Patents by Inventor Katsumoto Soejima

Katsumoto Soejima 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: 5017995
    Abstract: A Bi-CMOS device comprises a first insulating layer formed on a principal surface of a semiconductor substrate to extend outwardly from an edge portion of a base region of a bipolar transistor and from an edge portion of each source/drain region of each MOS transistor. A first polycrystalline semiconductor layer is formed on and in contact with a surface area of the base region of the bipolar transistor and a surface area of each source/drain region of each MOS transistor so as to extend on the first insulating layer. A second insulating layer is formed to cover the first polycrystalline semiconductor layer, a base-emitter junction exposed at the principal surface of the substrate and a portion of each of the base region and the emitter region adjacent to the exposed base-emitter junction. The second insulating layer also covers an inside edge of each source/drain region of the MOS transistors, and portions of each source/drain region and a channel region adjacent to the inside edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 21, 1991
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Katsumoto Soejima
  • Patent number: 4957874
    Abstract: A Bi-CMOS device comprises a first insulating layer formed on a principal surface of a semiconductor substrate to extend outwardly from an edge portion of a base region of a bipolar transistor and from an edge portion of each source/drain region of each MOS transistor. A first polycrystalline semiconductor layer is formed on and in contact with a surface area of the base region of the bipolar transistor and a surface area of each source/drain region of each MOS transistor so as to extend on the first insulating layer. A second insulating layer is formed to cover the first polycrystalline semiconductor layer, a base-emitter junction exposed at the principal surface of the substrate and a portion of each of the base region and the emitter region adjacent to the exposed base-emitter junction. The second insulating layer also covers an inside edge of each source/drain region of the MOS transistors, and portions of each source/drain region and a channel region adjacent to the inside edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 18, 1990
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Katsumoto Soejima
  • Patent number: 4927776
    Abstract: A method of producing an integrated circuit device having a bipolar transistor and P-channel and N-channel MOS transistors (Bi-CMOS IC) is disclosed. This method includes the steps of forming a collector contact hole, depositing a polycrystalline silicon layer after formation of the collector contact hole, and diffusing impurities through the polycrystalline silicon layer into a collector region through the collector contact hole to form a collector contact region. The polycrystalline silicon layer doped with impurities is employed as a collector electrode and gate electrodes. The impurities in the collector contact region are re-diffused into the collector region by the subsequent heat treatments used in forming an emitter region and source and drain regions of the respective MOS transistors. A Bi-CMOS IC in which the collector resistance of the bipolar transistor is lowered is thereby produced without a great increase in manufacturing steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 22, 1990
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Katsumoto Soejima