US4678537A
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Method of manufacturing semiconductor devices
Assignee: Sony Corp
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Filing: 1986-05-21
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Granted: 1987-07-07
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Expires: 2006-05-21
Abstract
Abstract To reduce the parasitic capacitance due to the graft base area in a transistor device and to miniaturize the device, the graft base area is connected to a conductive layer to be connected to the base electrode through a minute gap of about 1,000 Å. This minute gap can be formed by leaving an oxide resistant layer (1,000 Å) at the side wall portion of the conductive layer of which peripheral portion is perpendicular to the surface of the base area by applying an isotropic etching technique and by removing the remaining oxide resistant layer on the basis of selective etching technique, after thermal oxidation of the device with masking the side wall portion by the remaining oxide resistant layer.
Inventors
- 👤 Norikazu Ohuchi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 13:53
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10D; H10D10/00; H10D10/01; H10D10/051; H10P; H10P50/00; H10P50/69; H10P50/691; H10P50/693; H10P50/695
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 21
Claim 1
Independent Claim
216 words
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, which comprises the following steps of: (a) forming a first insulating layer on a semiconductor substrate including at least one active area; (b) selectively forming a first conductive layer on said first insulating layer; (c) forming a second insulating layer on said first conductive layer; (d) forming at least one window through said first and second insulating layers and said first conductive layer on said active area of which peripheral portion is perpendicular to a surface of said semiconductor substrate; (e) forming a third insulating layer on said active area exposed through said active area window; (f) forming an oxide resistant layer all over said semiconductor substrate; (g) anisotropicly etching said oxide resistant layer so as to leave said oxide resistant layer only at a side wall portion of said window; (h) oxidizing said semiconductor substrate with said remaining oxide resistant layer as a mask to change said third insulating layer to a fourth insulating layer; and (i) selectively etching said remaining oxide resistant layer and said third insulating layer just under said remaining oxide resistant layer to form a minute gap on the surface of said active area for connecting said active area to said first conductive layer to be connected to an electrode of said semiconductor device.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
216 words
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, which comprises the following steps of: (a) forming a first insulating layer on a semiconductor substrate including at least one active area; (b) selectively forming a first conductive layer on said first insulating layer; (c) forming a second insulating layer on said first conductive layer; (d) forming at least one window through said first and second insulating layers and said first conductive layer on said active area of which peripheral portion is perpendicular to a surface of said semiconductor substrate; (e) forming a third insulating layer on said active area exposed through said active area window; (f) forming an oxide resistant layer all over said semiconductor substrate; (g) anisotropicly etching said oxide resistant layer so as to leave said oxide resistant layer only at a side wall portion of said window; (h) oxidizing said semiconductor substrate with said remaining oxide resistant layer as a mask to change said third insulating layer to a fourth insulating layer; and (i) selectively etching said remaining oxide resistant layer and said third insulating layer just under said remaining oxide resistant layer to form a minute gap on the surface of said active area for connecting said active area to said first conductive layer to be connected to an electrode of said semiconductor device.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
123 words
The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device as set forth in claim 1, which further comprises the following steps of: (j) forming a second conductive layer all over the semiconductor substrate so as to connect said first conductive layer an the exposed surface of said active area through said formed minute gap; (k) injecting an impurity to said second conductive layer selectively to diffuse said impurity to said semiconductor substrate so as to form a graft active area; (l) etching said second conductive layer so as to leave said second conductive layer only at said side wall portion of said windows; and (m) injecting an impurity into inside of said graft active area on said semiconductor substrate to form an intrinsic active area.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
90 words
The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device as set forth in claim 2, which further comprises the following steps of: (n) forming a fifth insulating layer only an said side wall portions of said two active area windows; (o) etching said fifth insulating layer left on said second active area; (p) forming a first electrode window in said second insulating layer on said first conductive layer; (q) injecting an impurity to said intrinsic active area to form a third active area; and (r) forming electrodes on said formed active areas.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
40 words
The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device as set forth in claim 1, wherein said first insulating layer is a 3,000 Å (3×10 -7 m) thick silicon oxide film formed in accordance with chemical vapor deposition method in step (a).
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
43 words
The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device as set forth in claim 1, wherein said first conductive layer is a 1,500 Å (1.5×10 -7 m) thick polycrystal silicon film including impurity and formed in accordance with chemical vapor deposition method in step (b).
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
34 words
The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device as set forth in claim 1, wherein said second insulating layer is a silicon oxide film formed in accordance with chemical vapor deposition method in step (c).
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method of maufacturing a semiconductor device as set forth in claim 1, wherein said at least one window is formed in accordance with reactive ion etching method in step (d).
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
32 words
The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device as set forth in claim 1, wherein said third insulating layer is a 100 Å (10 -8 m) thick silicon oxide film in step (e).
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
42 words
The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device as set forth in claim 1, wherein said oxide resistant layer is a 1,000 Å (10 -7 m) thick Si 3 N 4 film formed in accordance with chemical vapor deposition method in step (f).
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
61 words
The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device as set forth in claim 1, wherein said oxide resistant layer is composed of a 2,000 Å (2×10 -7 m) thick polycrystal silicon film formed in accordance with chemical vapor deposition method and a 1,000 Å (10 -7 m) thick Si 3 N 4 film formed on said polycrystal silicon film in step (f).
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
58 words
The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device as set forth in claim 1, wherein said oxide resistant layer is composed of a first Si 3 N 4 film, a polycrystal silicon film formed on said first Si 3 N 4 film and a second Si 3 N 4 film formed on said polycrystal silicon film in step (f).
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device as set forth in claim 1, wherein said oxide resistant layer is anisotropicly etched in accordance with reactive ion etching method in step (g).
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
40 words
The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device as set forth in claim 1, wherein said third and fourth insulating layers are silicon oxide films, said third silicon oxide film being thermooxidized into said fourth silicon oxide film in step (h).
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
44 words
The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device as set forth in claim 2, wherein said second conductive layer is a 2,000 Å (2×10 -7 m) thick polycrystal silicon conductive film including an impurity formed in accordance with chemical vapor deposition method in step (j).
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
46 words
The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device as set forth in claim 2, wherein said impurity included in said second conductive layer are diffused to said active area to form said graft active area by low temperature heat treatment at about 800° C. in step (k).
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
34 words
The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device as set forth in claim 2, wherein said second conductive layer is etched in accordance with reactive ion etching method using a chroric gas in step (l).
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device as set forth in claim 2, wherein said impurity is ion-injected B by accelerating said BF 2 up to 60 Kev in step (m).
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
38 words
The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device as set forth in claim 3, wherein said fifth insulating layer is a 3,000 Å (3×10 -7 m) thick silicon oxide film formed by chemical vapor deposition method in step (n).
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device as set forth in claim 3, wherein said fifth insulating layer is etched in accordance with reactive ion etching method in step (o).
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
44 words
The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device as set forth in claim 3, wherein said fifth insulating layer formed only on said side wall portion of said active area windows are formed by thermooxidizing a surface of said second conductive layer in steps (n).
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