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Method of forming a circuit having subsurface conductors

US7479435B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateDec 8, 2004
Grant dateJan 20, 2009
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Expiry dateDec 21, 2025

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D84/83
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A MOS transistor and subsurface collectors can be formed by using a hard mask and precisely varying the implant angle, rotation, dose, and energy. In this case, a particular atomic species can be placed volumetrically in a required location under the hard mask. The dopant can be implanted to form sub-silicon volumes of arbitrary shapes, such as pipes, volumes, hemispheres, and interconnects.

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