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Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same

Assignee: Toshiba Corp
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Filing: 1991-01-22
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Granted: 1991-12-10
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Expires: 2011-01-22
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Abstract

Abstract A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a pair of low breakdown voltage elements formed in the substrate so as to be adjacent to each other, and a high breakdown voltage element formed to be adjacent to one of the low breakdown voltage elements. The pair of low breakdown voltage elements are isolated from each other by a pn junction and the low breakdown voltage elements and the high breakdown voltage element are isolated from each other by a dielectric material. The semiconductor substrate is a composite substrate formed by directly bonding a first substrate serving as an element region to a second substrate serving as a supporting member through an insulating film.

Inventors

  • 👤 Akio Nakagawa
  • 👤 Kazuyoshi Furukawa
  • 👤 Tsuneo Ogura

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10D; H10D12/00; H10D12/411; H10D12/421; H10D84/00; H10D84/80; H10D84/82; H10D84/83; H10D86/00; H10D86/201; H10P; H10P90/00; H10P90/19; H10P90/1904; H10P90/1906; H10W; H10W10/00; H10W10/01; H10W10/011; H10W10/019; H10W10/031; H10W10/041; H10W10/061; H10W10/10; H10W10/181; H10W10/30; H10W10/40; H10P90/1914; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S148/00; Y10S148/012

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 19
Claim 1
Independent Claim 141 words
A semiconductor device, comprising: a composite substrate formed by directly bonding a first semiconductor substrate serving as an element region to a second semiconductor substrate serving as a supporting member with a first insulating film interposed therebetween; a plurality of low breakdown voltage elements formed in said first semiconductor substrate; and a high breakdown voltage element formed in said first semiconductor substrate; said first semiconductor substrate being divided into first and second island regions which are isolated from each other by a dielectric material, said second island region including a plurality of element regions of a first conductivity type, each of the element regions being surrounded by second conductivity regions and isolated by a pn junction, said high breakdown voltage element being formed in said first island region, and said low breakdown voltage elements being formed in said second island region.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 141 words
A semiconductor device, comprising: a composite substrate formed by directly bonding a first semiconductor substrate serving as an element region to a second semiconductor substrate serving as a supporting member with a first insulating film interposed therebetween; a plurality of low breakdown voltage elements formed in said first semiconductor substrate; and a high breakdown voltage element formed in said first semiconductor substrate; said first semiconductor substrate being divided into first and second island regions which are isolated from each other by a dielectric material, said second island region including a plurality of element regions of a first conductivity type, each of the element regions being surrounded by second conductivity regions and isolated by a pn junction, said high breakdown voltage element being formed in said first island region, and said low breakdown voltage elements being formed in said second island region.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 42 words
A device according to claim 1, wherein said first substrate of said composite substrate is divided into a first and second island regions which are isolated from each other by a second insulating film formed on an inner surface of a groove.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 22 words
A device according to claim 2, wherein said second insulating film has a thickness larger than that of said first insulating film.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 46 words
A device according to claim 2, wherein said high breakdown voltage element is formed in said first island region, said low breakdown voltage elements are formed in said second island region, and said low breakdown voltage elements are isolated from each other by a pn junction.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 88 words
A device according to claim 4, wherein said second island region is of a first conductivity type, a first well of the first conductivity type and a second well of a second conductivity type are formed in said second island region, a lateral or vertical type bipolar transistor is formed in said first well, and a lateral or vertical type bipolar transistor having a conductivity type structure different from that of said lateral or vertical type bipolar transistor in said first well is formed in said second well.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 16 words
A device according to claim 4, wherein said first and second wells have tapered side walls.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 73 words
A device according to claim 4, wherein said second island region is of the first conductivity type, first well of the first conductivity type and a second well of the second conductivity type are formed in said second island region, a first MOS transistor is formed in said first well, and a second MOS transistor of a channel conductivity different from that of said first MOS transistor is formed in said second well.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 58 words
A device according to claim 4, wherein said second island region is of the first conductivity type, a well of the second conductivity type is formed in said second island region, and a first bipolar transistor and a second bipolar transistor which is isolated from said first bipolar transistor by a pn junction are formed in said well.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 43 words
A device according to claim 4, wherein no insulating film is present on a bonding interface between said first island region and said second substrate, and a vertical type device as a high breakdown voltage element is formed in said first island region.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 40 words
A device according to claim 9, wherein said vertical type device is the one selected from the group consisting of a MOS transistor, MOS thyristor, insulated gate bipolar transistor, bipolar transistor, thyristor, gate turn-off thyristor, and MOS gate turn-off thyristor.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 24 words
A device according to claim 4, wherein a space is formed in a bonding interface between said first island region and said second substrate.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 21 words
A device according to claim 1, comprising said high breakdown voltage element and said low breakdown voltage elements being bipolar transistors.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 23 words
A device according to claim 1, comprising a buried region of a first conductivity type formed in the bottom of said element region.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim 14 words
A device according to claim 1, comprising said buried region being an epitaxial layer.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim 33 words
A device according to claim 1, comprising an impurity region of a second conductivity type having an impurity concentration higher than that of said second conductivity region formed on said first insulating layer.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim 27 words
A device according to claim 2 comprising said groove being V-shaped and an upper width of the groove being larger than a lower width of the groove.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim 193 words
A semiconductor device, comprising: a composite substrate formed by directly bonding a first semiconductor substrate serving as an element region to a second semiconductor substrate serving as a supporting member with a first insulating film interposed therebetween; a plurality of low breakdown voltage bipolar transistor elements formed in said first semiconductor substrate; and a high breakdown voltage element formed in said first semiconductor substrate; said first semiconductor substrate being divided into first and second island regions which are isolated from each other by a second insulating layer formed on an inner surface of a V-shaped groove, said second island region including a plurality of element regions of a first conductivity type, each of the element regions being surrounded by second conductivity regions, said high breakdown voltage element being formed in said first island region, said low breakdown voltage bipolar transistor elements being formed in said second island region, a buried region of a first conductivity type being formed in the bottom of said element region, and an impurity region of a second conductivity type having an impurity concentration higher than that of said second conductivity regions being formed on said first insulating layer.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim 193 words
A semiconductor device, comprising: a composite substrate formed by directly bonding a first semiconductor substrate serving as an element region to a second semiconductor substrate serving as a supporting member with a first insulating film interposed therebetween; a plurality of low breakdown voltage bipolar transistor elements formed in said first semiconductor substrate; and a high breakdown voltage element formed in said first semiconductor substrate; said first semiconductor substrate being divided into first and second island regions which are isolated from each other by a second insulating layer formed on an inner surface of a V-shaped groove, said second island region including a plurality of element regions of a first conductivity type, each of the element regions being surrounded by second conductivity regions, said high breakdown voltage element being formed in said first island region, said low breakdown voltage bipolar transistor elements being formed in said second island region, a buried region of a first conductivity type being formed in the bottom of said element region, and an impurity region of a second conductivity type having an impurity concentration higher than that of said second conductivity regions being formed on said first insulating layer.

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