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Dielectric isolation using isolated silicon by limited anodization of an N+ epitaxially defined sublayer in the presence of a diffusion under film layer

US4810667A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 28, 1987
Grant dateMar 7, 1989
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Expiry dateApr 28, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L21/76283
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The disclosure relates to a method of forming an isolated semiconductor, preferably of the vertical bipolar variety, wherein a porous highly doped semiconductor layer is oxidized and, with a trench containing silicon oxide therein, forms a region encasing a moderately doped epitaxial layer disposed beneath a lightly doped epitaxial layer. The vertical bipolar device is formed in the moderately doped and lightly doped layers with the highly doped epitaxially deposited layer, which is now a silicon oxide layer, forming a portion of the isolation. The anodization of the highly doped layer takes place using an anodizing acid at a temperature of from about 0 to about 10 degrees C.

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