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Method of manufacturing semiconductor device having a pressure sensor

US4618397A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 27, 1985
Grant dateOct 21, 1986
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Expiry dateNov 27, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/49103
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention relates to a semiconductor device having a semiconductor pressure sensor, which includes a heavily-doped semiconductor layer having a predetermined impurity concentration gradient and formed at the bottom of a diaphragm (membrane portion). Owing to the presence of this semiconductor layer, a flat diaphragm is formed, and a semiconductor pressure sensor of high precision is provided.

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