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Circuit containing integrated bipolar and complementary MOS transistors on a common substrate

Assignee: Siemens AG
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Filing: 1989-07-13
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Granted: 1991-07-23
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Expires: 2009-07-13
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Abstract

Abstract A circuit which contains integrated bipolar and complementary MOS transistors, including wells in the substrate for forming the MOS transistors, the wells also containing isolated bipolar transistors, the wells forming the collector of the bipolar transistor and being surrounded by trenches which are filled with doped polycrystalline silicon. The doped trench reduces the lateral out diffusion from the wells and thus serves to increase the packing density while serving as a collector contact region. The invention is employed in the manufacture of integrated semiconductor circuits having high switching speeds.

Inventors

  • 👤 Franz Neppl
  • 👤 Josef Winnerl

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-28 21:43
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10D; H10D84/00; H10D84/01; H10D84/0107; H10D84/0109; H10D84/02; H10D84/03; H10D84/038; H10D84/40; H10D84/401; H10W; H10W10/00; H10W10/01; H10W10/041; H10W10/40

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim 55 words
In a method of manufacturing bipolar and complementary MOS transistors on a common doped substrate, the steps comprising: generating wells in said substrate of a conductivity type opposite to that of said substrate, etching trenches in said wells, and filling the trenches with doped polysilicon having said conductivity type opposite to that of said substrate.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 55 words
In a method of manufacturing bipolar and complementary MOS transistors on a common doped substrate, the steps comprising: generating wells in said substrate of a conductivity type opposite to that of said substrate, etching trenches in said wells, and filling the trenches with doped polysilicon having said conductivity type opposite to that of said substrate.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 38 words
A method according to claim 1 which includes the steps of: applying an intermediate oxide to said trenches before filling the same, and etching said oxide back to leave said oxide only on the sidewalls of said trenches.
Claim 4
Independent Claim 102 words
A method for the manufacture of bipolar and complementary MOS transistors on a common doped substrate which comprises: providing buried zones in said substrate of a conductivity type opposite to that of said substrate, applying an epitaxial layer over said substrate of the same conductivity type as said substrate, generating wells in said substrate of a conductivity type opposite to that of said substrate, etching trenches in said wells down to the depth of said epitaxial layer, filling the trenches with doped polysilicon having a conductivity type opposite to that of said substrate, and generating bipolar and MOS transistors between said trenches.
Claim 5
Independent Claim 102 words
A method for the manufacture of bipolar and complementary MOS transistors on a common doped substrate which comprises: providing buried zones in said substrate of a conductivity type opposite to that of said substrate, applying an epitaxial layer over said substrate of the same conductivity type as said substrate, generating wells in said substrate of a conductivity type opposite to that of said substrate, etching trenches in said wells down to the depth of said epitaxial layer, filling the trenches with doped polysilicon having a conductivity type opposite to that of said substrate, and generating bipolar and MOS transistors between said trenches.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 37 words
A method according to claim 4 which includes the step of applying an intermediate oxide layer to said trenches before filling the same, and etching away said intermediate oxide layer except for the sidewalls of said trenches.
Claim 7
Independent Claim 282 words
A method for the manufacture of bipolar and complementary MOS transistors on a common silicon substrate which comprises: forming buried n + doped zones in a p-doped semiconductor substrate, applying a p-doped epitaxial layer over the entire surface, generating n-wells in said substrate by implanting n-doping ions therein, driving in the implanted n-doping ions while simultaneously oxidizing the surface of the n-well regions, implanting boron ions for the manufacture of a surface distal region of the channel zone of the n-channel MOS transistors, implanting boron ions for doping the field oxide regions of the n-channel MOS transistors, forming field oxide regions to separate the various active regions in said substrate, generating etched trenches in the lateral edge regions of said wells down to the depth of said p-doped epitaxial layer, depositing an intermediate oxide in said trenches, selectively etching away said intermediate oxide to leave an oxide layer on the sidewalls of said trenches, depositing polycrystalline silicon in said trenches, doping the polycrystalline silicon with n + doping ions, forming the base zone of the bipolar transistors by boron ion implantation, oxidizing the exposed surface to generate a gate oxide, implanting boron ions for doping the channel regions of the MOS transistors, depositing a gate material to form gate electrodes in the MOS transistors, depositing a silicon oxide intermediate oxide layer on the surface, simultaneously forming the source/drain regions of the n-channel MOS transistors, the emitter and the n collector contact of the bipolar transistors by implantation of n-doping ions, simultaneously forming the source/drain regions of the p-channel MOS transistors and the p + base contact of the bipolar transistors by boron ion implantation, and applying terminal electrodes to the transistor elements.
Claim 8
Independent Claim 282 words
A method for the manufacture of bipolar and complementary MOS transistors on a common silicon substrate which comprises: forming buried n + doped zones in a p-doped semiconductor substrate, applying a p-doped epitaxial layer over the entire surface, generating n-wells in said substrate by implanting n-doping ions therein, driving in the implanted n-doping ions while simultaneously oxidizing the surface of the n-well regions, implanting boron ions for the manufacture of a surface distal region of the channel zone of the n-channel MOS transistors, implanting boron ions for doping the field oxide regions of the n-channel MOS transistors, forming field oxide regions to separate the various active regions in said substrate, generating etched trenches in the lateral edge regions of said wells down to the depth of said p-doped epitaxial layer, depositing an intermediate oxide in said trenches, selectively etching away said intermediate oxide to leave an oxide layer on the sidewalls of said trenches, depositing polycrystalline silicon in said trenches, doping the polycrystalline silicon with n + doping ions, forming the base zone of the bipolar transistors by boron ion implantation, oxidizing the exposed surface to generate a gate oxide, implanting boron ions for doping the channel regions of the MOS transistors, depositing a gate material to form gate electrodes in the MOS transistors, depositing a silicon oxide intermediate oxide layer on the surface, simultaneously forming the source/drain regions of the n-channel MOS transistors, the emitter and the n collector contact of the bipolar transistors by implantation of n-doping ions, simultaneously forming the source/drain regions of the p-channel MOS transistors and the p + base contact of the bipolar transistors by boron ion implantation, and applying terminal electrodes to the transistor elements.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 24 words
A method according claim 5 in which said substrate is a p-doped (100)-oriented silicon substrate having a specific resistance of about 20 ohm cm.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 24 words
A method according to claim 5 wherein said substrate is a p-doped (100)-oriented silicon substrate having a specific electrical resistance of 0.02 ohm cm.

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