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Method for manufacturing a bicmos semiconductor device
Assignee: Hitachi Ltd
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Filing: 1990-07-25
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Granted: 1992-06-02
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Expires: 2010-07-25
Abstract
Abstract Sources and drains of MOS transistors are formed after the formation of an emitter of a bipolar transistor, whereby the sources and drains are made smaller in thickness than the emitter. Since the sources and drains are not subjected to a high-temperature heat treatment conducted in the formation of the emitter, there is no fear of increase in thickness of the sources and drains caused by the diffusion of impurities. There can be formed a BiCMOS having a high integration density and superior characteristics.
Inventors
- 👤 Kazuhiko Sagara
- 👤 Kiyoo Itoh
- 👤 Goro Kitsukawa
- 👤 Yoshifumi Kawamoto
- 👤 Yoshiki Kawajiri
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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2026-10-30 23:54
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10D; H10D84/00; H10D84/01; H10D84/0107; H10D84/0109; H10B; H10B12/00; H10B12/30; H10B12/31; H10B12/318; H10D84/02; H10D84/03; H10D84/038; H10D84/40; H10D84/401; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S148/00; Y10S148/144
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 26
Claim 1
Independent Claim
294 words
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device having bipolar and MOS transistors, including the steps of: (a) selectively doping predetermined portions of a surface region of a semiconductor substrate with an impurity having a first conductivity type and an impurity having a second conductivity type opposite to said first conductivity type to form a first well region in which the bipolar transistor is to be formed, a second well region having said first conductivity type and a third well region having said second conductivity type; (b) doping the surface region of said first well region with said impurity to form a base having a conductivity type opposite to that of said first well region; (c) forming a polycrystalline silicon film having a predetermined pattern and containing a large amount of impurity of the same conductivity type as that of said first well region on a predetermined portion of the surface of said base, followed by a first heat treatment to diffuse the impurity contained in said polycrystalline silicon film into said base and thereby form an emitter; (d) forming an insulating film on the surface of each said second and third well regions; (e) forming a gate electrode of an electroconductive film having a predetermined shape on each said insulating film; and (f) after said first heat treatment to diffuse the impurity contained in said polycrystalline silicon film to thereby form the emitter, doping predetermined portions of the surface regions of said second and third well regions with the impurities of said second and first conductivity type, respectively, followed by a second heat treatment at a temperature lower than that of said first heat treatment, so as to form sources and drains of the MOS transistors smaller in thickness than that of said emitter.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
294 words
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device having bipolar and MOS transistors, including the steps of: (a) selectively doping predetermined portions of a surface region of a semiconductor substrate with an impurity having a first conductivity type and an impurity having a second conductivity type opposite to said first conductivity type to form a first well region in which the bipolar transistor is to be formed, a second well region having said first conductivity type and a third well region having said second conductivity type; (b) doping the surface region of said first well region with said impurity to form a base having a conductivity type opposite to that of said first well region; (c) forming a polycrystalline silicon film having a predetermined pattern and containing a large amount of impurity of the same conductivity type as that of said first well region on a predetermined portion of the surface of said base, followed by a first heat treatment to diffuse the impurity contained in said polycrystalline silicon film into said base and thereby form an emitter; (d) forming an insulating film on the surface of each said second and third well regions; (e) forming a gate electrode of an electroconductive film having a predetermined shape on each said insulating film; and (f) after said first heat treatment to diffuse the impurity contained in said polycrystalline silicon film to thereby form the emitter, doping predetermined portions of the surface regions of said second and third well regions with the impurities of said second and first conductivity type, respectively, followed by a second heat treatment at a temperature lower than that of said first heat treatment, so as to form sources and drains of the MOS transistors smaller in thickness than that of said emitter.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
18 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein said first and second conductivity types are p-type and n-type, respectively.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
24 words
A method according to claim 2, wherein said first well region is an n-type region and said bipolar transistor is an npn bipolar transistor.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
22 words
a method according to claim 1, wherein said first heat treatment is performed at a temperature of not lower than 900° C.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
22 words
A method according to claim 2, wherein said second heat treatment is performed at a temperature of not higher than 850° C.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
18 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein the thickness of said emitter is not larger than 0.15 μm.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
25 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein said semiconductor device is a BiCMOS having a dynamic memory cell comprising one MOS transistor and one capacitor.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
18 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein said semiconductor device is a BiCMOS having a static memory cell.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
37 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein the formation of said sources and drains is effected by ion implantation using said gate electrodes and insulating films formed thereon as mask and also by said second heat treatment.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
110 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein said step (f) is replaced by the following step (f'): (f') ion-implanting impurities of said second and first conductivity type into predetermined portions of the surface region of said second and third well regions, then forming an insulating film on side walls of each said gate electrode, then ion-implanting the impurities of said second and first conductivity type therein, respectively, followed by a heat treatment at a temperature lower than that of said first heat treatment to form sources and drains of MOS transistors partially different in thickness, with the thickness of the thinner portion being smaller than the thickness of said emitter.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
37 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein the first heat treatment is performed at a temperature not lower than 900° C., and the second heat treatment is performed at a temperature of not higher than 850° C.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
18 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein said steps (e) -(f) are performed after said first heat treatment.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
40 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein the electroconductive film, from which the gate electrode is formed, is another polycrystalline silicon film, the another polycrystalline silicon film being a different film than the polycrystalline silicon film having the predetermined pattern.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
18 words
A method according to claim 1, further comprising forming isolation regions, for element isolation, between adjacent well regions.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
16 words
A method according to claim 14, wherein said isolation regions are relatively thick oxide isolation regions.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
15 words
A method according to claim 14, wherein the isolation regions include a trench isolation region.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
27 words
A method according to claim 16, wherein the semiconductor device includes a memory cell having one MOS transistor and one capacitor, the capacitor being a trench capacitor.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
75 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein the first heat treatment to diffuse the impurity contained in the polycrystalline silicon film to thereby form the emitter is performed after forming the base; wherein the impurity doped into the surface region of the first well region is doped by ion implantation; and wherein the electroconductive film from which the gate electrode is formed is a different film than the polycrystalline silicon film having the predetermined pattern.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
36 words
A method according to claim 18, wherein the impurity doped into the surface region of the first well region is boron, and the impurity contained in the polycrystalline silicon film having a predetermined pattern is arsenic.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
27 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein said doping predetermined portions of the surface regions of said second and third well regions is performed by ion implantation.
Claim 22
Independent Claim
278 words
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device having bipolar and MOS transistors, including the steps of: (a) forming a polycrystalline silicon film having a predetermined pattern and containing an impurity of the same conductivity type as that of a first region of a semiconductor substrate, on a predetermined portion of a surface of a base of the bipolar transistor of the semiconductor device, the base being of opposite conductivity type to that of the first region, the bipolar transistor being formed in said first region, the semiconductor substrate having at least a second region in which at least one MOS transistor is to be respectively formed; (b) after forming said polycrystalline silicon film, performing a first heat treatment to diffuse the impurity contained in the polycrystalline silicon film into said base so as to form an emitter region of the bipolar transistor; (c) forming a gate insulating film and a gate electrode for the at least one MOS transistor, on the at least a second region; (d) after said first heat treatment to diffuse the impurity contained in the polycrystalline silicon film to thereby form the emitter, doping predetermined portions of the surface regions of the at least a second region in order to form sources and drains of the at least one MOS transistor; and (e) after said doping predetermined portions of the surface regions of the at least a second region, performing a second heat treatment, at a temperature lower than that of the first heat treatment, the second heat treatment being performed so as to form the sources and drains of the at least one MOS transistor smaller in thickness than that of said emitter.
Claim 23
Independent Claim
278 words
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device having bipolar and MOS transistors, including the steps of: (a) forming a polycrystalline silicon film having a predetermined pattern and containing an impurity of the same conductivity type as that of a first region of a semiconductor substrate, on a predetermined portion of a surface of a base of the bipolar transistor of the semiconductor device, the base being of opposite conductivity type to that of the first region, the bipolar transistor being formed in said first region, the semiconductor substrate having at least a second region in which at least one MOS transistor is to be respectively formed; (b) after forming said polycrystalline silicon film, performing a first heat treatment to diffuse the impurity contained in the polycrystalline silicon film into said base so as to form an emitter region of the bipolar transistor; (c) forming a gate insulating film and a gate electrode for the at least one MOS transistor, on the at least a second region; (d) after said first heat treatment to diffuse the impurity contained in the polycrystalline silicon film to thereby form the emitter, doping predetermined portions of the surface regions of the at least a second region in order to form sources and drains of the at least one MOS transistor; and (e) after said doping predetermined portions of the surface regions of the at least a second region, performing a second heat treatment, at a temperature lower than that of the first heat treatment, the second heat treatment being performed so as to form the sources and drains of the at least one MOS transistor smaller in thickness than that of said emitter.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
89 words
A method according to claim 21, wherein the semiconductor substrate has second and third regions in each of which MOS transistors are to be formed, the second and third regions being of opposite conductivity type to each other, and wherein, in said doping, impurities of opposite conductivity type to each other are doped respectively into the second and third regions so as to form MOS transistors, of opposite conductivity type, respectively in the second and third regions, whereby complementary MOS transistors are formed in the second and third regions.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
27 words
A method according to claim 21, wherein said doping predetermined portions of the surface regions of the at least a second region is performed by ion implantation.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
18 words
A method according to claim 21, wherein the thickness of said emitter is not larger than 0.15 μm.
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