed with said bipolar type semiconductor element, while gate electrodes made of a semiconductor are disposed over said other island regions formed with said CMOS type semiconductor elements.

Inventors

  • 👤 Hideki Yasuoka
  • 👤 Yasunobu Tanizaki
  • 👤 Akira Muramatsu
  • 👤 Norio Anzai

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10D; H10D48/00; H10D48/30; H10D48/32; H10W; H10W10/00; H10D84/00; H10D84/01; H10D84/0107; H10D84/0109; H10D84/02; H10D84/03; H10D84/038; H10D84/40; H10D84/401; H10D84/80; H10D84/82; H10D84/83; H10D84/85; H10P; H10P30/00; H10P30/20; H10P30/202; H10W10/01

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim 321 words
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor integrated circuit device comprising the steps of: selectively forming a plurality of first regions of a second conductivity type in said semiconductor substrate, said semiconductor substrate being of a first conductivity type; epitaxially growing a semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type on the surface of said semiconductor substrate, whereby said first regions become buried regions of the second conductivity type in said semiconductor substrate; introducing a first conductivity type impurity for forming an isolation layer into said semiconductor layer in order to obtain first and second island portions of the second conductivity type including said buried regions; introducing a first conductivity type impurity for forming a well region of the first conductivity type into said first island portion of said semiconductor layer; selectively forming a thick oxide film on the surface of said isolation layer by local oxidation; introducing a first conductivity type impurity for forming a base region of a transistor into said second island portion of said semiconductor layer; selectively forming gate insulator films on the surfaces of said well region and said first island portion; after the step of selectively forming gate insulator films on the surfaces of said well region and said first island portion, forming gate electrodes of MOSFETs on said gate insulator films, respectively; introducing a first conductivity type impurity for forming a source region and a drain region of a MOSFET of a channel of the first conductivity type into said first island portion, using said gate electrode formed on said first island portion as a mask; and introducing said second conductivity type impurity for forming an emitter region of said transistor into said base region and simultaneously introducing said second conductivity type impurity for forming a source region and a drain region of a MOSFET of the second conductivity type into said well region, using the gate electrode formed on said well region as a mask.
Claim 2
Independent Claim 321 words
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor integrated circuit device comprising the steps of: selectively forming a plurality of first regions of a second conductivity type in said semiconductor substrate, said semiconductor substrate being of a first conductivity type; epitaxially growing a semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type on the surface of said semiconductor substrate, whereby said first regions become buried regions of the second conductivity type in said semiconductor substrate; introducing a first conductivity type impurity for forming an isolation layer into said semiconductor layer in order to obtain first and second island portions of the second conductivity type including said buried regions; introducing a first conductivity type impurity for forming a well region of the first conductivity type into said first island portion of said semiconductor layer; selectively forming a thick oxide film on the surface of said isolation layer by local oxidation; introducing a first conductivity type impurity for forming a base region of a transistor into said second island portion of said semiconductor layer; selectively forming gate insulator films on the surfaces of said well region and said first island portion; after the step of selectively forming gate insulator films on the surfaces of said well region and said first island portion, forming gate electrodes of MOSFETs on said gate insulator films, respectively; introducing a first conductivity type impurity for forming a source region and a drain region of a MOSFET of a channel of the first conductivity type into said first island portion, using said gate electrode formed on said first island portion as a mask; and introducing said second conductivity type impurity for forming an emitter region of said transistor into said base region and simultaneously introducing said second conductivity type impurity for forming a source region and a drain region of a MOSFET of the second conductivity type into said well region, using the gate electrode formed on said well region as a mask.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 29 words
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor integrated circuit device according to claim 1, wherein said first conductivity type is the p-type, and said second conductivity type is the n-type.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 23 words
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor integrated circuit device according to claim 1, wherein said semiconductor layer has a thickness of 8-12 μm.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 21 words
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor integrated circuit device according to claim 1, wherein said first conductivity type impurity is boron.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 21 words
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor integrated circuit device according to claim 1, wherein said second conductivity type impurity is arsenic.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 21 words
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor integrated circuit device according to claim 1, wherein said gate insulator films comprise oxide films.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 21 words
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor integrated circuit device according to claim 6, wherein said oxide films are silicon oxide films.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 20 words
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor integrated circuit device according to claim 1, wherein said gate electrodes comprise polycrystalline silicon.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 50 words
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor integrated circuit device according to claim 1, wherein, prior to selectively forming the thick oxide film on the surface of the isolation layer by local oxidation, second conductivity type impurity for forming a collector contact of said transistor is introduced into said semiconductor layer.

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