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Inverted epitaxial process

US5004705A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 6, 1989
Grant dateApr 2, 1991
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Expiry dateJan 6, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S148/012
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A process for fabricating a semiconductor device by forming a diffusion region in a first semiconductor wafer and bonding the surface of the first semiconductor wafer having the diffused region to a second semiconductor wafer to form a low resistance buried layer. The process includes further diffusion to provide an external electrical contact with the buried layer. Further enhancements are provided by selectively forming voids and/or selectively applying materials of greater and lesser conductivity on at least one of the semiconductor wafers before bonding, forming complex internal semiconductor structures in the bonded wafer structures.

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