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公开(公告)号:CA1148273A
公开(公告)日:1983-06-14
申请号:CA366999
申请日:1980-12-17
Applicant: IBM
Inventor: HORNG CHENG T , MICHEL ALWIN E
IPC: H01L21/76 , H01L21/225 , H01L21/28 , H01L21/331 , H01L21/60 , H01L29/04 , H01L29/45 , H01L27/04 , H01L21/22
Abstract: CONSUMABLE AMORPHOUS OR POLYSILICON EMITTER PROCESS The process employs ion implantation for precise dopant control. The implantation is performed into a thin layer of amorphous silicon covering the emitter and collector opening. The implantation energy is chosen so that the damage is confined to the amorphous layer. Since the deposited silicon layer is to be removed by subsequent processing, its thickness must be carefully controlled. The layer is preferably deposited by a sputtering technique which allows the necessary uniformity and reproducibility of the layer thickness. Furthermore, the sputtering process with its energetic ions provides a reproducible quality interface which is of critical importance for a diffusion source. With such a source, the diffusion into the single crystal silicon extends about the same distance in the horizontal as the vertical direction. This provides the greatest possible horizontal displacement of the junction under the passivating silicon dioxide layer. The depths of the n-type region is thinned to the single crystal surface by consuming the polysilicon partly through oxidation and partly through conversion to platinum silicide. The platinum silicide silicon interface provides a high surface recombination velocity in order to deplete the density of holes injected into the emitter. The low hole density in the emitter region has a direct benefit of decreasing the switching delay due to hole storage in the emitter, and hence higher device performance. FI 9-79-062
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公开(公告)号:CA1139017A
公开(公告)日:1983-01-04
申请号:CA349765
申请日:1980-04-14
Applicant: IBM
Inventor: HORNG CHENG T , SCHWENKER ROBERT O
IPC: H01L21/76 , H01L21/033 , H01L21/263 , H01L21/302 , H01L21/3065 , H01L21/316 , H01L21/762 , H01L21/768
Abstract: A semiconductor substrate is selectively etched to produce a spaced succession of narrow, shallow trenches separated by narrow silicon mesas. Silicon oxide is chemical-vapor-deposited on the horizontal and vertical surfaces of the etched structure to a thickness equalling the width of a desired silicon oxide mask. The mask is used for etching multiple deep trenches in the substrate, the trenches being separated by thin walls of silicon. The thickness of the walls is uniformly equal to and determined by the thickness of the deposited silicon oxide mask. The deposited silicon oxide is reactively ion etched away from the horizontal surfaces, leaving the oxide only on the sidewalls of the shallow trenches. The silicon is deeply etched, using the remaining oxide as a mask. Boron is ion implanted and the resulting structure is thermally oxidized sufficiently to completely oxidize the silicon under the deposited oxide mask and to oxidize the silicon surfaces at the bottoms of the trenches. The remaining trench volume is filled in with chemical-vapor-deposited silicon dioxide.
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公开(公告)号:CA1106981A
公开(公告)日:1981-08-11
申请号:CA312414
申请日:1978-09-29
Applicant: IBM
Inventor: HORNG CHENG T , MICHEL ALWIN E , RUPPRECHT HANS S , SCHWENKER ROBERT O
IPC: H01L29/73 , H01L21/033 , H01L21/265 , H01L21/331 , H01L21/76
Abstract: IMPROVED PROCESS FOR PRODUCING INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICES BY ION IMPLANTATION In this process of producing a bipolar transistor, all the regions of the device except the emitter region are formed by ion implantation through an inorganic dielectric layer of uniform thickness. Subsequently, all the contact openings to the emitter, base and collector are formed and the emitter is implanted through the emitter contact opening. This unique combination of process steps permits the use of a surface insulating dielectric layer of uniform thickness, wherein all capacitances are uniform and controllable while still permitting direct implantation of the emitter, which, because of its shallow depth is difficult to implant through an oxide.
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公开(公告)号:CA1142266A
公开(公告)日:1983-03-01
申请号:CA360337
申请日:1980-09-16
Applicant: IBM
Inventor: HORNG CHENG T , POPONIAK MICHAEL R , RUPPRECHT HANS S , SCHWENKER ROBERT O
IPC: H01L21/76 , H01L21/331 , H01L21/74 , H01L21/762 , H01L29/08 , H01L29/10 , H01L29/73 , H01L29/732 , H01L27/04
Abstract: A SELF-ALIGNED MICROMETER BIPOLAR TRANSISTOR DEVICE AND PROCESS A method for fabricating very high performance integrated circuit semiconductor devices. The method for device fabrication disclosed is a self-aligned process. The device formed has small vertical as well as horizontal dimensions. The device region is surrounded by a deep oxide trench which has nearly vertical sidewalls. The deep trench extends from the epitaxial silicon surface through N+ subcollector region into the P substrate. The width of the deep trench is about 2 .mu.m to 3.0 .mu.m. A shallow oxide trench extending from the epitaxial silicon surface to the upper portion of the N+ subcollector separates the base and collector contact. The surface of the isolation regions and the silicon where the transistor is formed is coplanar. The fabricated bipolar transistor has a mesa-type structure. The transistor base dimension is only slightly larger than the emitter. This small base area results in low collector-base capacitance which is a very important parameter in ultrahigh performance integrated circuit devices. Contact to the transistor base in the disclosed structure is achieved by a thick heavily boron doped polysilicon layer which surrounds the emitter and makes lateral contact to the active base. The P+ polysilicon layer which provides low base resistance is formed within the oxide isolation trenches, thus minimizing the parasitic capacitance. The transistor active base is formed in place by a low dosage boron implantation made with its concentration peak below the emitter. The device formed thus will have a controllable narrow base width and a FI9-79-021 low external base resistance. Both are essential to the high performance devices. The emitter of this invention structure is separated from the P+ polysilicon by a Si3N4/SiO2 composite dielectric layer. This dielectric separation ensures that electrons injected into the base do occur at the bottom of the emitter. The dielectric sleeve of the emitter also eliminates the sidewall hole current component normally existing in conventional transistors. Thus, the bipolar transistors formed by the disclosed process have a high emitter injection efficiency and also have high transistor current gains. Furthermore, the fabricated small geometry devices have planarized surface. The planarized device structure ensures the thin film covering which is critical to the integration of very small devices. FI 9-79-021
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公开(公告)号:CA2055801A1
公开(公告)日:1992-06-18
申请号:CA2055801
申请日:1991-11-19
Applicant: IBM
Inventor: GRILL ALFRED , HORNG CHENG T , MEYERSON BERNARD S , PATEL VISHNUBHAI V , RUSSAK MICHAEL A
Abstract: A magnetic head slider having a protective coating on the rails thereof, the protective coating comprising a thin adhesion layer and a thin layer of amorphous hydrogenated carbon. The protective coating is deposited on the air bearing surface of the slider after the thin film magnetic heads are lapped to a chosen dimension, but before the pattern of rails is produced on the air bearing surface. The protective coating protects the magnetic head during the rail fabrication process and in usage in a magnetic recording system protects the magnetic head from wear and corrosion damage.
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公开(公告)号:CA1153830A
公开(公告)日:1983-09-13
申请号:CA370960
申请日:1981-02-16
Applicant: IBM
Inventor: HO ALLEN P , HORNG CHENG T
IPC: H01L29/73 , H01L21/033 , H01L21/331 , H01L29/417 , H01L29/732 , H01L21/70
Abstract: A POLYSILICON-BASE SELF-ALIGNED BIPOLAR TRANSISTOR PROCESS AND STRUCTURE of The Disclosure Disclosed is a process for forming an improved bipolar transistor in a silicon substrate of a first conductivity type, said silicon substrate having a planar surface, a subcollector region of a second conductivity type formed in said substrate, an epitaxial layer of said second conductivity type formed on said planar surface or said substrate, and first, second and third spaced apart recessed oxide isolation regions extending from the planar surface of said epitaxial layer into said substrate, a subcollector reach-through region positioned between said second and third recessed oxide isolation regions, said subcollector reach-through region extending from said planar surface of said epitaxial layer to said subcollector region, said process including the following steps: deposit, using chemical vapor deposition techniques, a layer of doped polysilicon on the exposed surface of said substrate said dopant being of said first conductivity type; deposit, using chemical vapor deposition techniques a first layer of silicon dioxide on said polysilicon layer; deposit a layer of photoresist on said first layer of silicon dioxide; utilizing photolithography, mask off an intended intrinsic base region, said intended intrinsic base region being spaced between said first and second recessed oxide isolation regions; utilizing the resist layer as a mask employ reactive ion etching to remove the silicon dioxide and polysilicon superimposed over the intended intrinsic base region; ion implant the exposed intrinsic base region with ions of said first conductivity type; chemically vapor deposit a relatively thick silicon dioxide conformal coating on the FI 9-79-022 exposed surface; reactive ion etch an emitter opening on the epitaxial surface above the implanted intrinsic base; ion implant the emitter region with ions of said second conductivity type; and utilize a single heat cycle to anneal the ion implantations and drive in the emitter, intrinsic base, extrinsic base and collector reach through. FI 9-79-022
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公开(公告)号:CA1148269A
公开(公告)日:1983-06-14
申请号:CA372670
申请日:1981-03-10
Applicant: IBM
Inventor: HORNG CHENG T , KONIAN RICHARD R , SCHWENKER ROBERT O , WIEDER ARMIN W
IPC: H01L21/331 , H01L21/762 , H01L21/8224 , H01L21/8228 , H01L27/082 , H01L29/10 , H01L29/423 , H01L29/73 , H01L29/732 , H01L29/735 , H01L27/04 , H01L21/72
Abstract: Disclosed is the fabrication and structure of very small integrated circuit devices of both PNP and NPN types with very high speeds and low power requirements. The structure provides vertical NPN and lateral PNP transistors formed within the same semiconductor chip. The base width of the lateral PNP transistor is very narrow (approximately 300 to 400 nanometers). This narrow dimension is in part obtained by using a well defined chemically vapor deposited (CVD) oxide mask instead of conventional lithographic masking. To eliminate the emitter current injecting into the substrate the P+ emitter and P+ collector of the PNP transistor are bounded by a silicon nitride and silicon dioxide dielectric layer. FI 9-79-014
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