Abstract:
A process for forming a bipolar transistor with a raised extrinsic base (310) over the base (190), an emitter (350), and a buried collector (105) integrated with a CMOS transistor. An intermediate semiconductor structure is provided having CMOS and bipolar areas. An intrinsic base layer is provided in the bipolar area. A base oxide is formed across, and a sacrificial emitter stack silicon layer is deposited on, both the CMOS and bipolar areas. A photoresist is applied to protect the bipolar area and the structure is etched to remove the sacrificial layer from the CMOS area only such that the top surface of the sacrificial layer on the bipolar area is substantially flush with the top surface of the CMOS area. Finally, a polish stop layer is deposited having a substantially flat top surface across both the CMOS and bipolar areas suitable for subsequent chemical-mechanical polishing (CMP) to form the raised extrinsic base.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a method of forming a semiconductor structure that includes a discontinuous non-planar sub-collector having a different polarity than the underlying substrate. In addition, this structure includes an active area (collector) above the sub-collector, a base above the active area, and an emitter above the base. The distance between the discontinuous portions of the discontinuous sub-collector tunes the performance characteristics of the semiconductor structure. The performance characteristics that are tunable include breakdown voltage, unity current gain cutoff frequency, unity power gain cutoff frequency, transit frequency, current density, capacitance range, noise injection, minority carrier injection and trigger and holding voltage.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an element structure and a method for manufacturing the same for suppressing an increase of an unnecessary capacitance in the element as small as possible and for improving a transistor characteristic. SOLUTION: In an integrated bi-polar circuit element, a stepped collector dopant profile reduces a transit time and a parasitic capacitance between an emitter and a collector due to a minimum increase of the parasitic capacitance. A shallow implantation reduces a width of a space charge region between a base and the collector, reduces a resistance, and individually optimizes a breakdown characteristic between the collector and the base. A deep implantation, then, links a buried collector to a sub-collector and provides a low resistance path to the sub-collector. The stepped collector dopant profile only gives the lowest effect against a capacitance the collector and the base outside an intrinsic region of the element. The reason is that the higher concentration dopant is compensated by an exogenous dopant outside the intrinsic region or is buried therein.
Abstract:
A process for forming a bipolar transistor with a raised extrinsic base, an emitter, and a collector integrated with a CMOS circuit with a gate. An intermediate semiconductor structure is provided having CMOS and bipolar areas. An intrinsic base layer is provided in the bipolar area. A base oxide is formed across, and a sacrificial emitter stack silicon layer is deposited on, both the CMOS and bipolar areas. A photoresist is applied to protect the bipolar area and the structure is etched to remove the sacrificial layer from the CMOS area only such that the top surface of the sacrificial layer on the bipolar area is substantially flush with the top surface of the CMOS area. Finally, a polish stop layer is deposited having a substantially flat top surface across both the CMOS and bipolar areas suitable for subsequent chemical-mechanical polishing (CMP) to form the raised extrinsic base.
Abstract:
A process for forming a bipolar transistor with a raised extrinsic base, an emitter, and a collector integrated with a CMOS circuit with a gate. An intermediate semiconductor structure is provided having CMOS and bipolar areas. An intrinsic base layer is provided in the bipolar area. A base oxide is formed across, and a sacrificial emitter stack silicon layer is deposited on, both the CMOS and bipolar areas. A photoresist is applied to protect the bipolar area and the structure is etched to remove the sacrificial layer from the CMOS area only such that the top surface of the sacrificial layer on the bipolar area is substantially flush with the top surface of the CMOS area. Finally, a polish stop layer is deposited having a substantially flat top surface across both the CMOS and bipolar areas suitable for subsequent chemical-mechanical polishing (CMP) to form the raised extrinsic base.