Patents by Inventor Hannu Ronkainen

Hannu Ronkainen 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: 5776807
    Abstract: To accomplish the above objectives, the present invention provides a method of fabricating a collector well in a semiconductor BiCMOS device. The method begins by providing a substrate having c-well areas, N-well areas, and P-well areas. The substrate has n-plug doped regions in said c-well areas. A stress release oxide layer is grown over the substrate surface. A first nitride layer 27 is formed over the stress release oxide layer 26. A C-well mask 29having C-well mask openings 28A is formed over C-well areas 28 and openings are formed in the first nitride layer. Impurities are implanted through the opening forming collector-well regions. The c-well mask is then removed. A n-well photoresist mask having n-well mask openings 42A is formed over the first nitride layer and openings are etched in the first nitride layer over N-well areas 40. Ions impurities are implanted through the n-well nitride opening 42A forming n-well regions 44 in the n-well area in the substrate 10. The n-well mask 42 is then removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1998
    Assignee: Tritech Microelectronics, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hannu Ronkainen, Gao Minghui