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Method of manufacturing semiconductor device utilizing selective epitaxial growth under reduced pressure

US4547231A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 26, 1984
Grant dateOct 15, 1985
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Expiry dateJun 26, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S148/05
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Semiconductor layers are selectively epitaxially grown in portions having an insulating film removed which is formed on a substrate by selective epitaxial growth under reduced pressure. With respect to a circumferential region outwardly of the removed portions in which the semiconductor elements are to be provided, there are formed one or more removed portions (dummy portions) in which no semiconductor element is provided, thereby making arrangement of the removed portions as even as possible with respect to the entire surface of the insulating film, to overcome position dependency in flatness of the semiconductor layers to be obtained. The semiconductor layers grown in the dummy portions may be left not to have semiconductor elements formed therein.

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