Abstract:
On a semiconductor material body (15) housing an electronic device (3) a peripheral region (22) of semiconductor material and at least one pad (20, 21) are initially formed. The peripheral region (22) is connected to a first terminal of the electronic device (3) and extends on at least one peripheral portion of the semiconductor material body (15). The pad (20, 21) is insulated from the semiconductor material body and is electrically connected to a second terminal of the electronic device (3). The semiconductor material body (15) is fixed to a support body (10) formed by a blank (5) belonging to a reel (1). The pad (20, 21) is connected by a wire (24) to an electrode (11, 12) formed by the blank (5). Next, a connection region (25a) is formed on the peripheral region (22) and surrounds, at least partially, the semiconductor material body (15) and the support body (10). The connection region (25a) is advantageously obtained by galvanic growth.
Abstract:
Integrated structure (100) for radio frequency applications, formed in a chip of semiconductor material, comprising a substrate (103) having a first type of conductivity (P) on which at least one epitaxial layer (109, 118) is grown, at least one connecting region (106) having the first type of conductivity (P) extending from a free surface of the at least one epitaxial layer (109, 118) to the substrate (103), to form an insulating region which demarcates a portion of the at least one epitaxial layer (109, 118) in which a bipolar transistor (Tp) is formed, the transistor (Tp) comprising a collector region (115, 118, 127) having a second type of conductivity (N) delimited by the free surface and by the connecting region (106), a base region having the first type of conductivity (P) extending from the free surface into the collector region (115, 118, 127), and an emitter region having the second type of conductivity (N) extending from the free surface into the base region, in which are included conducting means (148, 157e) in contact on the free surface with one of the base region and the emitter region, and with the connecting region (106), to electrically connect the said one region to the substrate (103).