Abstract:
Method for manufacturing a semiconductor pressure sensor, wherein, in a silicon substrate (2), trenches (6a) are dug and delimit walls (7a); a closing layer (10) is epitaxially grown, that closes the trenches (6a) at the top and forms a suspended membrane (13); a heat treatment is performed so as to cause migration of the silicon of the walls (7a) and to form a closed cavity (11) underneath the suspended membrane; and structures (25a, 25b, 26a-26d) are formed for transducing the deflection of the suspended membrane (13) into electrical signals.
Abstract:
The process comprises the steps of forming, on top of a semiconductor material wafer (10), a holed mask (16) having a lattice structure and comprising a plurality of openings (18) each having a substantially square shape and a side with an inclination of 45° with respect to the flat (110) of the wafer; carrying out an anisotropic etch in TMAH of the wafer (10), using said holed mask (16), thus forming a cavity (20), the cross section of which has the shape of an upside-down isosceles trapezium; and carrying out a chemical vapour deposition (CVD) using TEOS, thus forming a TEOS layer (24) which completely closes the openings of the holed mask (16) and defines a diaphragm (26) overlying the cavity (20) and on which a suspended integrated structure can subsequently be manufactured.
Abstract:
The process comprises the steps of forming, in a wafer (1) of monocrystalline semiconductor material, trenches (45) extending between, and delimiting laterally, protruding regions (48); forming masking regions (55, 56), implanted with nitrogen ions, the masking regions surrounding completely the tips of the protruding regions (48); and forming retarding regions (57) on the bottom of the trenches (45), wherein nitrogen is implanted at a lower dose than the masking regions. A thermal oxidation is then carried out and starts at the bottom portion of the protruding regions (48) and then proceeds downwards; thereby, a continuous region (65) of buried oxide is formed and is overlaid by non-oxidized regions (60) corresponding to the tips of the protruding regions and forming nucleus regions for a subsequent epitaxial growth. The masking regions (55, 56) and the retarding regions (57) are formed through two sucdessive implants, including an angle implant, wherein the protruding regions (48) shield the bottom portions of the adjacent protruding regions (48), as well as the bottom of the trenches (45), and a is made perpendicularly to the wafer (1).