Patent classifications
H01L29/107
Bipolar junction semiconductor device and method for manufacturing thereof
A bipolar junction semiconductor device and associated method of manufacturing, the bipolar junction semiconductor device has a P type substrate, a N type buried layer formed in the substrate, a P type first epitaxial layer formed on the buried layer, a P type second epitaxial layer formed on the first epitaxial layer, a PNP BJT unit formed in the first and second epitaxial layers at a first active area, a NPN BJT unit formed in the first and second epitaxial layers at a second active area and a first isolation structure of N type formed in the first and second epitaxial layers at an isolation area. The isolation area is located between the first active area and the second active area, the first isolation structure connected with the buried layer forms an isolation barrier.
Semiconductor device, manufacturing method and electronic equipment
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device, a manufacturing method, and electronic equipment. The semiconductor device including: a substrate; an interface, for generating two-dimensional charge carrier gas; a first electrode and a second electrode; and a first semiconductor layer of a first type doping formed on the substrate, wherein first regions and a second region are formed in the first semiconductor layer, wherein in the first regions, the dopant atoms of the first type do not have electrical activity, and in the second region, the dopant atoms of the first type have electrical activity; and the second region includes a portion coplanar with the first regions.
TRANSISTORS HAVING ULTRA THIN FIN PROFILES AND THEIR METHODS OF FABRICATION
A transistor having an ultra thin fin profile and its method of fabrication is described. The transistor comprises a semiconductor substrate having an insulation layer formed on a semiconductor substrate. A fin extends from the semiconductor substrate. The fin has a subfin portion on the semiconductor substrate and an active fin portion on the subfin portion. The subfin portion is disposed in a trench formed in the insulation layer. The subfin portion comprises a III-V semiconductor material and the active fin portion comprises a group IV semiconductor material.
Electronic devices with tunable electrostatic discharge protection and methods for producing the same
Electronic devices and methods of producing such electronic devices are provided. In an exemplary embodiment, a method of producing an electronic device includes forming a protected circuit and an ESD circuit, where the ESD circuit is configured to discharge an electrostatic discharge (ESD) to a ground such that the ESD bypasses the protected circuit. An ESD transistor is formed in the ESD circuit, where the ESD transistor includes a source and a drain. The ESD transistor also includes a gate with a gate width perpendicular to a gate length, where the gate length is measured across the gate from the source to the drain. A trigger voltage of the ESD transistor is set by adjusting the gate width.
High-voltage and analog bipolar devices
The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to high-voltage, analog bipolar devices and methods of manufacture. The structure includes: a base region formed in a substrate; a collector region formed in the substrate and comprising a deep n-well region and an n-well region; and an emitter region formed in the substrate and comprising a deep n-well region and an n-well region.
PROTECTED ELECTRONIC CHIP
An electronic chip includes a doped semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type, a doped buried layer of a second conductivity type overlying the substrate, and a first doped well of the first conductivity type overlying the buried layer. Circuit components can be formed at a top surface of the first doped well and separated from the buried layer. A current detector is coupled to the buried layer and configured detect a bias current flowing into or out of the buried layer.
Method of fabricating a tunable schottky diode with depleted conduction path
A method of fabricating a Schottky diode having an integrated junction field-effect transistor (JFET) device includes forming a conduction path region in a semiconductor substrate along a conduction path of the Schottky diode. The conduction path region has a first conductivity type. A lateral boundary of an active area of the Schottky diode is defined by forming a well of a device isolating structure in the semiconductor substrate having a second conductivity type. An implant of dopant of the second conductivity type is conducted to form a buried JFET gate region in the semiconductor substrate under the conduction path region. The implant is configured to further form the device isolating structure in which the Schottky diode is disposed.
Structures with contact trenches and isolation trenches
Structures that include contact trenches and isolation trenches, as well as methods for forming structures including contact trenches and isolation trenches. A contact trench is formed that extends through a device layer of a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrate to a buried oxide layer of the SOI substrate. An isolation trench is formed that extends through the device layer to the buried oxide layer. An electrical insulator is deposited that fills the contact trench and the first isolation trench. The electrical insulator is removed from the contact trench. After the electrical insulator is removed from the contact trench, an electrical conductor is formed in the contact trench. The electrical contact may be coupled with a doped region in a handle wafer of the SOI substrate.