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Method of manufacturing semiconductor integrated circuit device having transistor
Assignee: Toshiba Corp
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Filing: 1989-01-24
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Granted: 1989-08-01
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Expires: 2009-01-24
Abstract
Abstract A transistor is formed according to the solid phase epitaxial growth which is one of the semiconductor integrated circuit device manufacturing techniques. A low-concentration impurity region is formed by selective solid phase epitaxial growth instead of using an epitaxial substrate. The solid phase epitaxial growth is performed twice, when a collector region is formed and when a base region is formed. The depth of collector and base regions are determined by the thickness of the solid phase growth layers, respectively.
Inventors
- 👤 Shin-ichi Taka
- 👤 Jiro Ohshima
Bibliographic Details
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US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 10:12
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10P; H10P14/00; H10P14/20; H10P14/38; H10P14/3802; H10D; H10D10/00; H10D10/01; H10D10/021; H10D10/051; H10D10/054; H10D10/40; H10D30/00; H10D30/01; H10D30/021; H10D30/027; H10D30/0278; H10D62/00; H10D62/10; H10D62/13; H10D62/137; H10D62/138; H10D62/17; H10D62/177; H10D62/351; H10D62/357; H10D62/364; H10D62/378; H10P14/32; H10P14/3202; H10P14/3238; H10P14/34; H10P14/3402; H10P14/3404; H10P14/3411; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S148/00; Y10S148/01; Y10S148/011
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 23
Claim 1
Independent Claim
487 words
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor integrated circuit device comprising steps of: selectively forming a high-concentration impurity region of a second conductivity type in a major surface region of a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type; forming a first thermal oxide film on a major surface of said semiconductor substrate; forming a first insulating layer on said first thermal oxide film; forming first and second openings in prospective base/emitter and collector regions, respectively, of said first insulating layer and said first thermal oxide film on said high-concentration impurity region; burying/forming a first semiconductor layer consisting of an amorphous or polycrystalline semiconductor in said first and second openings; doping an impurity of the second conductivity type in said first semiconductor layer; forming first and second buried semiconductor regions serving as a collector region by recrystallizing said first semiconductor layer in the same crystal orientation as that of said semiconductor substrate; forming a second thermal oxide film by thermally oxidizing surfaces of said first and second semiconductor buried regions; forming a second semiconductor layer consisting of an amorphous or polycrystalline semiconductor on said second thermal oxide film; doping an impurity of the first conductivity type in said second semiconductor layer; forming a second insulating layer on said second semiconductor layer; removing said second insulating layer, said second semiconductor layer, and said second thermal oxide film except for portions corresponding to a base extraction region on said semiconductor substrate; forming a third semiconductor layer consisting of an amorphous or polycrystalline semiconductor on the major surface of said semiconductor substrate; doping an impurity of the first conductivity type in said third semiconductor layer; removing said third semiconductor layer except for a portion corresponding to the prospective base/emitter region; forming a third buried semiconductor region serving as an internal base region by recrystallizing said third semiconductor layer in the same crystal orientation as that of said semiconductor substrate and of said first and second buried semiconductor regions; forming a third insulating layer on the entire surface of the resultant semiconductor structure; forming a side wall consisting of said third insulating layer on a side surface of said second insulating film by etching back said third insulating layer; forming a fourth semiconductor layer consisting of an amorphous or polycrystalline semiconductor on the entire surface of the resultant semiconductor structure; doping an impurity of the second conductivity type in said fourth semiconductor layer; removing said fourth semiconductor layer except for a portion corresponding to the emitter and collector regions; forming a fourth insulating layer on the entire surface of the resultant semiconductor structure; forming an emitter region by doping an impurity of the second conductivity type in a surface region of said third buried semiconductor region using said fourth semiconductor layer as a diffusion source by annealing; and forming openings in portions of said fourth insulating layer above the emitter, base extraction, and collector extraction regions, and extracting emitter, base, and collector electrodes.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
487 words
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor integrated circuit device comprising steps of: selectively forming a high-concentration impurity region of a second conductivity type in a major surface region of a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type; forming a first thermal oxide film on a major surface of said semiconductor substrate; forming a first insulating layer on said first thermal oxide film; forming first and second openings in prospective base/emitter and collector regions, respectively, of said first insulating layer and said first thermal oxide film on said high-concentration impurity region; burying/forming a first semiconductor layer consisting of an amorphous or polycrystalline semiconductor in said first and second openings; doping an impurity of the second conductivity type in said first semiconductor layer; forming first and second buried semiconductor regions serving as a collector region by recrystallizing said first semiconductor layer in the same crystal orientation as that of said semiconductor substrate; forming a second thermal oxide film by thermally oxidizing surfaces of said first and second semiconductor buried regions; forming a second semiconductor layer consisting of an amorphous or polycrystalline semiconductor on said second thermal oxide film; doping an impurity of the first conductivity type in said second semiconductor layer; forming a second insulating layer on said second semiconductor layer; removing said second insulating layer, said second semiconductor layer, and said second thermal oxide film except for portions corresponding to a base extraction region on said semiconductor substrate; forming a third semiconductor layer consisting of an amorphous or polycrystalline semiconductor on the major surface of said semiconductor substrate; doping an impurity of the first conductivity type in said third semiconductor layer; removing said third semiconductor layer except for a portion corresponding to the prospective base/emitter region; forming a third buried semiconductor region serving as an internal base region by recrystallizing said third semiconductor layer in the same crystal orientation as that of said semiconductor substrate and of said first and second buried semiconductor regions; forming a third insulating layer on the entire surface of the resultant semiconductor structure; forming a side wall consisting of said third insulating layer on a side surface of said second insulating film by etching back said third insulating layer; forming a fourth semiconductor layer consisting of an amorphous or polycrystalline semiconductor on the entire surface of the resultant semiconductor structure; doping an impurity of the second conductivity type in said fourth semiconductor layer; removing said fourth semiconductor layer except for a portion corresponding to the emitter and collector regions; forming a fourth insulating layer on the entire surface of the resultant semiconductor structure; forming an emitter region by doping an impurity of the second conductivity type in a surface region of said third buried semiconductor region using said fourth semiconductor layer as a diffusion source by annealing; and forming openings in portions of said fourth insulating layer above the emitter, base extraction, and collector extraction regions, and extracting emitter, base, and collector electrodes.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
51 words
A method according to claim 1, further comprising a step of breaking natural oxide films on the major surface of said semiconductor substrate and on an interface between said buried semiconductor region and said semiconductor layer by implanting silicon ions after the steps of forming said first and third semiconductor layers.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
54 words
A method according to claim 1, further comprising a step of implanting silicon ions to transform the crystalline semiconductor layer into an amorphous layer in addition to each of the steps of doping the impurities in said first or third semiconductor layers prior to the step of recrystallizing said first or third semiconductor layers.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
19 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein said first and second conductivity types are P and N types, respectively.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
38 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein a surface impurity concentration of said high-concentration impurity region of the second conductivity type formed on the major surface of said semiconductor substrate is at least 1×10 19 cm 31 3.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
26 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein said first, second, third, and fourth semiconductor layers are selected from the group consisting of polysilicon and amorphous silicon.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
44 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein said first, second, and third semiconductor layers are selected from the group consisting of polysilicon and amorphous silicon, and said fourth semiconductor layer is selected from substances each having a band gap larger than that of silicon.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
24 words
A method according to claim 7, wherein each of said substances has a band gap larger than that of the silicon include silicon carbide.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
454 words
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor integrated circuit device comprising steps of: selectively forming a high-concentration impurity region of a second conductivity type in a major surface region of a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type; forming a first thermal oxide film on a major surface of said semiconductor substrate; forming a first insulating layer on said first thermal oxide film; forming first and second openings in prospective base and base extraction regions, respectively, of said first insulating layer and said first thermal oxide film on said high-concentration impurity region; burying/forming a first semiconductor layer consisting of an amorphous or polycrystalline semiconductor in said first and second openings doping an impurity of the second conductivity type in said first semiconductor layer; forming first and second buried semiconductor regions serving as a base and base extraction regions by recrystallizing said first semiconductor layer in the same crystal orientation as that of said semiconductor substrate; forming a second thermal oxide film by thermally oxidizing surfaces of said first and second semiconductor buried regions; forming a second semiconductor layer consisting of an amorphous or polycrystalline semiconductor on said second thermal oxide film; doping an impurity of the first conductivity type in said second semiconductor layer; forming a second insulating layer on said second semiconductor layer; removing said second insulating layer, said second semiconductor layer, and said second thermal oxide film except for portions corresponding to collector and emitter regions on said semiconductor substrate; forming a third semiconductor layer consisting of an amorphous or polycrystalline semiconductor on the major surface of said semiconductor substrate; doping an impurity of the second conductivity type in said third semiconductor layer; removing said third semiconductor layer except for a portion corresponding to the prospective internal base region; forming a third buried semiconductor region serving as an internal base region by recrystallizing said third semiconductor layer in the same crystal orientation as that of said semiconductor substrate and of said first and second buried semiconductor regions; forming a third insulating layer on the entire surface of the resultant semiconductor structure; forming a side wall consisting of said third insulating layer on a side surface of said second insulating film by etching back said third insulating layer; forming a fourth semiconductor layer of the second conductivity type consisting of an amorphous or polycrystalline semiconductor on said base extraction region; forming a field oxide film on said third buried semiconductor region, a part of said second insulating layer and a part of said side wall; forming a fourth insulating layer on the entire surface of the resultant semiconductor structure; and forming openings in portions of said fourth insulating layer above the collector, emitter, and base extraction regions, and extracting collector, emitter, and base electrodes.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
454 words
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor integrated circuit device comprising steps of: selectively forming a high-concentration impurity region of a second conductivity type in a major surface region of a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type; forming a first thermal oxide film on a major surface of said semiconductor substrate; forming a first insulating layer on said first thermal oxide film; forming first and second openings in prospective base and base extraction regions, respectively, of said first insulating layer and said first thermal oxide film on said high-concentration impurity region; burying/forming a first semiconductor layer consisting of an amorphous or polycrystalline semiconductor in said first and second openings doping an impurity of the second conductivity type in said first semiconductor layer; forming first and second buried semiconductor regions serving as a base and base extraction regions by recrystallizing said first semiconductor layer in the same crystal orientation as that of said semiconductor substrate; forming a second thermal oxide film by thermally oxidizing surfaces of said first and second semiconductor buried regions; forming a second semiconductor layer consisting of an amorphous or polycrystalline semiconductor on said second thermal oxide film; doping an impurity of the first conductivity type in said second semiconductor layer; forming a second insulating layer on said second semiconductor layer; removing said second insulating layer, said second semiconductor layer, and said second thermal oxide film except for portions corresponding to collector and emitter regions on said semiconductor substrate; forming a third semiconductor layer consisting of an amorphous or polycrystalline semiconductor on the major surface of said semiconductor substrate; doping an impurity of the second conductivity type in said third semiconductor layer; removing said third semiconductor layer except for a portion corresponding to the prospective internal base region; forming a third buried semiconductor region serving as an internal base region by recrystallizing said third semiconductor layer in the same crystal orientation as that of said semiconductor substrate and of said first and second buried semiconductor regions; forming a third insulating layer on the entire surface of the resultant semiconductor structure; forming a side wall consisting of said third insulating layer on a side surface of said second insulating film by etching back said third insulating layer; forming a fourth semiconductor layer of the second conductivity type consisting of an amorphous or polycrystalline semiconductor on said base extraction region; forming a field oxide film on said third buried semiconductor region, a part of said second insulating layer and a part of said side wall; forming a fourth insulating layer on the entire surface of the resultant semiconductor structure; and forming openings in portions of said fourth insulating layer above the collector, emitter, and base extraction regions, and extracting collector, emitter, and base electrodes.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
51 words
A method according to claim 9, further comprising a step of breaking natural oxide films on the major surface of said semiconductor substrate and on an interface between said buried semiconductor region and said semiconductor layer by implanting silicon ions after the steps of forming said first and third semiconductor layers.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
54 words
A method according to claim 9, further comprising a step of implanting silicon ions to transform the crystalline semiconductor layer into an amorphous layer in addition to each of the steps of doping the impurities in said first or third semiconductor layers prior to the step of recrystallizing said first or third semiconductor layers.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
19 words
A method according to claim 9, wherein said first and second conductivity types are P and N types, respectively.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
38 words
A method according to claim 9, wherein a surface impurity concentration of said high-concentration impurity region of the second conductivity type formed on the major surface of said semiconductor substrate is at least 1×10 19 cm -3 .
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
26 words
A method according to claim 9, wherein said first, second, third, and fourth semiconductor layers are selected from the group consisting of polysilicon and amorphous silicon.
Claim 17
Independent Claim
450 words
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor integrated circuit device comprising steps of: selectively forming a high-concentration impurity region of a second conductivity type in a major surface region of a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type; forming a first thermal oxide film on a major surface of said semiconductor substrate; forming a first insulating layer on said first thermal oxide film; forming first and second openings in prospective channel and back gate extraction regions, respectively, of said first insulating layer and said first thermal oxide film on said high-concentration impurity region; burying/forming a first semiconductor layer consisting of an amorphous or polycrystalline semiconductor in said first and second openings; doping an impurity of the second conductivity type in said first semiconductor layer; forming first and second buried semiconductor regions by recrystallizing said first semiconductor layer in the same crystal orientation as that of said semiconductor substrate; forming a second thermal oxide film by thermally oxidizing surfaces of said first and second semiconductor buried regions; forming a second semiconductor layer consisting of an amorphous or polycrystalline semiconductor on said second thermal oxide film; doping an impurity of the first conductivity type in said second semiconductor layer; forming a second insulating layer on said second semiconductor layer; removing said second insulating layer, said second semiconductor layer, and said second thermal oxide film except for portions corresponding to perspective source and drain regions on said semiconductor substrate; forming a third semiconductor layer consisting of an amorphous or polycrystalline semiconductor on the major surface of said semiconductor substrate; doping an impurity of the second conductivity type in said third semiconductor layer; removing said third semiconductor layer except for a portion corresponding to the prospective channel region; forming a third buried semiconductor region serving as a channel region by recrystallizing said third semiconductor layer in the same crystal orientation as that of said semiconductor substrate and of said first and second buried semiconductor regions; forming a third insulating layer on the entire surface of the resultant semiconductor structure; forming a side wall consisting of said third insulating layer on a side surface of said second insulating film by etching back said third insulating layer; forming a third thermal oxide film on said third buried semiconductor layer serving as a gate insulating film; forming a fourth semiconductor layer of the second conductivity type consisting of an amorphous or polycrystalline semiconductor on said third thermal oxide film and said second buried semiconductor region; forming a fourth insulating layer on the entire surface of the resultant semiconductor structure; and forming openings in portions of said fourth insulating layer above the source, channel, drain, and back gate extraction regions, and extracting source, gate, drain, and back gate electrodes.
Claim 18
Independent Claim
450 words
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor integrated circuit device comprising steps of: selectively forming a high-concentration impurity region of a second conductivity type in a major surface region of a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type; forming a first thermal oxide film on a major surface of said semiconductor substrate; forming a first insulating layer on said first thermal oxide film; forming first and second openings in prospective channel and back gate extraction regions, respectively, of said first insulating layer and said first thermal oxide film on said high-concentration impurity region; burying/forming a first semiconductor layer consisting of an amorphous or polycrystalline semiconductor in said first and second openings; doping an impurity of the second conductivity type in said first semiconductor layer; forming first and second buried semiconductor regions by recrystallizing said first semiconductor layer in the same crystal orientation as that of said semiconductor substrate; forming a second thermal oxide film by thermally oxidizing surfaces of said first and second semiconductor buried regions; forming a second semiconductor layer consisting of an amorphous or polycrystalline semiconductor on said second thermal oxide film; doping an impurity of the first conductivity type in said second semiconductor layer; forming a second insulating layer on said second semiconductor layer; removing said second insulating layer, said second semiconductor layer, and said second thermal oxide film except for portions corresponding to perspective source and drain regions on said semiconductor substrate; forming a third semiconductor layer consisting of an amorphous or polycrystalline semiconductor on the major surface of said semiconductor substrate; doping an impurity of the second conductivity type in said third semiconductor layer; removing said third semiconductor layer except for a portion corresponding to the prospective channel region; forming a third buried semiconductor region serving as a channel region by recrystallizing said third semiconductor layer in the same crystal orientation as that of said semiconductor substrate and of said first and second buried semiconductor regions; forming a third insulating layer on the entire surface of the resultant semiconductor structure; forming a side wall consisting of said third insulating layer on a side surface of said second insulating film by etching back said third insulating layer; forming a third thermal oxide film on said third buried semiconductor layer serving as a gate insulating film; forming a fourth semiconductor layer of the second conductivity type consisting of an amorphous or polycrystalline semiconductor on said third thermal oxide film and said second buried semiconductor region; forming a fourth insulating layer on the entire surface of the resultant semiconductor structure; and forming openings in portions of said fourth insulating layer above the source, channel, drain, and back gate extraction regions, and extracting source, gate, drain, and back gate electrodes.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
51 words
A method according to claim 15, further comprising a step of breaking natural oxide films on the major surface of said semiconductor substrate and on an interface between said buried semiconductor region and said semiconductor layer by implanting silicon ions after the steps of forming said first and third semiconductor layers.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
54 words
A method according to claim 15, further comprising a step of implanting silicon ions to transform the crystalline semiconductor layer into an amorphous layer in addition to each of the steps of doping the impurities in said first or third semiconductor layers prior to the step of recrystallizing said first or third semiconductor layers.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
19 words
A method according to claim 15, wherein said first and second conductivity types are P and N types, respectively.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
38 words
A method according to claim 15, wherein a surface impurity concentration of said high-concentration impurity region of the second conductivity type formed on tee major surface of said semiconductor substrate is at least 1×10 19 cm -3 .
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
26 words
A method according to claim 15, wherein said first, second, third, and fourth semiconductor layers are selected from the group consisting of polysilicon and amorphous silicon.
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