Bipolar And Mos Technologies (epo) Patents (Class 257/E21.696)
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Publication number: 20120100680Abstract: A process of forming an integrated circuit containing an npn BJT and an NMOS transistor by cooling the integrated circuit substrate to 5° C. or colder and concurrently implanting n-type dopants, at a specified minimum dose according to species, into the emitter region of the BJT and the source and drain regions of the NMOS transistor. A process of forming an integrated circuit containing a pnp BJT and a PMOS transistor by cooling the integrated circuit substrate to 5° C. or colder and concurrently implanting p-type dopants, at a specified minimum dose according to species, into the emitter region of the BJT and the source and drain regions of the PMOS transistor. A process of forming an integrated circuit containing an implant region by cooling the integrated circuit substrate to 5° C. or colder and implanting atoms, at a specified minimum dose according to species, into the implant region.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2011Publication date: April 26, 2012Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventor: Ming-Yeh CHUANG
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Patent number: 8129234Abstract: A high-k gate dielectric layer and a metal gate layer are formed and patterned to expose semiconductor surfaces in a bipolar junction transistor region, while covering a CMOS region. A disposable material portion is formed on a portion of the exposed semiconductor surfaces in the bipolar junction transistor area. A semiconductor layer and a dielectric layer are deposited and patterned to form gate stacks including a semiconductor portion and a dielectric gate cap in the CMOS region and a cavity containing mesa over the disposable material portion in the bipolar junction transistor region. The disposable material portion is selectively removed and a base layer including an epitaxial portion and a polycrystalline portion fills the cavity formed by removal of the disposable material portion. The emitter formed by selective epitaxy fills the cavity in the mesa.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2009Date of Patent: March 6, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Thomas A. Wallner, Ebenezer E. Eshun, Daniel J. Jaeger, Phung T. Nguyen
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Publication number: 20120038002Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a vertical bipolar transistor in a CMOS process, comprising implanting an impurity of a first type into a the substrate (100) to form a buried region (150, 260) therein; forming a halo implant (134) using an impurity of a second type and a shallow implant (132) using an impurity of the first type, said halo implant enveloping the shallow implant in the substrate and being located over said buried region (150, 250); forming, adjacent to the halo implant (134), a further implant (136) using an impurity of the second type for providing a conductive connection to the halo implant; and providing respective connections (170, 160, 270) to the further implant (136), the shallow implant (132) and the buried region (150, 260) allowing the shallow implant, halo implant and buried region to be respectively operable as emitter, base and collector of the vertical bipolar transistor.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2010Publication date: February 16, 2012Applicant: NXP B.V.Inventors: Tony Vanhoucke, Anco Heringa, Johannes Josephus Theodorus Martinus Donkers, Jan Willem Slotboom
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Patent number: 8115256Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an inverter having an NMOSFET and a PMOSFET having sources, drains and gate electrodes respectively, the drains being connected to each other and the gate electrodes being connected to each other, and a pnp bipolar transistor including a collector (C), a base (B) and an emitter (E), the base (B) receiving an output of the inverter.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2007Date of Patent: February 14, 2012Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Haruki Yoneda, Hideaki Fujiwara
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Publication number: 20120032274Abstract: Vertically stacked Field Effect Transistors (FETs) are created on a vertical structure formed on a semiconductor substrate where a first FET and a second FET are controllable independently. A bipolar junction transistor is connected between and in series with the first FET and the second FET, the bipolar junction transistor may be controllable independently of the first and second FET.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2010Publication date: February 9, 2012Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Karl R. Erickson, Phil C. Paone, David P. Paulsen, John E. Sheets, II, Kelly L. Williams
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Patent number: 8110463Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes a first step of forming a defect suppression film suppressing increase in a defect due to implantation of an impurity on a semiconductor substrate, a second step of forming an active region on a surface of the semiconductor substrate by implanting the impurity through the defect suppression film, a third step of removing the defect suppression film and a fourth step of forming an interface state suppression film suppressing increase in an interface state density of the active region on the active region.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2009Date of Patent: February 7, 2012Assignees: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Sanyo Semiconductor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Satoru Shimada, Yasuhiro Takeda, Seiji Otake
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Publication number: 20120018811Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device that includes a first transistor and a second transistor that are formed on the same substrate. The first transistor includes a first collector, a first base, and a first emitter. The first collector includes a first doped well disposed in the substrate. The first base includes a first doped layer disposed above the substrate and over the first doped well. The first emitter includes a doped element disposed over a portion of the first doped layer. The second transistor includes a second collector, a second base, and a second emitter. The second collector includes a doped portion of the substrate. The second base includes a second doped well disposed in the substrate and over the doped portion of the substrate. The second emitter includes a second doped layer disposed above the substrate and over the second doped well.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2010Publication date: January 26, 2012Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Der-Chyang Yeh, Li-Weng Chang, Hua-Chou Tseng, Chih-Ping Chao
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Publication number: 20110303987Abstract: Bipolar field effect transistor (BiFET) structures and methods of forming the same are provided. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a substrate and a plurality of epitaxial layers disposed over the substrate. The plurality of epitaxial layers includes a first epitaxial layer, a second epitaxial layer disposed over the first epitaxial layer, and a third epitaxial layer disposed over the second epitaxial layer. The first epitaxial layer includes at least a portion of a channel of a first field effect transistor (FET) and the third epitaxial layer includes at least a portion of a channel of a second FET.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2011Publication date: December 15, 2011Applicant: SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Peter J. Zampardi, JR., Hsiang-Chih Sun
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Publication number: 20110266630Abstract: A configuration of a lateral transistor suited for the hybrid-integration (BiCMOS) of a high-performance lateral transistor (HCBT) and a CMOS transistor, and a method for manufacturing the lateral transistor are provided. A semiconductor device includes a HCBT 100 and a CMOS transistor 200 hybrid-integrated therein. The HCBT 100 has an open region 21 opened by etching a device isolating oxide film 6 surrounding an n-hill layer 11, an emitter electrode 31A and a collector electrode 31B each of which is formed in the open region 21 and is composed of a polysilicon film having such a thickness as to expose the n-hill layer 11 exposed by etching the device isolating oxide film, and an ultrathin oxide film 24 covering at least a part of the n-hill layer 11. The ultrathin oxide film 24 functions as a protective film for protecting the n-hill layer 11 from being etched when the polysilicon film is etched to form the emitter electrode 31A and the collector electrode 31B.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2008Publication date: November 3, 2011Applicant: ASAHI KASEI MICRODEVICES CORPORATIONInventors: Tomislav Suligoj, Marko Koricic, Hidenori Mochizuki, Soichi Morita
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Patent number: 8048724Abstract: A switching device and methods of making and operating the same are provided. In one aspect, a method of operating a switching device is provided that includes providing a MOS transistor that has a gate, a source region, a drain region and a body region. A bipolar transistor is provided that has a collector, a base and an emitter. The body region of the MOS transistor serves as the base of the bipolar transistor and the drain region of the MOS transistor serves as the collector of the bipolar transistor. Activation of the MOS transistor causes the bipolar transistor to turn on. The MOS transistor is activated to turn on the bipolar transistor and the bipolar transistor delivers current to the source region.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2010Date of Patent: November 1, 2011Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.Inventor: Hyun-Jin Cho
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Publication number: 20110241076Abstract: An n-layer is arranged above a substrate, which can be GaAs, and a p-layer (4) is arranged on the n-layer. The p-layer is separated by a gate electrode into two separate portions forming source and drain. The gate electrode is insulated from the semiconductor material by a gate dielectric. Source/drain contacts are electrically conductively connected with the portions of the p-layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2009Publication date: October 6, 2011Applicant: EPCOS AGInventor: Léon C. M. van den Oever
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Publication number: 20110220963Abstract: The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device having a transistor. The transistor includes a substrate. The transistor includes a collector region that is formed in a portion of the substrate. The transistor includes a base region that is surrounded by the collector region. The transistor includes an emitter region that is surrounded by the based region. The transistor includes an isolation structure that is disposed adjacent the emitter region. The transistor includes a gate structure that is disposed over a portion of the emitter region and a portion of the isolation structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2010Publication date: September 15, 2011Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Harry Hak-Lay Chuang, Lee-Wee Teo, Ming Zhu
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Publication number: 20110215417Abstract: A semiconductor device (10) comprising a bipolar transistor and a field effect transistor within a semiconductor body (1) comprising a projecting mesa (5) within which are at least a portion of a collector region (22d and 22e) and a base region (33d) of the bipolar transistor. The bipolar transistor is provided with a first insulating cavity (92) provided in the collector region (22d and 22e). The base region (33d) is narrower in the plane of the substrate than the collector region (22d and 22e) due to a second insulating cavity (94) provided around the base region (33d) and between the collector region (22d and 22e) and the emitter region (4). By blocking diffusion from the base region the first insulating cavity (92) provides a reduction in the base collector capacitance and can be described as defining the base contact.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2009Publication date: September 8, 2011Applicant: NXP B.V.Inventors: Philippe Meunier-Beillard, Mark C.J.C.M. Kramer, Johannes J.T.M. Donkers, Guillaume Boccardi
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Publication number: 20110193174Abstract: A structure and method for providing a multiple silicide integration is provided. An embodiment comprises forming a first transistor and a second transistor on a substrate. The first transistor is masked and a first silicide region is formed on the second transistor. The second transistor is then masked and a second silicide region is formed on the first transistor, thereby allowing for device specific silicide regions to be formed on the separate devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2010Publication date: August 11, 2011Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.Inventors: Der-Chyang Yeh, Hsing-Kuo Hsia, Hao-Hsun Lin, Chih-Ping Chao, Chin-Hao Su, Hsi-Kuei Cheng
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Publication number: 20110180842Abstract: An integrated circuit containing an SCRMOS transistor. The SCRMOS transistor has one drain structure with a centralized drain diffused region and distributed SCR terminals, and a second drain structure with distributed drain diffused regions and SCR terminals. An MOS gate between the centralized drain diffused region and a source diffused region is shorted to the source diffused region. A process of forming the integrated circuit having the SCRMOS transistor is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2010Publication date: July 28, 2011Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventor: Sameer P. PENDHARKAR
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Publication number: 20110180870Abstract: An integrated circuit having an SCRMOS transistor with a RESURF region around the drain region and SCR terminal. The RESURF region is the same conductivity type as the drift region and is more heavily doped than the drift region. An SCRMOS transistor with a RESURF region around the drain region and SCR terminal. A process of forming an integrated circuit having an SCRMOS transistor with a RESURF region around the drain region and SCR terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2010Publication date: July 28, 2011Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventor: Sameer P. PENDHARKAR
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Publication number: 20110156143Abstract: This invention published a parasitic vertical PNP bipolar transistor in BiCMOS (Bipolar Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) process; the bipolar transistor comprises a collector, a base and an emitter. Collector is formed by active region with p-type ion implanting layer. It connects a p-type buried layer which formed in the bottom region of STI (Shallow Trench Isolation). The collector terminal connection is through the p-type buried layer and the adjacent active region. The base is formed by active region with n type ion implanting which is on the collector. Its connection is through the original p-type epitaxy layer after converting to n-type. The emitter is formed by the p-type epitaxy layer on the base region with heavy p-type doped. This invention also comprises the fabrication method of this parasitic vertical PNP bipolar in BiCMOS (Bipolar Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) process.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2010Publication date: June 30, 2011Inventors: Tzuyin CHIU, TungYuan Chu, Wensheng Qian, YungChieh Fan, Donghua Liu, Jun Hu
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Publication number: 20110133289Abstract: A process for forming bipolar junction transistors having a plurality of different collector doping densities on a semiconductor substrate and an integrated circuit comprising bipolar junction transistors having a plurality of different collector doping densities. A first group of the transistors are formed during formation of a triple well for use in providing triple well isolation for complementary metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistors also formed on the semiconductor substrate. Additional bipolar junction transistors with different collector doping densities are formed during a second doping step after forming a gate stack for the field effect transistors. Implant doping through bipolar transistor emitter windows forms bipolar transistors having different doping densities than the previously formed bipolar transistors.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2011Publication date: June 9, 2011Inventors: Daniel Charles Kerr, Michael Scott Carroll, Amal Ma Hamad, Thiet The Lai, Roger W. Key
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Publication number: 20110127615Abstract: A high-performance semiconductor apparatus which can be easily introduced into the MOS process, reduces the leakage current (electric field strength) between the emitter and the base, and is insusceptible to noise or surge voltage, and a manufacturing method of the semiconductor apparatus. The emitter 111 is formed by performing the ion implantation twice by using the conductive film (109) as a mask. The second emitter area (111b) is formed by ion implantation of a low impurity density impurity ion, and the first emitter area (111a) is formed by ion implantation of a high impurity density impurity ion. As a result, the low impurity density second emitter area is formed in the circumference of the emitter 111, which lowers the electric field strength, and reduces the leakage current. Also the conductive film is connected with the emitter electrode (116), which makes the apparatus insusceptible to noise.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2010Publication date: June 2, 2011Inventor: Mitsuo TANAKA
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Publication number: 20110097860Abstract: The invention provides a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device having a MOS transistor, a resistor element, etc on one semiconductor substrate, in which the number of masks and the number of manufacturing steps are decreased. In an NMOS formation region, a channel stopper layer is formed in a P type well by a first ion implantation process. Then a punch-through prevention layer is formed in the P type well by a second ion implantation process. On the other hand, in a first high resistor element formation region and a second high resistor element formation region, utilizing the first and second ion implantation processes, a resistor layer is formed in an N type well.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2010Publication date: April 28, 2011Applicants: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd., SANYO Semiconductor Co., Ltd.Inventor: Izuo IIDA
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Publication number: 20110084324Abstract: Radiation hardened NMOS devices suitable for application in NMOS, CMOS, or BiCMOS integrated circuits, and methods for fabricating them. A device includes a p-type silicon substrate, a field oxide surrounding a moat region on the substrate tapering through a bird's beak region to a gate oxide within the moat region, a heavily-doped p-type guard region underlying at least a portion of the bird's beak region and terminating at the inner edge of the bird's beak region, a gate crossing the moat region, and n-type source and drain regions spaced by a gap from the inner edge of the guard region. A variation of a local oxidation of silicon process is used with an additional bird's beak implantation mask as well as minor alterations to the conventional moat and n-type source/drain masks. The resulting devices have improved radiation tolerance while having a high breakdown voltage and minimal impact on circuit density.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2009Publication date: April 14, 2011Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventors: Emily Ann Donnelly, Byron Neville Burgess, Randolph W. Kahn, Todd Douglas Stubblefield
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Publication number: 20110062548Abstract: High performance bipolar transistors with raised extrinsic self-aligned base are integrated into a BiCMOS structure containing CMOS devices. By forming pad layers and raising the height of an intrinsic base layer relative to the source and drain of preexisting CMOS devices and by forming an extrinsic base through selective epitaxy, the effect of topographical variations is minimized during a lithographic patterning of the extrinsic base. Also, by not employing any chemical mechanical planarization process during the fabrication of the bipolar structures, complexity of process integration is reduced. Internal spacers or external spacers may be formed to isolate the base from the emitter. The pad layers, the intrinsic base layer, and the extrinsic base layer form a mesa structure with coincident outer sidewall surfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2010Publication date: March 17, 2011Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Natalie B. Feilchenfeld, Bradley A. Orner, Benjamin T. Voegeli
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Publication number: 20110065246Abstract: An embedded memory required for a high performance, multifunction SOC, and a method of fabricating the same are provided. The memory includes a bipolar transistor, a phase-change memory device and a MOS transistor, adjacent and electrically connected, on a substrate. The bipolar transistor includes a base composed of SiGe disposed on a collector. The phase-change memory device has a phase-change material layer which is changed from an amorphous state to a crystalline state by a current, and a heating layer composed of SiGe that contacts the lower surface of the phase-change material layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2010Publication date: March 17, 2011Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Seung-Yun LEE, Sang ouk RYU, Sung Min YOON, Young Sam PARK, Kyu-Jeong CHOI, Nam-Yeal LEE, Byoung-Gon YU
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Publication number: 20110057266Abstract: A high-k gate dielectric layer and a metal gate layer are formed and patterned to expose semiconductor surfaces in a bipolar junction transistor region, while covering a CMOS region. A disposable material portion is formed on a portion of the exposed semiconductor surfaces in the bipolar junction transistor area. A semiconductor layer and a dielectric layer are deposited and patterned to form gate stacks including a semiconductor portion and a dielectric gate cap in the CMOS region and a cavity containing mesa over the disposable material portion in the bipolar junction transistor region. The disposable material portion is selectively removed and a base layer including an epitaxial portion and a polycrystalline portion fills the cavity formed by removal of the disposable material portion. The emitter formed by selective epitaxy fills the cavity in the mesa.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2009Publication date: March 10, 2011Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Thomas A. Wallner, Ebenezer E. Eshun, Daniel J. Jaeger, Phung T. Nguyen
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Publication number: 20110042717Abstract: An integrated low leakage diode suitable for operation in a power integrated circuit has a structure similar to a lateral power MOSFET, but with the current flowing through the diode in the opposite direction to a conventional power MOSFET. The anode is connected to the gate and the comparable MOSFET source region which has highly doped regions of both conductivity types connected to the channel region to thereby create a lateral bipolar transistor having its base in the channel region. A second lateral bipolar transistor is formed in the cathode region. As a result, substantially all of the diode current flows at the upper surface of the diode thereby minimizing the substrate leakage current. A deep highly doped region in contact with the layers forming the emitter and the base of the vertical parasitic bipolar transistor inhibits the ability of the vertical parasitic transistor to fully turn on.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2010Publication date: February 24, 2011Applicant: Fairchild Semiconductor CorporationInventor: Jun Cai
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Patent number: 7883954Abstract: The illumination system has a light source (1) with a plurality of light emitters (R, G, B). The light emitters comprise at least a first light-emitting diode of a first primary color and at least a second light-emitting diode of a second primary color, the first and the second primary colors being distinct from each other. The illumination system has a facetted light-collimator (2) for collimating light emitted by the light emitters. The facetted lightcollimator is arranged along a longitudinal axis (25) of the illumination system. Light propagation in the facetted light-collimator is based on total internal reflection or on reflection at a reflective coating provided on the facets of the facetted light-collimator. The facetted light-collimator merges into a facetted light-reflector (3) at a side facing away from the light source. The illumination system further comprises a light-shaping diffuser (17). The illumination system emits light with a uniform spatial and spatio-angular color distribution.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2005Date of Patent: February 8, 2011Assignee: NXP B.V.Inventors: Peter Magnee, Wibo Van Noort, Johannes Donkers
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Publication number: 20100327335Abstract: Electrical device structures constructed in an isolated p-well that is wholly contained within a core n-well. Methods of forming electrical devices within an isolated p-well that is wholly contained within a core n-well using a baseline CMOS process flow.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2010Publication date: December 30, 2010Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventors: Kamel BENAISSA, Greg C. BALDWIN
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Publication number: 20100323488Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device including: a silicon substrate; at least two trenches spaced apart from each other, being in parallel with each other, and being formed by vertically etching the silicon substrate from a surface thereof; an electrically insulating film for burying therein at least bottom surfaces of the trenches; a base region formed in a region of the silicon substrate located between the two trenches; and an emitter region and a collector region formed on portions of side surfaces of the trenches, respectively, the portions of the sides located above the insulating film and formed in the base region.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2010Publication date: December 23, 2010Inventor: Kazuhiro Tsumura
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Patent number: 7855421Abstract: An embedded memory required for a high performance, multifunction SOC, and a method of fabricating the same are provided. The memory includes a bipolar transistor, a phase-change memory device and a MOS transistor, adjacent and electrically connected, on a substrate. The bipolar transistor includes a base composed of SiGe disposed on a collector. The phase-change memory device has a phase-change material layer which is changed from an amorphous state to a crystalline state by a current, and a heating layer composed of SiGe that contacts the lower surface of the phase-change material layer.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2006Date of Patent: December 21, 2010Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Seung-Yun Lee, Sangouk Ryu, Sung Min Yoon, Young Sam Park, Kyu-Jeong Choi, Nam-Yeal Lee, Byoung-Gon Yu
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Patent number: 7846789Abstract: A semiconductor device comprising a first transistor device on or in a semiconductor substrate and a second transistor device on or in the substrate. The device further comprises an insulating trench located between the first transistor device and the second transistor device. At least one upper corner of the insulating trench is a rounded corner in a lateral plane of the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2007Date of Patent: December 7, 2010Assignee: Texas Instruments IncorporatedInventors: Sameer P. Pendharkar, John Lin, Philip L. Hower, Steven L. Merchant
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Patent number: 7843002Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a semiconductor substrate; an n-type tub extending from a top surface of the semiconductor substrate into the semiconductor substrate, wherein the n-type tub comprises a bottom buried in the semiconductor substrate; a p-type buried layer (PBL) on a bottom of the tub, wherein the p-type buried layer is buried in the semiconductor substrate; and a high-voltage n-type metal-oxide-semiconductor (HVNMOS) device over the PBL and within a region encircled by sides of the n-type tub.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2007Date of Patent: November 30, 2010Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.Inventors: Chi-San Wei, Kuo-Ming Wu, Yi-Chun Lin
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Patent number: 7829924Abstract: A trench isolation surrounding the lateral sides of an active region of a P-channel MIS transistor PTr and a trench isolation surrounding the lateral sides of an active region of an N-channel MIS transistor NTr have different film qualities.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2006Date of Patent: November 9, 2010Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventor: Susumu Akamatsu
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Publication number: 20100270587Abstract: A reverse-conducting semiconductor device (RC-IGBT) including a freewheeling diode and an insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT), and a method for making the RC-IGBT are provided. A wafer has first and second sides emitter and collector sides of the IGBT, respectively. At least one layer of a first or second conductivity type is created on the second side before at least one layer of a different conductivity type is created on the second side. The at least one layer of the first or second conductivity type and the at least one layer of the different conductivity type are arranged alternately in the finalized RC-IGBT. A second electrical contact, which is in direct electrical contact with the layers of the first or second and different conductivity types, is created on the second side. A shadow mask is applied on the second side, and the layer of the first or second conductivity type is created through the shadow mask.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2010Publication date: October 28, 2010Applicant: ABB TECHNOLOGY AGInventors: Munaf RAHIMO, Wolfgang Janisch, Eustachio Faggiano
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Publication number: 20100244143Abstract: A semiconductor structure contains a bipolar transistor (101) and a spacing structure (265-1 or 265-2). The transistor has an emitter (241), a base (243), and a collector (245). The base is formed with an intrinsic base portion (243I), a base link portion (243L), and a base contact portion (245C). The intrinsic base portion is situated below the emitter and above material of the collector. The base link portion extends between the intrinsic base portion and the base contact portions. The spacing structure includes an isolating dielectric layer (267-1 or 267-2) and a spacing component. The dielectric layer extends along the upper semiconductor surface. The spacing component includes a lateral spacing portion (269-1 or 269-2) of largely non-monocrystalline semiconductor material, preferably polycrystalline semiconductor material, situated on the dielectric layer above the base link portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2009Publication date: September 30, 2010Inventors: Jeng-Jiun Yang, Constantin Bulucea
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Patent number: 7785974Abstract: A method for forming a bipolar transistor device includes providing a semiconductor substrate. An oxide layer is formed on the semiconductor substrate. The oxide layer is patterned to form an opening that exposes a portion of the semiconductor substrate. A dopant, such as antimony, is implanted into the semiconductor substrate through the opening to form a buried layer. An upper portion of the mask layer is removed to define a thin mask layer. A buried layer diffusion process is performed to drive in the implanted dopants while mitigating recess formation.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2006Date of Patent: August 31, 2010Assignee: Texas Instruments IncorporatedInventors: Binghua Hu, Yu-En Hsu, Qingfeng Wang
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Patent number: 7777255Abstract: A bipolar transistor has a base with an epitaxial base layer and a raised base connection region which in a lateral direction in parallel relationship with the substrate surface encloses the emitter which is surrounded by a spacer of insulating material. The epitaxial base layer is raised in a heightwise direction perpendicularly to the substrate surface. An emitter of a T-shaped cross-sectional profile is separated laterally from the outer base portion by a spacer of insulating material. Its vertical bar of the T-shape adjoins with its lower end the inner base portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2004Date of Patent: August 17, 2010Assignee: IHP GmbH—Innovations for High Performance Microelectronics / Leibniz-Instut für innovative MikroelektronikInventors: Holger Rücker, Bernd Heinemann
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Patent number: 7772060Abstract: A method of fabricating an integrated BiCMOS circuit is provided, the circuit including bipolar transistors 10 and CMOS transistors 12 on a substrate. The method comprises the step of forming an epitaxial layer 28 to form a channel region of a MOS transistor and a base region of a bipolar transistor. Growing of the epitaxial layer includes growing a first sublayer of silicon 28a, a first sublayer of silicon-germanium 28b onto the first sublayer of silicon, a second sublayer of silicon 28c onto the first sublayer of silicon-germanium, and a second sublayer of silicon-germanium 28d onto the second sublayer of silicon. Furthermore, an integrated BiCMOS circuit is provided, which includes an epitaxial layer 28 as described above.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2007Date of Patent: August 10, 2010Assignee: Texas Instruments Deutschland GmbHInventors: Reiner Jumpertz, Klaus Schimpf
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Publication number: 20100178740Abstract: Complementary MOS (CMOS) integrated circuits include MOS transistors, resistors and bipolar transistors formed on a common substrate. An emitter region of a bipolar transistor is implanted with a first dopant in an implantation process that implants source/drain regions of an MOS transistor, and is also implanted with a second dopant of same conductivity type in another implantation process that implants a body region of a resistor. The first and second dopants may optionally be the same dopant. The source/drain regions are implanted with the resistor body region covered by a first patterned mask; and the resistor body region is implanted with the MOS transistor source/drain regions covered by a second patterned mask. The implantations of the MOS transistor source/drain regions and of the resistor body region the source/drain regions can occur in any order, with the emitter region implanted during both implantations.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2010Publication date: July 15, 2010Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventor: Puneet Kohli
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Publication number: 20100173459Abstract: A process for forming bipolar junction transistors having a plurality of different collector doping densities on a semiconductor substrate and an integrated circuit comprising bipolar junction transistors having a plurality of different collector doping densities. A first group of the transistors are formed during formation of a triple well for use in providing triple well isolation for complementary metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistors also formed on the semiconductor substrate. Additional bipolar junction transistors with different collector doping densities are formed during a second doping step after forming a gate stack for the field effect transistors. Implant doping through bipolar transistor emitter windows forms bipolar transistors having different doping densities than the previously formed bipolar transistors.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2010Publication date: July 8, 2010Inventors: Daniel Charles Kerr, Michael Scott Carroll, Amal Ma Hamad, Thiet The Lai, Roger W. Key
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Publication number: 20100164012Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate including a CMOS region and a bipolar region, a first N well and a first P well in the CMOS region, a PMOS device in the first N well and an NMOS device in the first P well, a deep P well in the bipolar region, a second N well in the deep P, a second isolation layer between the deep P well and the second N well, a third isolation in the second N well, a collector in the second N well between the second and third isolation layers, and a base formed in the second N well and having a bottom surface including first type impurities to contact the emitter.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2009Publication date: July 1, 2010Inventor: Yeo-Cho Yoon
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Patent number: 7741680Abstract: The present invention relates to a semiconductor device including a substrate layer, a metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET), a backgate region, an isolation layer and a diode. The MOSFET includes a gate region, a source region and a drain region. The source and drain regions are embedded in the backgate region, which includes a voltage input terminal. The isolation layer is located between the backgate region and the substrate layer and has a doping type opposite that of the backgate region. The diode includes a first terminal connected to the isolation layer and a second terminal coupled to an isolation voltage source.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2008Date of Patent: June 22, 2010Assignee: Analog Devices, Inc.Inventors: Haiyang Zhu, David Foley
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Publication number: 20100148276Abstract: The invention relates to a BiMOS semiconductor component having a semiconductor substrate wherein, in a first active region, a depletion-type MOS transistor is formed comprising additional source and drain doping regions of the first conductivity type extending in the downward direction past the depletion region into the body doping region while, in a second active region, (101), a bipolar transistor (100) is formed, the base of which comprises a body doping region (112) and the collector of which comprises a deep pan (110), wherein an emitter doping region (114) of the first conductivity type and a base connection doping region (118) of the second conductivity type are formed in the body doping region. The semiconductor element can be produced with a particularly low process expenditure because it uses the same basic structure for the doping regions in the bipolar transistor as are used in the MOS transistor of the same semiconductor component.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2008Publication date: June 17, 2010Applicant: X-FAB SEMICONDUCTOR FOUNDRIESInventors: Thomas Uhlig, Felix Fuernhammer, Christoph Ellmers
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Publication number: 20100142263Abstract: A switching device and methods of making and operating the same are provided. In one aspect, a method of operating a switching device is provided that includes providing a MOS transistor that has a gate, a source region, a drain region and a body region. A bipolar transistor is provided that has a collector, a base and an emitter. The body region of the MOS transistor serves as the base of the bipolar transistor and the drain region of the MOS transistor serves as the collector of the bipolar transistor. Activation of the MOS transistor causes the bipolar transistor to turn on. The MOS transistor is activated to turn on the bipolar transistor and the bipolar transistor delivers current to the source region.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2010Publication date: June 10, 2010Inventor: Hyun-Jin Cho
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Patent number: 7714381Abstract: In one embodiment, a vertical power transistor is formed on a semiconductor substrate with other transistors. A portion of the semiconductor layer underlying the vertical power transistor is doped to provide a low on-resistance for the vertical power transistor.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2005Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignee: Semiconductor Components Industries, LLCInventors: Francine Y. Robb, Stephen P. Robb, Prasad Venkatraman, Zia Hossain
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Patent number: 7700423Abstract: A method of fabricating an epitaxial compound semiconductor III-V wafer suitable for the subsequent fabrication of at least two different types of integrated active devices (such as an HBT and a FET) on such wafer by providing a substrate; growing a first epitaxial structure on the substrate; and growing a second epitaxial structure on the first epitaxial structure.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2006Date of Patent: April 20, 2010Assignee: IQE RF, LLCInventors: Paul Cooke, Richard W. Hoffman, Jr., Victor Labyuk, Sherry Qianwen Ye
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Publication number: 20100065920Abstract: The invention, in one aspect, provides a method for fabricating a semiconductor device. In one aspect, the method provides for a dual implantation of a tub of a bipolar transistor. The tub in bipolar region is implanted by implanting the tub through separate implant masks that are also used to implant tubs associated with MOS fabricate different voltage devices in a non-bipolar region during the fabrication of MOS transistors.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2007Publication date: March 18, 2010Inventors: Alan S. Chen, Mark Dyson, Nace M. Rossi, Ranbir Singh, Xiaojun Yuan
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Publication number: 20100059829Abstract: A bipolar selection transistor and a circuitry MOS transistor for a memory device are formed in a semiconductor body. The bipolar selection transistor is formed by implanting a buried collector, implanting a base region on the buried collector, forming a silicide protection mask on the semiconductor body, and implanting an emitter region and a control contact region. The circuitry MOS transistor is formed by defining a gate on the semiconductor body, forming lateral spacers on the sides of the gate and implanting source and drain regions on the sides of the lateral spacers. Then, a silicide region is formed on the emitter, base contact, source and drain regions and the gate, in a self-aligned way. The lateral spacers are multilayer structures including at least two different layers, one of which is used to form the silicide protection mask on the bipolar selection transistor. Thereby, the dimensions of the lateral spacers are decoupled from the thickness of the silicide protection mask.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2009Publication date: March 11, 2010Applicant: STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L.Inventors: Fabio Pellizzer, Cristina Casellato, Michele Magistretti, Roberto Colombo, Lucilla Brattico
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Publication number: 20100032768Abstract: A transistor of an image sensor and a method for manufacturing the same include simultaneously forming a device isolation layer at a boundary between a first conductive transistor region having a second conductive well formed therein and a second conductive transistor region having a first conductive well formed therein, and a trench dielectric layer at a junction transistor region having no conductive well formed therein, and then simultaneously forming a first gate pattern at the first conductive transistor region, a second gate pattern at the second conductive transistor region and a laminated layer at the junction transistor region, and then forming a bipolar junction in the laminated layer by sequentially implanting a first conductive dopant and a second conductive dopant into the laminated layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2009Publication date: February 11, 2010Applicant: Dongbu HiTeck Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hyung-Jin Park
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Publication number: 20100032766Abstract: A process for forming a bipolar junction transistor (BJT) in a semiconductor substrate and a BJT formed according to the process. A buried isolation region is formed underlying BJT structures to isolate the BJT structures from the p-type semi-conductor substrate. To reduce capacitance between a BJT subcollector and the buried isolation region, prior to implanting the subcollector spaced-apart structures are formed on a surface of the substrate. The subcollector is formed by implanting ions through the spaced-apart structures and through a region intermediate the spaced-apart structures. The formed BJT subcollector therefore comprises a body portion and end portions extending therefrom, with the end portions disposed at a shallower depth than the body portion, since the ions implanting the end portions must pass through the spaced-apart structures. The shallower depth of the end portions reduces the capacitance.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2006Publication date: February 11, 2010Applicant: Agere Systems Inc.Inventors: Alan Sangone Chen, Mark Victor Dyson, Edward Belden Harris, Daniel Charles Kerr, William John Nagy
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Publication number: 20100019304Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes bodies electrically floating; sources; drains; gate electrodes, each of which is adjacent to one side surface of the one of the bodies via a gate dielectric film; plates, each of which is adjacent to the other side surface of the one of the bodies via a plate dielectric film; first bit lines on the drains, the first bit lines including a semiconductor with a same conductivity type as that of the drains; and emitters on the semiconductor of the first bit lines, the emitters including a semiconductor with an opposite conductivity type to that of the semiconductor of the first bit lines, wherein the emitters are stacked above the bodies and the drains.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2009Publication date: January 28, 2010Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Yoshihiro MINAMI, Takashi Ohsawa, Tomoaki Shino, Takeshi Hamamoto, Akihiro Nitayama