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Isolated well and method of making

US5394007A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 13, 1993
Grant dateFeb 28, 1995
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Expiry dateSep 13, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D84/401
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A junction isolated P-well is formed for high performance BiCMOS. Two dopants of opposite conductivity types are implanted and co-diffused inside an annular N-type region to form a narrow N-type buried layer positioned between two P-type regions. N-type buried layer is formed having P-type doped regions above and below the N-type buried layer so that the N-type buried layer is narrow. The P-type region above the N-type buried layer provides for a retrograde profile of the P-well formed above it. Besides the P-well isolation, the P-type region below the N-type buried layer acts as a ground plane which collects noise, which helps to prevent it from being coupled to other devices of the BiCMOS circuit.

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