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Class 438/310 - Gettering of semiconductor substrate


Subclass of Class 438 - Semiconductor device manufacturing: process
Definition: Process having a step of gettering the semiconductor substrate.
No. of patents: 59
Last issue date: 09/09/2008


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NumberTitleIssue Date
7422951Method of fabricating self-aligned bipolar transistor
The present invention provides a method of fabricating a self-aligned bipolar transistor, by which the fabricating method can be simplified by forming P+ and N+ junctions by self-alignment and by which device reliability can be enhanced. The present invention includ...
09/09/2008
7342276Method and apparatus utilizing monocrystalline insulator
A semiconductor device, including: a semiconductor material; a conductive element; and a substantially monocrystalline insulator disposed between the semiconductor material and the conductive eleme...
03/11/2008
7297630Methods of fabricating via hole and trench
A method of fabricating a via and a trench is disclosed. A disclosed method comprises: forming a via hole and a trench in a interlayer dielectric layer on a semiconductor substrate where a predetermined device is formed; depositing a thin Hf layer on the substrate; ...
11/20/2007
7297992Method and structure for integration of phosphorous emitter in an NPN device in a BiCMOS process
According to one exemplary embodiment, a heterojunction bipolar transistor includes a base situated on a substrate. The heterojunction bipolar transistor can be an NPN silicon-germanium heterojunction bipolar transistor, for example. The heterojunction bipolar trans...
11/20/2007
7247924Method of controlling grain size in a polysilicon layer and in semiconductor devices having polysilicon structures
A method of modulating grain size in a polysilicon layer and devices fabricated with the method. The method comprises forming the layer of polysilicon on a substrate; and performing an ion implantation of a polysilicon grain size modulating species into the polysili...
07/24/2007
7211482Method of forming a memory cell having self-aligned contact regions
A memory cell of a semiconductor device and a method for forming the same, wherein the memory cell includes a substrate having active regions and field regions, a gate layer formed over the substrate, the gate layer including a plurality of access gates formed over ...
05/01/2007
7199063Process for passivating polysilicon and process for fabricating polysilicon thin film transistor
A process for passivating polysilicon and a process for fabricating a polysilicon thin film transistor. A polysilicon layer is formed. Next, high-pressure annealing is performed using a fluorine-containing gas, a chlorine-containing gas, an oxygen-containing gas, a ...
04/03/2007
7169664Method of reducing wafer contamination by removing under-metal layers at the wafer edge
According to the present invention, a metal and a barrier material, such as copper and a tantalum-based barrier material, are effectively removed from the wafer edge and especially from the bevel by using an etchant that comprises a diluted mixture of hydrofluoric a...
01/30/2007
7169674Complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) gate stack with high dielectric constant gate dielectric and integrated diffusion barrier
A diffusion barrier (and method for forming the diffusion barrier) for a field-effect transistor having a channel region and a gate electrode, includes an insulating material being disposed over the channel region. The insulating material includes nitrogen (N), and ...
01/30/2007
7135351Method for controlling of thermal donor formation in high resistivity CZ silicon
The present invention is directed to a single crystal Czochralski-type silicon wafer, and a process for the preparation thereof, which has at least a surface layer of high resistivity, the layer having an interstitial oxygen content which renders it incapable of for...
11/14/2006
6958264Scribe lane for gettering of contaminants on SOI wafers and gettering method
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device on a silicon-on-insulator wafer including a silicon active layer having at least two die pads formed thereon, the at least two die pads separated by at least one scribe lane, including the steps of forming at least on...
10/25/2005
6916739Structural element and process for its production including bonding through an amorphous hard layer
A method for manufacturing structural elements provides a first part with a surface that is substantially copper and a second part with a surface of a metal. The surface of the first part is coated with a hard layer which is stable at a temperature of at least 80° ...
07/12/2005
6897084Control of oxygen precipitate formation in high resistivity CZ silicon
The present invention is directed to a single crystal Czochralski-type silicon wafer, and a process for the preparation thereof, which has at least a surface layer of high resistivity, the layer having an interstitial oxygen content which renders it incapable of for...
05/24/2005
6838321SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE WITH DEFECTS REDUCED OR REMOVED AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE CAPABLE OF BIDIRECTIONALLY RETAINING BREAKDOWN VOLTAGE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME
An N−-type silicon substrate (1) has a bottom surface and an upper surface which are opposed to each other. In the bottom surface of the N−-type silicon substrate (1), a P-type impurity diffusion layer (3) of high conce...
01/04/2005
6815282Silicon on insulator field effect transistor having shared body contact
Silicon on insulator (SOI) field effect transistors (FET) with a shared body contact, a SRAM cell and array including the SOI FETs and the method of forming the SOI FETs. The SRAM cell has a hybrid SOI/bulk structure wherein the source/drain diffusions do not penetr...
11/09/2004
6797547Bladed silicon-on-insulator semiconductor devices and method of making
A semiconductor device includes an elongated, blade-shaped semiconductor element isolated from a surrounding region of a semiconductor substrate by buried and side oxide layers. A polysilicon post disposed at one end of the element has a bottom portion extending thr...
09/28/2004
6784051Method for fabricating semiconductor device
The present invention provides a method for fabricating a semiconductor device capable of preventing a pattern at an edge area of a wafer from being lifted and acting as a particle source. The present invention includes the steps of: preparing a wafer having a first...
08/31/2004
6777272Method of manufacturing an active matrix display
A driver circuit integration type (monolithic type) active matrix display device having high performance is formed by using thin film transistors (TFT). While a nickel element is added t an amorphous silicon film 203, a head treatment is carried out to thereb...
08/17/2004
6703281Differential laser thermal process with disposable spacers
MOSFETs are fabricated with accurately defined, high and uniformly concentrated source/drain regions and extensions employing plural, sequential pre-amorphizing, implanting and laser thermal annealing steps with intervening spacer removal. Embodiments inc...
03/09/2004
6693015Method for improved processing and etchback of a container capacitor
A capacitor having improved size for enhanced capacitance and a method of forming the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, the capacitor is a stacked container capacitor used in a dynamic random access memory circuit. The capacitor provides a capacitor ...
02/17/2004
6670259Inert atom implantation method for SOI gettering
The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a silicon-on-insulator substrate, comprising the steps of (1) providing a silicon-on-insulator semiconductor wafer having at least one surface of a silicon film; (2) implanting an inert atom into ...
12/30/2003
6551866Method of manufacturing a semiconductor memory device
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor memory device comprising: a step of forming a storage node in which a conductive layer 7 to be the storage node is formed in the vicinity of single crystalline silicon 3 formed on an insulator 2, a gettering step ...
04/22/2003
6433380Integrated circuit capacitors having composite titanium oxide and tantalum pentoxide dielectric layers therein
Methods of forming integrated circuit capacitors (e.g., DRAM capacitors) include the steps of forming a first capacitor electrode (e.g., polysilicon electrode) on a substrate and then forming a titanium nitride layer on the first capacitor electrode. A ta...
08/13/2002
6344384Method of production of semiconductor device
A method of production of a semiconductor device able to be miniaturized by preventing the decline of the hfe at a low current caused by an increase of a surface recombination current of a bipolar transistor and forming the external base region...
02/05/2002
6339011Method of forming semiconductive active area having a proximity gettering region therein and method of processing a monocrystalline silicon substrate to have a proximity gettering region
In one implementation, A method of forming semiconductive material active area having a proximity gettering region received therein includes providing a substrate comprising bulk semiconductive material. A proximity gettering region is formed within the b...
01/15/2002
6309938Deuterated bipolar transistor and method of manufacture thereof
A bipolar transistor and a method of manufacturing the transistor. The transistor includes: (1) a substrate having a base region, an emitter region and a base-emitter junction between said base and emitter regions and (2) a substantial concentration of an...
10/30/2001
6165867Method to reduce aspect ratio of DRAM peripheral contact
The present invention provides a method for reducing aspect ratio of DRAM peripheral contact so as to achieving a good contact etching and metal deposition by utilizing conventional equipment. Besides, the present invention provides a stop layer formed by...
12/26/2000
6140172Conductive electrical contacts, capacitors, DRAMs, and integrated circuitry, and methods of forming conductive electrical contacts, capacitors, DRAMs and integrated circuitry
The invention encompasses DRAM constructions, capacitor constructions, conductive contacts, integrated circuitry, methods of forming DRAM constructions, and methods of forming capacitor constructions. The invention includes a method of forming a contact t...
10/31/2000
6114223Gettering regions and methods of forming gettering regions within a semiconductor wafer
In one aspect, the invention pertains to a method of forming a gettering region within an Si semiconductor wafer, the method including: a) providing a semiconductor material wafer; b) providing a background region within the semiconductor material wafer, ...
09/05/2000
6090645Fabrication method of semiconductor device with gettering treatment
A fabrication method of a semiconductor device capable of effective gettering treatment even when electronic elements are further miniaturized and further integrated and a semiconductor substrate or wafer is upsized. First, a single-crystal silicon substr...
07/18/2000
6051474Negative biasing of isolation trench fill to attract mobile positive ions away from bipolar device regions
The tendency of mobile positive ions to be transported into device regions of a bipolar transistor is effectively minimized by surrounding the transistor with a `positive ion`-attracting electric field, preferably by applying a prescribed bias to the fill...
04/18/2000
6048778Gettering regions and methods of forming gettering regions within a semiconductor wafer
In one aspect, the invention pertains to a method of forming a gettering region within an Si semiconductor wafer, the method including: a) providing a semiconductor material wafer; b) providing a background region within the semiconductor material wafer, ...
04/11/2000
6043112IGBT with reduced forward voltage drop and reduced switching loss
The boundary between the P type silicon base and N+ buffer layer of an IGBT is intentionally damaged, as by a germanium implant, to create well defined and located damage sites for reducing lifetime in the silicon....
03/28/2000
5976956Method of controlling dopant concentrations using transient-enhanced diffusion prior to gate formation in a device
Dopant atoms have coefficients of diffusion that vary due to implant damage. Damaged regions are selected and created by implanting silicon atoms into a silicon substrate prior to formation of a gate electrode. The silicon atoms act as a getter for attrac...
11/02/1999
5895236Semiconductor device fabricating method having a gettering step
A device isolation region and a gate oxide film are formed on a front surface of a silicon substrate, with a gate electrode formed on the gate oxide film. Next, an interlayer insulator film is formed on their entire surfaces. Then, polycrystalline silicon...
04/20/1999
5892292Getterer for multi-layer wafers and method for making same
A getterer structure for dielectrically isolated wafer structures such as bonded wafers. The getterer is a layer of polysilicon along the sidewalls of semiconductor regions isolated from each other by trenches. The polysilicon may be doped. The polysilico...
04/06/1999
5773356Gettering regions and methods of forming gettering regions within a semiconductor wafer
In one aspect, the invention pertains to a method of forming a gettering region within an Si semiconductor wafer, the method including: a) providing a semiconductor material wafer; b) providing a background region within the semiconductor material wafer, ...
06/30/1998
5753563Method of removing particles by adhesive
The removal of particulate contaminants, such as dust particles, from the surface of a semiconductor wafer is achieved by pressing a soft adhesive layer against the wafer surface, leaving it in place for a short time and then removing it. The adhesive is ...
05/19/1998
5376562Method for forming vertical transistor structures having bipolar and MOS devices
A transistor is formed as either a bipolar transistor (10) or an MOS transistor (11). Each transistor (10 or 11) has a substrate (12). Bipolar transistor (10) has a first current electrode (26) underlying a control electrode (28), and a second current ele...
12/27/1994
5137839Method of manufacturing a bipolar transistor having polysilicon layer which serves as an emitter electrode and passivating dangling bonds
In a bipolar transistor, a polysilicon layer formed on an emitter diffusion layer is used as an emitter electrode. After the polysilicon layer is formed, an atom is introduced into the polysilicon layer. A thermal treatment is then performed, and the atom...
08/11/1992
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