Abstract: A low temperature, epitaxial, in situ doped semiconductor layer is used as a sacrificial dopant source. The resulting doped region is small-dimensioned with a tightly controlled dopant concentration. The dopant layer is oxidized in a relatively low-temperature environment, and removed by etching. The process can be used to form a vertical bipolar transistor, where the doped region is the base, and wherein portions of the oxidized dopant layer are left as insulators.

Abstract: A transistor with silicon on insulator (SOI) intrinsic base and a collector each formed by a low temperature epitaxial process and each orientated vertically with respect to the (SOI) substrate. The base width can be as narrow as in a conventional vertical transistor. Similarly, the collector width can be precisely controlled.

Abstract: A wafer structure and a method of making the same, upon which semiconductor devices may be formed, comprises first and second wafers. The first wafer comprises a first substrate having a thin oxide layer formed on a bottom surface thereof, the first substrate having a characteristic thermal expansion coefficient. The second wafer comprises a second substrate having an insulation layer formed on a top surface thereof, the insulation layer having a characteristic thermal expansion coefficient substantially matched with the characteristic thermal expansion coefficient of the first substrate and further having a high thermal conductivity. The second wafer further comprises a thin oxide layer formed on a top surface of the insulation layer, wherein the first thin oxide layer of the first wafer is bonded to the second thin oxide layer of the second wafer.

Abstract: A lateral bipolar transistor has an extrinsic base layer on either side of a centrally disposed emitter layer and an intrinsic base and a collector oriented perpendicularly to the extrinsic base and collector layers.

Abstract: A field effect transistor (FET) with a vertical gate and a very thin channel sandwiched between source and drain layers. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the FET is formed on a silicon on insulator (SOI) substrate with the silicon layer serving as the first layer (e.g., the source layer). A low temperature epitaxial (LTE) process is used to form a very thin (e.g., 0.1 .mu.m) channel, and a chemically vapor deposited polysilicon layer forms the top layer (e.g., the drain layer). An opening is etched through the three layers to the insulator substrate and its wall is oxidized, forming a gate oxide. Polysilicon is deposited to fill the opening and form the vertical gate.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor structure, comprising the steps of: providing a monocrystalline semiconductor device region of a first conductivity type; forming a layer of intrinsic monocrystalline semiconductor material over the device region; forming a layer of insulating material over the layer of intrinsic monocrystalline semiconductor material; forming a conductive contact over a portion of the layer of insulating material; forming an aperture extending through the conductive contact, and the layers of insulating material and intrinsic monocrystalline semiconductor material to define an aperture exposing a selected portion of the layer of intrinsic monocrystalline semiconductor material; and forming a layer of semiconductor material of a second conductivity type including a monocrystalline portion disposed epitaxially over the device region portion and a polycrystalline portion extending onto the wall of the conductive contact within the aperture.

Abstract: A heat dissipation apparatus for dissipation of thermal energy from an isolated active silicon region to an underlying supportive substrate is disclosed. Such an apparatus comprises a diamond filled trench having walls extending through the isolated active silicon region, an underlying insulative layer, and into the supportive substrate, whereby said diamond filled trench provides a high thermal conductive path from said active silicon region to said substrate.

Abstract: A field effect transistor (FET) with a vertical gate and a very thin channel sandwiched between source and drain layers. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the FET is formed on a silicon on insulator (SOI) substrate with the silicon layer serving as the first layer (e.g., the source layer). A low temperature epitaxial (LTE) process is used to form a very thin (e.g., 0.1 .mu.m) channel, and a chemically vapor deposited polysilicon layer forms the top layer (e.g., the drain layer). An opening is etched through the three layers to the insulator substrate and its wall is oxidized, forming a gate oxide. Polysilicon is deposited to fill the opening and form the vertical gate.

Abstract: A wafer structure and a method of making the same, upon which semiconductor devices may be formed, comprises first and second wafers. The first wafer comprises a first substrate having a thin oxide layer formed on a bottom surface thereof, the first substrate having a characteristic thermal expansion coefficient. The second wafer comprises a second substrate having an insulation layer formed on a top surface thereof, the insulation layer having a characteristic thermal expansion coefficient substantially matched with the characteristic thermal expansion coefficient of the first substrate and further having a high thermal conductivity. The second wafer further comprises a thin oxide layer formed on a top surface of the insulation layer, wherein the first thin oxide layer of the first wafer is bonded to the second thin oxide layer of the second wafer.

Abstract: An integrated gate and semiconductor barrier layer diode which functions as a regular diode when the gate is turned off and as, a Schottky barrier diode with the gate turned on.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a vertical bipolar transistor including the steps of: providing a semiconductor substrate including a first region of a first conductivity type; forming an extrinsic base region of a second conductivity type in the surface of the first region, the extrinsic base region generally bounding a portion of the first region; forming by ion implantation a linking region of the second conductivity type in the surface of the bounded portion of the first region so as to electrically link generally opposing edges of the extrinsic base region through the linking region; forming an insulating spacer over the junction between the extrinsic base region and the linking region so as to generally bound a portion of the linking region within the portion of the first region; etching the surface of the bounded portion of the linking region a short distance into the linking region; forming by epitaxial growth a first layer of semiconductor material of the second conductivity type on the etched surface of t

Abstract: A method of forming a semiconductor structure comprising the steps of: providing a body of semiconductor material including at least one generally planar surface; forming a mesa having at least one generally vertical wall over the planar surface; forming a layer of material generally conformally over the mesa and the planar surface so as to form a vertical spacer on the vertical wall; forming a protective mask selectively on the upper portion of the vertical spacer; and using the protective mask to etch and remove the unmasked portions of the layer of material and the mesa while leaving the vertical spacer.The process is used to form an FET by forming a gate insulating layer underneath of the vertical spacer, the vertical spacer being selected to comprise a conductive gate material such as doped polysilicon. The vertical gate structure is then used as a mask to dope the source and drain regions.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a vertical bipolar transistor including the steps of: providing a semiconductor substrate including a first region of a first conductivity type; forming an extrinsic base region of a second conductivity type in the surface of the first region, the extrinsic base region generally bounding a portion of the first region; forming by ion implantation a linking region of the second conductivity type in the surface of the bounded portion of the first region so as to electrically link generally opposing edges of the extrinsic base region through the linking region; forming an insulating spacer over the junction between the extrinsic base region and the linking region so as to generally bound a portion of the linking region within the portion of the first region; etching the surface of the bounded portion of the linking region a short distance into the linking region; forming by epitaxial growth a first layer of semiconductor material of the second conductivity type on the etched surface of t

Abstract: A process of forming a lateral PNP transistor includes the steps of: providing a chip of semiconductor material including an isolated N- device region; implanting N dopant material at a relatively low power and low dosage into a selected implant region of the device region; implanting N dopant material at a relatively higher power and higher dosage into the implant region; and forming emitter and collector regions in the device region such that an intrinsic base region is defined between the collector and emitter regions in the implant region.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a lateral transistor is provided, including the steps of: providing a body of semiconductor material including a device region of a first conductivity type; patterning the surface of the device region to define a first transistor region; filling the patterned portion of the device region surrounding the first transistor region with an insulating material to a height generally equal to the surface of with first transistor region; removing portions of the insulating material so as to define a pair of trenches generally bounding opposite sides of the first transistor region; filling the pair of trenches with doped conductive material of opposite conductivity type to the first transistor region; and annealing the semiconductor body whereby to form second and third transistor regions of opposite conductivity type to the first transistor region in the opposing sides of the first transistor region.

Abstract: A method of forming a complementary bipolar transistor device includes the steps of: providing a substrate of semiconductor material including at least two electrically isolated N-type device regions having a generally planar common surface; forming a P-type buried subcollar region in a first of the device regions; forming an N-type buried subcollector region in a second of the device regions; forming an N-type base region in the common surface of the first device region; forming a layer of P-doped polysilicon over the base region in the first device region and over the second device region; patterning the layer of P-doped polysilicon to form an emitter contact generally centered on the base region of the first device region and a generally annular base contact on the second device region; forming a layer of insulating material over the patterned layer of P-doped polysilicon; forming a layer of N-doped polysilicon generally conformally over the device; patterning the layer of N-doped polysilicon to form a bas

Abstract: A process of forming a lateral PNP transistor includes the steps of: providing a chip of semiconductor material including an isolated N- device region; implanting N dopant material at a relatively low power and low dosage into a selected implant region of the device region; implanting N dopant material at a relatively higher power and higher dosage into the implant region; and forming emitter and collector regions in the device region such that an intrinsic base region is defined between the collector and emitter regions in the implant region.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a lateral transistor is provided, including the steps of: providing a body of semiconductor material including a device region of a first conductivity type; patterning the surface of the device region to define a first transistor region; filling the patterned portion of the device region surrounding the first transistor region with an insulating material to a height generally equal to the surface of with first transistor region; removing portions of the insulating material so as to define a pair of trenches generally bonding opposite sides of the first transistor region; filling the pair of trenches with doped conductive material of opposite conductivity type to the first transistor region; and annealing the semiconductor body whereby to form second and third transistor regions of opposite conductivity type to the first transistor region in the opposing sides of the first transistor region.