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I-C Wafer incorporating junction-type field-effect transistor

US4266233A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 14, 1979
Grant dateMay 5, 1981
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Expiry dateDec 14, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D84/401
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A silicon wafer incorporating several semiconductor components, among them a junction-type field-effect transistor (J-FET) of low pinch-off voltage connectable as a resistor, comprises a substrate of P-type conductivity with an insular layer of N.sup.+ conductivity penetrated by one or more enclaves of substrate material. Thereafter, a stratum of N-doped silicon is epitaxially grown on the substrate, with formation of rising zones above each enclave and around the buried N.sup.+ layer which are heavily doped with P-type impurities to act as source connections or sinkers for an FET channel formed by the enclave or enclaves and as a barrier junction surrounding a section of the N-doped stratum which becomes the gate of the FET while the substrate serves as the drain.

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