US4984048A
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Semiconductor device with buried side contact
Assignee: Hitachi Ltd
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Filing: 1988-07-08
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Granted: 1991-01-08
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Expires: 2008-07-08
Abstract
Abstract Polycrystalline silicon which is provided within a trench for isolating a plurality of bipolar transistors from each other is electrically connected to the collector of one of the bipolar transistor. Since the trench for isolation can also be used to lead out the collector electrode, the required area is minimized. Thus, the arrangement is effective in creasing the integration density.
Inventors
- 👤 Kazuhiko Sagara
- 👤 Tokuo Kure
- 👤 Eiichi Murakami
- 👤 Tohru Nakamura
- 👤 Masanobu Miyao
- 👤 Masao Kondo
- 👤 Akitoshi Ishizaka
- 👤 Yoichi Tamaki
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 06:31
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10D; H10D62/00; H10D62/10; H10D62/113; H10D62/115; H10D10/00; H10D10/40; H10D10/441; H10D10/461; H10D10/80; H10D10/821; H10D10/891; H10D64/00; H10D64/20; H10D64/23; H10D64/233; H10W; H10W10/00; H10W10/01; H10W10/041; H10W10/40; H10W20/00; H10W20/01; H10W20/021
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 34
Claim 1
Independent Claim
182 words
A semiconductor device comprising: a semiconductor substrate having a horizontal surface region; a trench having an inner side surface, an upper edge portion and bottom surface, and formed in said semiconductor substrate; a plurality of bipolar transistors horizontally spaced from each other and being isolated from each other by said trench; said trench having an insulating film formed on its inner surface; a low-resistance conductive material filling said trench on the inside of said inner surface of said trench; at least one of said bipolar transistors having a vertical stack of collector and emitter regions formed on said semiconductor substrate, a base formed vertically between said collector and emitter regions, and said collector being the lower of said regions having a bottom surface at a higher level than the bottom surface of the trench; said insulating film having an opening at said trench inner side surface leading to said collector; and said collector being electrically connected to said conductive material in said trench through said opening formed in said insulating film so that said conductive material is a collector, lead-out interconnection layer.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
182 words
A semiconductor device comprising: a semiconductor substrate having a horizontal surface region; a trench having an inner side surface, an upper edge portion and bottom surface, and formed in said semiconductor substrate; a plurality of bipolar transistors horizontally spaced from each other and being isolated from each other by said trench; said trench having an insulating film formed on its inner surface; a low-resistance conductive material filling said trench on the inside of said inner surface of said trench; at least one of said bipolar transistors having a vertical stack of collector and emitter regions formed on said semiconductor substrate, a base formed vertically between said collector and emitter regions, and said collector being the lower of said regions having a bottom surface at a higher level than the bottom surface of the trench; said insulating film having an opening at said trench inner side surface leading to said collector; and said collector being electrically connected to said conductive material in said trench through said opening formed in said insulating film so that said conductive material is a collector, lead-out interconnection layer.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
21 words
A semiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein said collector is a low-resistance buried layer disposed laterally in said semiconductor substrate.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
56 words
A semiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein the collector of said bipolar transistor is formed within a surface region of said semiconductor substrate; a semiconductor film formed on said semiconductor substrate above said collector; and a base having a side portion and an emitter thereof formed through within the semiconductor film on said semiconductor substrate.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
44 words
A semiconductor device according to claim 3, wherein said emitter has an electrode; a polycrystalline silicon film extending from the side portion of said base toward the surface of said semiconductor substrate; and said base having an electrode formed on said polycrystalline silicon film.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
44 words
A semiconductor device according to claim 1 including a base and an emitter formed on said semiconductor substrate above said collector; the base having a side portion, the insulating film covering the side portion of said base along the inner surface of said trench.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
25 words
A semiconductor device according to claim 5, wherein said insulating film formed on the inner side surface of said trench is a silicon nitride film.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
39 words
A semiconductor device according to claim 5, including a low-resistance polycrystalline silicon film provided on said semiconductor substrate; and said base having an upper edge portion electrically connected to said low-resistance polycrystalline silicon film provided on said semiconductor substrate.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
52 words
A semiconductor device according to claim 5, further including a polycrystalline silicon film provided on the surface of said semiconductor substrate; and wherein said emitter is ring shaped and formed within said base, and said emitter being electrically connected to said polycrystalline silicon film provided by the surface of said semiconductor substrate.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
85 words
A semiconductor device according to claim 1, including a base and emitter of said bipolar transistor formed above said collector; an annular recess formed within said semiconductor substrate and defining a central protruding portion of said semiconductor substrate; an insulating film formed within said annular recess in said semiconductor substrate; a polycrystalline silicon film stacked on said insulating film formed within said recess; and said bipolar transistor having a base and emitter formed vertically above said collector within said protruding portion of said semiconductor substrate.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
29 words
A semiconductor device according to claim 9, wherein said base has a side portion; and said polycrystalline silicon film is electrically connected to the side portion of said base.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
31 words
A semiconductor device according to claim 9, wherein said base has an upper edge portion; and said polycrystalline silicon film is electrically connected to the upper edge portion of said base.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
29 words
A semiconductor device according to claim 9, wherein said base has a shoulder portion; and said polycrystalline silicon film is electrically connected to the shoulder portion of said base.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
155 words
A semiconductor device comprising: a semiconductor substrate having s surface region; a trench having an inner side surface, an upper edge portion and bottom surface, and formed in said semiconductor substrate; a plurality of vertically stacked bipolar transistors isolated from each other by said trench; said trench having an insulating film formed on its inner surface; a low-resistance conductive material filling said trench on the inside of said inner surface of said trench; at least one of said bipolar transistors having a collector, said collector having a bottom surface at a higher level than the bottom surface of the trench; said insulating film having an opening at said trench inner side surface leading to said collector; and said collector being electrically connected to said conductive material in said trench through said opening formed in said insulating film, wherein said bipolar transistor has a base and emitter respectively formed from material having different band gap energies.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
155 words
A semiconductor device comprising: a semiconductor substrate having s surface region; a trench having an inner side surface, an upper edge portion and bottom surface, and formed in said semiconductor substrate; a plurality of vertically stacked bipolar transistors isolated from each other by said trench; said trench having an insulating film formed on its inner surface; a low-resistance conductive material filling said trench on the inside of said inner surface of said trench; at least one of said bipolar transistors having a collector, said collector having a bottom surface at a higher level than the bottom surface of the trench; said insulating film having an opening at said trench inner side surface leading to said collector; and said collector being electrically connected to said conductive material in said trench through said opening formed in said insulating film, wherein said bipolar transistor has a base and emitter respectively formed from material having different band gap energies.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
172 words
A semiconductor device comprising: a semiconductor substrate having a surface region; a trench having an inner side surface, an upper edge portion and bottom surface, and formed in said semiconductor substrate; a plurality of vertically stacked bipolar transistors isolated from each other by said trench; said trench having an insulating film formed on its inner surface; a low-resistance conductive material filling said trench on the inside of said inner surface of said trench; at least one of said bipolar transistors having a collector, said collector having a bottom surface at a higher level than the bottom surface of the trench; said insulating film having an opening at said trench inner side surface leading to said collector; and said collector being electrically connected to said conductive material in said trench through said opening formed in said insulating film, wherein said bipolar transistor has a base and emitter formed from materials wherein the band gap energy of said emitter material is equal to or larger than the band gap energy of said base material.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
172 words
A semiconductor device comprising: a semiconductor substrate having a surface region; a trench having an inner side surface, an upper edge portion and bottom surface, and formed in said semiconductor substrate; a plurality of vertically stacked bipolar transistors isolated from each other by said trench; said trench having an insulating film formed on its inner surface; a low-resistance conductive material filling said trench on the inside of said inner surface of said trench; at least one of said bipolar transistors having a collector, said collector having a bottom surface at a higher level than the bottom surface of the trench; said insulating film having an opening at said trench inner side surface leading to said collector; and said collector being electrically connected to said conductive material in said trench through said opening formed in said insulating film, wherein said bipolar transistor has a base and emitter formed from materials wherein the band gap energy of said emitter material is equal to or larger than the band gap energy of said base material.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
29 words
A semiconductor device according to claim 14, wherein said base material is a film selected from the group consisting of a Si-Ge mixed crystalline film and a Si film.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
30 words
A semiconductor device according to claim 14, wherein said emitter material is a film selected from the group consisting of polycrystalline silicon film, microcyrstalline silicon film and a GaAs film.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
17 words
A semiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein said low resistance conductive material comprises a polycrystalline silicon.
Claim 21
Independent Claim
195 words
A device comprising; a semiconductor substrate having a surface region; an n-type buried layer having a bottom and formed in a portion of said substrate; an epitaxial layer grown upon said surface region; a semiconductor film formed on said semiconductor substrate; a plurality of active devices horizontally spaced from each other on said substrate; each of said active devices including a vertical stack of collector and emitter regions formed on said substrate, and a base formed between said collector and emitter regions; said base having side, upper edge and shoulder portions; a trench formed in said substrate through said epitaxial layer having an inner surface and a bottom and being formed directly against the lower of said regions and separating said devices from each other; an insulating film formed on the inner surface of said trench; said insulating film, covering the bottom of said trench, is lower than the bottom of said buried layer; an opening formed in a side of said insulating film that is against the lower of said regions; and a homogeneous low-resistance conductive material making electrical contact directly with the lower of said regions through said opening and filling said trench.
Claim 22
Independent Claim
195 words
A device comprising; a semiconductor substrate having a surface region; an n-type buried layer having a bottom and formed in a portion of said substrate; an epitaxial layer grown upon said surface region; a semiconductor film formed on said semiconductor substrate; a plurality of active devices horizontally spaced from each other on said substrate; each of said active devices including a vertical stack of collector and emitter regions formed on said substrate, and a base formed between said collector and emitter regions; said base having side, upper edge and shoulder portions; a trench formed in said substrate through said epitaxial layer having an inner surface and a bottom and being formed directly against the lower of said regions and separating said devices from each other; an insulating film formed on the inner surface of said trench; said insulating film, covering the bottom of said trench, is lower than the bottom of said buried layer; an opening formed in a side of said insulating film that is against the lower of said regions; and a homogeneous low-resistance conductive material making electrical contact directly with the lower of said regions through said opening and filling said trench.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
23 words
A device according to claim 18, wherein said active devices are a plurality of bipolar transistors isolated from each other by said trench.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
41 words
A device according to claim 18, wherein one of said regions is formed within the surface region of the semiconductor substrate; and the base and the other of said regions are formed within the semiconductor film formed on said semiconductor substrate.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
23 words
A device according to claim 18, wherein said insulating film formed on the inner surface of said trench is a silicon nitride film.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
20 words
A device according to claim 18, wherein one of said regions is a ring shaped region formed within said base.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
30 words
A device according to claim 19, wherein at least the base and one of said regions of said bipolar transistor are formed within a protruding portion of said epitaxial layer.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
28 words
A device according to claim 23, an insulating film formed on said base; a conductive film formed on said insulating film and being electrically connected to said base.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
19 words
A device according to claim 24, wherein said semiconductor film is connected to the side portion of said base.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
31 words
A device according to claim 18, wherein the base and one of said regions form the top of the bipolar transistor and are formed from materials having different band gap energies.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
36 words
A device according to claim 18, wherein the band gap energy of one of said regions, forming the top of the bipolar transistor, is equal to or larger than the band gap energy of said base.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
28 words
A device according to claim 26, wherein said base is defined by a film selected from the group consisting of a Si-Ge mixed crystal film and Si film.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
13 words
A device according to claim 18, wherein said conductive material comprises polycrystalline silicon.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
28 words
A device according to claim 27, wherein said base is defined by a film selected from the group consisting of a Si-Ge mixed crystal film and Si film.
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