Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an integrated circuit structure having a pin diode which has a simple design and high sensitivity and is suitable for use at radio frequencies.SOLUTION: A method of manufacturing the integrated circuit structure includes a process of forming a shape, including at least one step which is adjoined by a material 82 to be protected; a process of forming a protective layer which covers the step, a process of forming a spacer element layer after the protective layer is formed; a process of anisotropically etching the spacer element layer; a process of forming at least one spacer element at the step; a process of thinning or completely removing the protective layer in regions which are not covered by the spacer element with at least one remaining region 150 of the protective layer being left along the material 82 to be protected; a process of forming an effective layer, after the protective layer is thinned or removed; a process of patterning the effective layer, while removing the spacer element so as to protect the material 82 to be protected with the remaining region 150.
Abstract:
According to a method for producing bipolar single-polysilicon transistors which can be integrated into a BICMOS, an emitter contact hole (13) is etched out through a base contact layer (10) as far as a collector area (2, 7). The base layer (8) and the emitter (15) are then formed in the emitter contact hole (13).
Abstract:
In order to integrate an npn bipolar transistor with a hetero bipolar transistor, a placeholder layer is produced (322) in a base area of the hetero bipolar transistor after structuring (320) a collector structure for both types of transistors, wherein the placeholder layer is not present in a base area of the bipolar transistor. The base of the bipolar transistor is covered (326) once the base of the bipolar transistor has been produced (324), whereupon the placeholder layer is removed and the base (328) of the hetero bipolar transistor is then produced on the site from which the placeholder layer has been removed. The emitter structure is then equally produced (330) for both types of transistors so that an integrated circuit comprising the bipolar transistors and the hetero bipolar transistors is obtained, the collector structures and/or the emitter structures of which consist of identical production layers. This makes it possible to produce space-saving and economical integrated circuits profiting from the advantages of both transistor types.
Abstract:
Disclosed is an integrated circuit arrangement (10), among other things, comprising a pin photodiode (14) and a highly doped connecting area (62) of a bipolar transistor (58). An ingenious method allows a very deep intermediate area (30) of the pin diode (14) to be produced without autodoping in a central area.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a method for the epitaxial deposition of layers, according to which a low-doped epitaxial layer is applied to highly doped areas that are incorporated into a silicon substrate. The aim of the invention is to ensure functionality of the components that are to be produced while effectively preventing autodoping. Said aim is achieved by applying a high-resistance silicon layer to the highly doped areas before the epitaxial layer is applied, the other areas being covered or the high-resistance layer being locally removed from the other areas. The epitaxial layer is then deposited onto the high-resistance silicon layer located above the highly doped areas and onto the silicon layer located outside the highly doped areas. Autodoping of the epitaxial layer is effectively prevented by the high-resistance silicon layer.
Abstract:
The invention relates to an ESD-protection structure for semiconductor elements, consisting of at least one semiconductor diode, whose p- and n-conductive zones are in electric contact with respective regions of the same charge carrier type of the element to be protected of the semiconductor component at a first and second contact point. The aim of the invention is to provide ESD-protection structures that are cost-effective to produce and that permit higher current carrying capacities with at least a comparable space requirement or at least comparable current carrying capacities with a reduced space requirement. To achieve this: a first zone of one charge carrier type of the semiconductor diode covers at least some sections of the inner surface of a channel that is configured in the semiconductor substrate of the semiconductor element and a second zone of the other charge carrier type adjoins the first zone in the vicinity of said channel; the first zone is configured from a polysilicon that has an appropriate conductive doping; and the channel area that is not filled by the polysilicon is filled with a dielectric.
Abstract:
The invention relates to, amongst other things, a field effect transistor (10) wherein a control area (36) and a connection area (40) are arranged in an insulation trench (34) thereof. A field effect transistor (10) with excellent electrical properties is provided by virtue of said arrangement.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for producing a DMOS transistor structure. The invention is advantageous in that a protective layer (14) is used to protect the already essentially completed DMOS transistor structure from the negative effects of additional process steps. According to the invention, the DMOS gate electrode is not customarily structured, as in the prior art, by using a single lithography step, rather the structuring of the DMOS gate electrode is split between two lithography steps. In a first lithography step, essentially only the source region (9) of the DMOS transistor structure is opened, whereby the electrode layer still present can be used as a mask for the subsequent production of the body region (8).
Abstract:
The invention relates to a multichip semi-conductor component (1) comprising at least one group of chips which is made of at least two semi-conductor chips (2, 3) having a first and a second surface side, whereby the first surface sides thereof face each other. The adjacent surface sides of the semi-conductor chips (2, 3) respectively have a spatial structure (7) and the spatial structures (7) engage with each other in a positive fit in such a manner that the geometric arrangement of the surface sides of the semi-conductor chips (2, 3), facing each other, is distinct and the metal connection of the semi-conductor chips (2, 3) facing each other is reliably conductive. The semi-conductor chips (2, 3) are mounted by vibrating said semi-conductor chips (2, 3) on a machine system.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for the production of an anti-reflecting surface on optical integrated circuits in order to improve light absorption in photodetectors. The aim of the invention is to create a method which can be produced with minimum input and in an economical manner, for the production of an anti-reflecting surface on optical integrated circuits, said method being compatible with IC technology systems and single device technology systems. Said aim is achieved by virtue of the fact that a controlled hard mask grid is produced in a photolithographic manner on the surface of the photodetector; a structure corroding step is then carried out until a predetermined depth in the silicon is reached, such that inverse pyramids which are arranged in an evenly distributed manner are produced and that an interrupted anode or a cathode of the photodetector is reproduced by another implantation step during corrosion.