Abstract First and second single crystal silicon substrates are integrated, by means of a thermal treatment, with first and second silicon oxide films formed on surfaces of said respective first and second single crystal silicon substrates in contact with each other. More specifically, an insulating region is formed by integrating first and second silicon oxide films formed on the first and second single crystal silicon substrates. First and second semiconductor regions constituted by the first and second single crystal silicon substrates are electrically isolated by the insulating region. As a result, it is possible to reduce the width of the depletion layer generated in the second semiconductor region by the influence of the first semiconductor region in which an element is formed. A back gate region formed in the second semiconductor region and the first semiconductor region, in which an element is not formed, are held substantially at an equal potential. In this way, it is possible to improve the yield voltage characteristics between the first semiconductor region, which does not form any element, and the back gate region. The insulating region which electrically isolates the first and second semiconductor regions from each other, is formed by bonding together first and second silicon oxide films on surfaces of the first and second single crystal silicon substrates. Therefore, the process of manufacture is simplified.
A method of manufacturing a vertical double diffusion MOS transistor, comprising the steps of: contacting first and second insulating layers formed on the opposing surface of first and second semiconductor substrates and having first and second conductivity types; converting said first and second insulating layers to a third insulating layer by thermal treatment, said third insulating layer being a unitary body of said first and second insulating layers; forming a groove in said first semiconductor substrate, said groove reaching to said third insulating layer; forming a fourth insulating layer covering the entire surface of said first semiconductor substrate and filling said groove; forming first and second insulating films by selectively removing said forth insulating layer, said first and second insulating films serving as a gate insulating film of the MOS transistor; forming a conductive layer of the second conductivity type on a portion of said first insulating film and on a portion of said fourth insulating layer, said conductive layer serving as a gate electrode of the MOS transistor; forming a first conductive region of the second conductivity type by means of ion implantation and thermal diffusion, said first conductive region serving as a channel region of the MOS transistor, located underneath said first insulating film, and extending from the surface of said first semiconductor substrate to said third insulating layer and said groove; and forming first and second high impurity regions of the first conductivity type underneath said first and second insulating films, said first and second high impurity regions serving as a source and a drain of the MOS transistor.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
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A method of manufacturing a vertical double diffusion MOS transistor, comprising the steps of: contacting first and second insulating layers formed on the opposing surface of first and second semiconductor substrates and having first and second conductivity types; converting said first and second insulating layers to a third insulating layer by thermal treatment, said third insulating layer being a unitary body of said first and second insulating layers; forming a groove in said first semiconductor substrate, said groove reaching to said third insulating layer; forming a fourth insulating layer covering the entire surface of said first semiconductor substrate and filling said groove; forming first and second insulating films by selectively removing said forth insulating layer, said first and second insulating films serving as a gate insulating film of the MOS transistor; forming a conductive layer of the second conductivity type on a portion of said first insulating film and on a portion of said fourth insulating layer, said conductive layer serving as a gate electrode of the MOS transistor; forming a first conductive region of the second conductivity type by means of ion implantation and thermal diffusion, said first conductive region serving as a channel region of the MOS transistor, located underneath said first insulating film, and extending from the surface of said first semiconductor substrate to said third insulating layer and said groove; and forming first and second high impurity regions of the first conductivity type underneath said first and second insulating films, said first and second high impurity regions serving as a source and a drain of the MOS transistor.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
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A method according to claim 1, wherein the step of converting said first and second insulating layers to said third insulating layer is a step of performing a thermal treatment at 1,000° C. for 30 minutes.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
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A method according to claim 1, wherein the step of forming said fourth insulating layer is a step of forming a silicon oxide film by oxidizing the surface of said first semiconductor substrate by means of a thermal oxidation process and forming an additional silicon oxide film by means of a CVD process.