US5409857A
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Process for production of an integrated circuit
Assignee: Sony Corp
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Filing: 1989-09-07
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Granted: 1995-04-25
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Expires: 2009-09-07
Abstract
Abstract An integrated circuit is formed thereof a conductive wiring pattern. On the conductive wiring semiconductor layer is directly formed in a form of amorphous on the substrate. The amorphous semiconductor layer is annealed to form a polycrystalline structure while avoiding influence of annealing heat for the substrate. In the polycrystalline semiconductor layer is formed a semiconductor element, such as MOS transistor, MIS transistor, TFT and so forth. The semiconductor element is directly connected to the wiring pattern on the substrate.
Inventors
- 👤 Seiichi Watanabe
- 👤 Setsuo Usui
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-06 00:56
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10P; H10P14/00; H10P14/20; H10P14/38; H10P14/3802; H10P14/3808; H10P14/3816; H10D; H10D30/00; H10D30/01; H10D30/021; H10D30/031; H10D30/0312; H10D30/0314; H10D30/0316; H10D30/0321; H10P14/29; H10P14/2901; H10P14/2922; H10P14/34; H10P14/3402; H10P14/3404; H10P14/3411; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S148/00; Y10S148/09; Y10S148/164
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 23
Claim 1
Independent Claim
94 words
A process for fabricating a semiconductor device on an organic substrate with conductive wiring formed thereon, comprising the steps of; directly forming an amorphous semiconductor layer on said substrate while said conductive wiring remains formed thereon; polycrystallizing said amorphous semiconductor to a polycrystalline semiconductor by a step of laser beam annealing; and forming a semiconductor element in the polycrystalline semiconductor, wherein the semiconductor element has at least one active region; and forming an electrode in direct contact with said conductive wiring formed on said organic substrate and said active region of said semiconductor element.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
94 words
A process for fabricating a semiconductor device on an organic substrate with conductive wiring formed thereon, comprising the steps of; directly forming an amorphous semiconductor layer on said substrate while said conductive wiring remains formed thereon; polycrystallizing said amorphous semiconductor to a polycrystalline semiconductor by a step of laser beam annealing; and forming a semiconductor element in the polycrystalline semiconductor, wherein the semiconductor element has at least one active region; and forming an electrode in direct contact with said conductive wiring formed on said organic substrate and said active region of said semiconductor element.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
28 words
A process as set forth in claim 1, wherein said step of laser beam annealing is performed by means of a laser having a low permability laser beam.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
23 words
A process as set forth in claim 2, wherein said step of laser beam annealing is performed by means of an excimer laser.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
47 words
A process as set forth in claim 3, wherein said step of laser beam annealing is performed by means of an excimer laser selected from among an XeCχ excimer laser, a KrF excimer laser, a KrCχ excimer laser, a ArF excimer laser, and an Fz excimer laser.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
31 words
A process as set forth in claim 2, wherein said step of laser beam annealing is performed by means of a laser having wavelength less than or equal to 500 nm.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
31 words
A process as set forth in claim 5, wherein said step of laser beam annealing is performed by means of a laser having wavelength less than or equal to 300 nm.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
91 words
A process for fabricating a semiconductor device on an organic substrate having conductive wiring formed on said organic substrate comprising the steps of; directly forming an amorphous semiconductor layer on said substrate while said conductive wiring remains formed on the substrate; polycrystallizing said amorphous semiconductor to a polycrystalline semiconductor by a step of laser beam annealing; forming a transistor having a source region and a drain region in the polycrystalline semiconductor; and forming an electrode in direct contact with said conductive wiring and said source and drain regions of said transistor.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
91 words
A process for fabricating a semiconductor device on an organic substrate having conductive wiring formed on said organic substrate comprising the steps of; directly forming an amorphous semiconductor layer on said substrate while said conductive wiring remains formed on the substrate; polycrystallizing said amorphous semiconductor to a polycrystalline semiconductor by a step of laser beam annealing; forming a transistor having a source region and a drain region in the polycrystalline semiconductor; and forming an electrode in direct contact with said conductive wiring and said source and drain regions of said transistor.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
28 words
A process as set forth in claim 7, wherein said step of laser beam annealing is performed by means of a laser having a low permeability laser beam.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
23 words
A process as set forth in claim 8, wherein said step of laser beam annealing is performed by means of an excimer laser.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
47 words
A process as set forth in claim 9, wherein said step of laser beam annealing is performed by means of an excimer laser selected from among an XeCχ excimer laser, a KrF excimer laser, a KrCχ excimer laser, an ArF excimer laser, and a Fz excimer laser.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
31 words
A process as set forth in claim 8, wherein said step of laser beam annealing is performed by means of a laser having wavelength less than or equal to 500 nm.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
31 words
A process as set forth in claim 11, wherein said step of laser beam annealing is performed by means of a laser having wavelength less than or equal to 300 nm.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
90 words
A process for fabricating a semiconductor device on an organic substrate which has a printed conductive wiring on said organic substrate, comprising the steps of: directly forming an amorphous semiconductor layer on said substrate while said printed conductive wiring remains on said organic substrate; performing polycrystallization of said amorphous semiconductor by laser beam annealing; forming a semiconductor element in the polycrystalline semiconductor, said semiconductor element having at least one active region; and forming an electrode in direct contact with said conductive wiring and said active region of said semiconductor element.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
90 words
A process for fabricating a semiconductor device on an organic substrate which has a printed conductive wiring on said organic substrate, comprising the steps of: directly forming an amorphous semiconductor layer on said substrate while said printed conductive wiring remains on said organic substrate; performing polycrystallization of said amorphous semiconductor by laser beam annealing; forming a semiconductor element in the polycrystalline semiconductor, said semiconductor element having at least one active region; and forming an electrode in direct contact with said conductive wiring and said active region of said semiconductor element.
Claim 17
Independent Claim
95 words
A method of fabricating a semiconductor integrated circuit from an organic substrate on which a conductive wiring pattern is formed, comprising the steps of: forming an amorphous silicon layer directly on said organic substrate on which said conductive wiring pattern is formed; irradiating said amorphous silicon layer with a laser beam to polycrystallize said layer to form a polycrystalline silicon layer without heating said organic substrate; forming a gate electrode on said polycrystalline silicon layer; forming source and drain regions; and connecting said source and drain regions to said conductive wiring pattern by connecting electrodes.
Claim 18
Independent Claim
95 words
A method of fabricating a semiconductor integrated circuit from an organic substrate on which a conductive wiring pattern is formed, comprising the steps of: forming an amorphous silicon layer directly on said organic substrate on which said conductive wiring pattern is formed; irradiating said amorphous silicon layer with a laser beam to polycrystallize said layer to form a polycrystalline silicon layer without heating said organic substrate; forming a gate electrode on said polycrystalline silicon layer; forming source and drain regions; and connecting said source and drain regions to said conductive wiring pattern by connecting electrodes.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
19 words
The process as set forth in claim 14 wherein the step of irradiating is performed by an excimer laser.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
24 words
The process as set forth in claim 14 wherein the steps of forming a gate electrode and said source and drain region occur simultaneously.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
41 words
The process as set forth in claim 14 wherein the step of forming a gate electrode is preceded by a step of forming a gate insulating layer on said polycrystalline silicon layer and said gate electrode is a polycrystalline silicon material.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
32 words
The process as set forth in claim 17 wherein the gate insulating layer is formed of an oxide layer and said source and drain regions are formed directly on said printed wiring.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
30 words
The process as set forth in claim 14 wherein a silicon dioxide layer is formed on said organic substrate and said gate electrode is formed on said silicon dioxide layer.
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