Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
190 words
A process for forming a bipolar transistor comprising the steps of: forming a buried highly doped collector region of the first conductivity type in a semiconductor material; forming a well of a first conductivity type over the buried highly doped collector region; forming a dielectric layer having a window over the collector region in the well; introducing dopant of a second conductivity type opposite the first conductivity type through the window to form an intrinsic base region; forming a polysilicon layer over the dielectric layer and within the window; introducing dopant of the first conductivity type into the polysilicon layer; etching the polysilicon layer to form a polysilicon emitter contact component structure extending at least over the window; introducing dopant of the first conductivity type into the semiconductor material directly underneath the polysilicon emitter contact component and above the intrinsic base to form a single crystal emitter component; and ion-implanting dopant of the second conductivity type at an angle of less than 90° to the semiconductor material to form a link base region, the link base region extending underneath the polysilicon emitter contact component and overlapping the intrinsic base region.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
190 words
A process for forming a bipolar transistor comprising the steps of: forming a buried highly doped collector region of the first conductivity type in a semiconductor material; forming a well of a first conductivity type over the buried highly doped collector region; forming a dielectric layer having a window over the collector region in the well; introducing dopant of a second conductivity type opposite the first conductivity type through the window to form an intrinsic base region; forming a polysilicon layer over the dielectric layer and within the window; introducing dopant of the first conductivity type into the polysilicon layer; etching the polysilicon layer to form a polysilicon emitter contact component structure extending at least over the window; introducing dopant of the first conductivity type into the semiconductor material directly underneath the polysilicon emitter contact component and above the intrinsic base to form a single crystal emitter component; and ion-implanting dopant of the second conductivity type at an angle of less than 90° to the semiconductor material to form a link base region, the link base region extending underneath the polysilicon emitter contact component and overlapping the intrinsic base region.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
78 words
The process according to claim 1 wherein: the semiconductor material is a single crystal silicon substrate; the step of forming the buried highly doped collector region comprises introducing dopant of the first conductivity type into the a surface of the silicon substrate and then forming epitaxial silicon over the surface of the silicon substrate; and the step of forming the well includes forming the well in the epitaxial silicon over the highly buried highly doped buried collector layer.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
70 words
The process according to claim 1 wherein: the semiconductor material is a single crystal silicon substrate; the step of forming the buried highly doped collector region comprises ion-implanting dopant of the first conductivity type into the silicon substrate at a first energy; and the step of forming the well comprises ion-implanting dopant of the first conductivity type into the silicon substrate at a second energy lower than the first energy.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
41 words
The process according to claim 1 wherein the step of introducing dopant of the first conductivity type into the semiconductor material to form a single crystal emitter component comprises causing thermal diffusion of dopant out of the polysilicon emitter contact component.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
51 words
The process according to claim 1 wherein the step of introducing dopant of the first conductivity type into the semiconductor material to form a single crystal emitter component comprises ion implanting dopant of the first conductivity type through the window into the semiconductor material prior to formation of the polysilicon layer.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
56 words
The process according to claim 1 further comprising the steps of: forming a dielectric spacer along a side of the polysilicon emitter contact component; and implanting dopant of the second conductivity type into semiconducting material masked by the polysilicon emitter contact component and the dielectric spacer to form a base contact region overlapping the link base.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
58 words
The process according to claim 6 wherein the step of forming the polysilicon layer is coincident with a step of forming a gate of a CMOS transistor formed in the semiconductor material, and wherein the step of forming the dielectric spacer is coincident with a step of forming a sidewall spacer on the gate of the CMOS transistor.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
30 words
The process according to claim 1 wherein the dopant of the first conductivity type is P type dopant and the dopant of the second conductivity type is N type dopant.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
30 words
The process according to claim 1 wherein the dopant of the first conductivity type is N type dopant and the dopant of the second conductivity type is P type dopant.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
34 words
The process according to claim 1 wherein the step of etching the polysilicon layer is performed prior to the step of introducing dopant into the semiconductor material directly underneath the polysilicon emitter contact component.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
26 words
The process according to claim 1 wherein the step of etching the polysilicon layer is performed after the step of introducing dopant into the polysilicon layer.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
33 words
The process according to claim 1 wherein the step of introducing dopant of the first conductivity type into the polysilicon layer comprises the step of ion implanting dopant of the first conductivity type.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
45 words
The process according to claim 1 wherein the step of introducing dopant of the first conductivity type into the silicon comprises the step of depositing the silicon over the dielectric layer and within the window in an ambient containing dopant of the first conductivity type.