Patents by Inventor Erwin P. Jacobs

Erwin P. Jacobs has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4717686
    Abstract: A method for the simultaneous manufacture of bipolar and complementary MOS transistors on a common silicon substrate, wherein n-doped wells are produced in a p-doped substrate for accepting p-channel transistors and npn bipolar transistors are formed into the n-doped wells, the n-well forming the collector of the transistor and the n-wells overlying buried n.sup.+ -doped zones which are connected in the bipolar transistor region by more deeply extending collector plugs. A buried part and plug region of the collector are produced before the production of the wells, and the collector region is formed in the substrate in common with the well so the high-temperature step after the conventional LOCOS process is eliminated. The well implantation is self-adjusting relative to the implantation of the deep collector plug which is annularly formed in the well. A reduction of the collector series resistance as well as an increased latch-up hardness is obtained. Further, the parasitic substrate-pnp is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1986
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1988
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Erwin P. Jacobs, Josef Winnerl
  • Patent number: 4603472
    Abstract: A method for the manufacture of a large scale integration (LSI) MOS field effect transistor wherein a gate electrode is generated on a doped silicon substrate, source/drain regions are formed by ion implantation using the gate electrode as an implantation mask and the source/drain regions are shielded by means of an oxide layer extending to the sidewalls of the gate electrode so that the diffusion of the implanted source/drain regions under the gate electrode area are reduced. The specific improvement of the present invention involves applying a readily flowable silicate glass layer as a gate edge masking for the source/drain ion implantation after formation of the gate electrode, the silicate glass layer being applied by deposition from the vapor phase at a thickness such that the dopant ions in the subsequent source/drain ion implantation are still implanted into the zone near the surface under the silicate glass layer but ion implantation into the zones at the edges of the gate is suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1985
    Date of Patent: August 5, 1986
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ulrich Schwabe, Erwin P. Jacobs, Franz Neppl
  • Patent number: 4525920
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a CMOS circuit wherein a process sequence matched to an n-tub manufacture is carried out. Short-channel properties of n-channel transistors are improved by performing double boron implantations of the channel regions. A single channel implantation is executed for both transistor types. Compared to traditional CMOS processes in n-tub structure, this eliminates involved masking steps. Also, the polysilicon gate is shielded from the boron ion implantation by means of a masking re-oxidation step and the under-diffusion given n-channel and p-channel transistors is greatly reduced by means of pull-back of the boron source/drain implantation. This contributes significantly to a symmetrical U.sub.T behavior of the transistors and to the attainment of high switching speeds. The method is used in the manufacture of VLSI CMOS circuits in VLSI technology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1984
    Date of Patent: July 2, 1985
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Erwin P. Jacobs, Ulrich Schwabe
  • Patent number: 4525378
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing VLSI complementary MOS field effect transistor circuits (CMOS circuits). By use of a suitable gate material, preferably a gate material comprised of silicides of high melting point metals, a threshold voltage of n-channel and p-channel CMOS-FETs having gate oxide thicknesses d.sub.GOX in a range of 10 to 30 nm is simultaneously symmetrically set by means of a single channel ion implantation. Given employment of tantalum silicide, the gate oxide thickness d.sub.GOX is set to 20 nm and the channel implantation is executed with a boron dosage of 3.times.10.sup.11 cm.sup.-2 and an energy of 25 keV. In addition to achieving a high low-level break down voltage for short channel lengths, this enables the elimination of a photolithographic mask. This represents an improvement with respect to yield and costs. The method serves for the manufacture of analog and digital CMOS circuits in VLSI technology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1984
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1985
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ulrich Schwabe, Erwin P. Jacobs, Franz Neppl