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High temperature phosphorus oxide diffusion source

US5350460A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 8, 1992
Grant dateSep 27, 1994
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Expiry dateDec 8, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S252/951
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to a solid high temperature phosphorus diffusion source that is an R.sub.2 O.sub.3 /P.sub.2 O.sub.5 compound in which the ratio of R.sub.2 O.sub.3 to P.sub.2 O.sub.5 is 1 to 3 and R is La, Y, Ce, Nd, Eu, Pt, Sm, Ho, Tb, Er, Yb, Tm or Dy. The invention also relates to a method of making the diffusion source, a method of using the diffusion source to evolve P.sub.2 O.sub.5 to dope a silicon wafer, and to the doped silicon wafer.

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