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Bipolar transistor with polysilicon stringer base contact
Assignee: National Semiconductor Corp
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Filing: 1988-09-21
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Granted: 1990-11-27
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Expires: 2008-09-21
Abstract
Abstract There is disclosed herein a base and emitter contact structure for a bipolar transistor which is comprised of a polysilicon stripe over an isolation island which stripe extends to a position external to the position of the isolation island and assumes the shape of an emitter contact pad. The emitter contact stripe has a layer of self aligned silicide formed thereover to lower its resistance, and this silicide is doped with both N and P type impurities one of which is selected to have a higher rate of diffusion than the other. A layer of self aligned insulating material is formed over the silicide and polysilicon of the emitter contact stripe. There are anisotropically etched insulating spacers formed on the sides of the emitter contact stripe, and there are silicide base contact stringers formed beside the spacers by anisotropic etching of a layer of doped silicide. A heat drive in step in the process used to make the structure, also disclosed herein, causes the impurities from the two silicide layers to diffuse into the emitter contact polysilicon and into the epitaxially grown silicon in the isolation island. An emitter and a base are and the the attendant base-emitter and base-collector junctions are formed because the faster diffusing impurity overtakes the slower diffusion impurity and passes it to thereby form the base region. The impurities from the base contact stringers also diffuse into the epitaxially grown silicon and their lateral diffusion causes them to link up with the base impurities which have diffused into the epitaxially grown silicon from the silicide over the emitter contact polysilicon.
Inventors
- 👤 Madhukar B. Vora
Bibliographic Details
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 02:25
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10W; H10W20/00; H10W20/01; H10W20/031; H10W20/069; H10D; H10D10/00; H10D10/01; H10D10/051; H10D64/00; H10D64/20; H10D64/23; H10D64/231; H10D64/27; H10D64/281; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S257/00; Y10S257/90
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 18
Claim 1
Independent Claim
185 words
A semiconductor structure comprising: a semiconductor pocket having a major surface, the pocket surrounded by insulating material; an emitter disposed in the body adjacent the major surface; a base disposed beneath the emitter and extending to at least a first side of the emitter; a base contact disposed on the first side of the emitter and extending between the major surface and the base; an emitter contact region disposed on the major surface over all of the emitter and extending onto the insulating material in a first direction, the emitter contact having first sidewalls; an insulating layer disposed over the first sidewalls and extending to the major surface, the insulating layer having a first thickness to thereby define second sidewalls spaced apart from the first sidewalls by the first thickness; and a base electrode layer disposed over the second sidewalls and extending to the major surface to the base contact, the base electrode layer having a second thickness to thereby define third sidewalls spaced apart from the second sidewalls by the second thickness, the base electrode extending onto the insulating layer in a second direction.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
185 words
A semiconductor structure comprising: a semiconductor pocket having a major surface, the pocket surrounded by insulating material; an emitter disposed in the body adjacent the major surface; a base disposed beneath the emitter and extending to at least a first side of the emitter; a base contact disposed on the first side of the emitter and extending between the major surface and the base; an emitter contact region disposed on the major surface over all of the emitter and extending onto the insulating material in a first direction, the emitter contact having first sidewalls; an insulating layer disposed over the first sidewalls and extending to the major surface, the insulating layer having a first thickness to thereby define second sidewalls spaced apart from the first sidewalls by the first thickness; and a base electrode layer disposed over the second sidewalls and extending to the major surface to the base contact, the base electrode layer having a second thickness to thereby define third sidewalls spaced apart from the second sidewalls by the second thickness, the base electrode extending onto the insulating layer in a second direction.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
20 words
A structure as in claim 1 further comprising: an emitter electrode layer disposed over all of the emitter contact region.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
184 words
A contact structure comprising: a semiconductor body having a major surface, said semiconductor body including a pocket of semiconductor material surrounded by selected insulating material; a first region of electrically conductive material disposed on and in contact with the semiconductor body, the first region having first sidewalls, the first region disposed on the pocket and extending onto the selected insulating material a fixed distance; a first layer, of first thickness electrically insulating material, disposed over the first region and on the first sidewalls and extending to the major surface to thereby define second sidewalls separated from the first sidewalls by the first thickness, the first layer extending along the first sidewalls a first distance; a second layer, of second thickness electrically conductive material, disposed over at least the second sidewalls and extending to the major surface to thereby define third sidewalls separated from the second sidewalls by the second thickness; and a first contact pad of electrically conductive material disposed on the selected insulating material, wherein the second layer extends along the second sidewalls the fixed distance to connect to the first contact pad.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
184 words
A contact structure comprising: a semiconductor body having a major surface, said semiconductor body including a pocket of semiconductor material surrounded by selected insulating material; a first region of electrically conductive material disposed on and in contact with the semiconductor body, the first region having first sidewalls, the first region disposed on the pocket and extending onto the selected insulating material a fixed distance; a first layer, of first thickness electrically insulating material, disposed over the first region and on the first sidewalls and extending to the major surface to thereby define second sidewalls separated from the first sidewalls by the first thickness, the first layer extending along the first sidewalls a first distance; a second layer, of second thickness electrically conductive material, disposed over at least the second sidewalls and extending to the major surface to thereby define third sidewalls separated from the second sidewalls by the second thickness; and a first contact pad of electrically conductive material disposed on the selected insulating material, wherein the second layer extends along the second sidewalls the fixed distance to connect to the first contact pad.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
38 words
A contact structure as in claim 3 further comprising: a first conductivity type region disposed in the semiconductor body adjacent the first region; and an opposite conductivity type region disposed in the semiconductor body adjacent the second layer.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
46 words
A contact structure as in claim 4 wherein: the first conductivity type region comprises an emitter; the opposite conductivity type region comprises a base contact; and wherein the first region comprises an emitter contact and the second layer comprises an electrical connection to the base contact.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
19 words
A contact structure as in claim 5 wherein each of the first region and second layer comprise metal silicide.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
14 words
A contact structure as in claim 6 wherein the first layer comprises silicon dioxide.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
15 words
A contact structure as in claim 3 wherein the first contact pad comprises metal silicide.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
18 words
A contact structure as in claim 3 further comprising a first via disposed on the first contact pad.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
43 words
A contact structure as in claim 9 further comprising: a second contact pad of electrically conductive material disposed on the selected insulating material spaced apart from the first contact pad; and wherein the first region extends to connect to the first contact pad.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
20 words
A contact structure as in claim 10 wherein: the first contact pad and the first region each comprise polycrystalline silicon.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
18 words
A contact structure as in claim 10 further comprising a second via disposed on the second contact pad.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
25 words
A contact structure as in claim 10 wherein the first contact pad and the second contact pad are disposed on opposite sides of the pocket.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
23 words
A contact structure as in claim 3 further comprising: a third layer of electrically conductive material disposed over all of the first region.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
14 words
A contact structure as in claim 14 wherein the third layer comprises metal silicide.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
28 words
A contact structure as in claim 10 further comprising: a third layer of electrically conductive material disposed over all of the first region and the second contact pad.
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