CA1041674A - Semiconductor device - Google Patents

Semiconductor device

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Publication number
CA1041674A
CA1041674A CA244,899A CA244899A CA1041674A CA 1041674 A CA1041674 A CA 1041674A CA 244899 A CA244899 A CA 244899A CA 1041674 A CA1041674 A CA 1041674A
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region
base region
base
channel
metal layer
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CA244,899A
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English (en)
French (fr)
Inventor
Willem G. Einthoven
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RCA Corp
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RCA Corp
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H10SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10DINORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
    • H10D64/00Electrodes of devices having potential barriers
    • H10D64/20Electrodes characterised by their shapes, relative sizes or dispositions 
    • H10D64/27Electrodes not carrying the current to be rectified, amplified, oscillated or switched, e.g. gates
    • H10D64/291Gate electrodes for thyristors
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01LSEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L24/00Arrangements for connecting or disconnecting semiconductor or solid-state bodies; Methods or apparatus related thereto
    • H01L24/01Means for bonding being attached to, or being formed on, the surface to be connected, e.g. chip-to-package, die-attach, "first-level" interconnects; Manufacturing methods related thereto
    • H01L24/02Bonding areas ; Manufacturing methods related thereto
    • H01L24/04Structure, shape, material or disposition of the bonding areas prior to the connecting process
    • H01L24/05Structure, shape, material or disposition of the bonding areas prior to the connecting process of an individual bonding area
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H10SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10DINORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
    • H10D62/00Semiconductor bodies, or regions thereof, of devices having potential barriers
    • H10D62/10Shapes, relative sizes or dispositions of the regions of the semiconductor bodies; Shapes of the semiconductor bodies
    • H10D62/17Semiconductor regions connected to electrodes not carrying current to be rectified, amplified or switched, e.g. channel regions
    • H10D62/177Base regions of bipolar transistors, e.g. BJTs or IGBTs
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H10SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10DINORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
    • H10D62/00Semiconductor bodies, or regions thereof, of devices having potential barriers
    • H10D62/10Shapes, relative sizes or dispositions of the regions of the semiconductor bodies; Shapes of the semiconductor bodies
    • H10D62/17Semiconductor regions connected to electrodes not carrying current to be rectified, amplified or switched, e.g. channel regions
    • H10D62/192Base regions of thyristors
    • H10D62/199Anode base regions of thyristors
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H10SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10DINORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
    • H10D64/00Electrodes of devices having potential barriers
    • H10D64/20Electrodes characterised by their shapes, relative sizes or dispositions 
    • H10D64/27Electrodes not carrying the current to be rectified, amplified, oscillated or switched, e.g. gates
    • H10D64/281Base electrodes for bipolar transistors
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01LSEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L2924/00Indexing scheme for arrangements or methods for connecting or disconnecting semiconductor or solid-state bodies as covered by H01L24/00
    • H01L2924/10Details of semiconductor or other solid state devices to be connected
    • H01L2924/11Device type
    • H01L2924/12Passive devices, e.g. 2 terminal devices
    • H01L2924/1203Rectifying Diode
    • H01L2924/12036PN diode
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10STECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S257/00Active solid-state devices, e.g. transistors, solid-state diodes
    • Y10S257/914Polysilicon containing oxygen, nitrogen, or carbon, e.g. sipos
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10STECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S257/00Active solid-state devices, e.g. transistors, solid-state diodes
    • Y10S257/927Different doping levels in different parts of PN junction to produce shaped depletion layer

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Computer Hardware Design (AREA)
  • Microelectronics & Electronic Packaging (AREA)
  • Power Engineering (AREA)
  • Electrodes Of Semiconductors (AREA)
  • Bipolar Transistors (AREA)
  • Thyristors (AREA)
  • Semiconductor Integrated Circuits (AREA)
CA244,899A 1975-02-26 1976-02-03 Semiconductor device Expired CA1041674A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US05/553,151 US3999217A (en) 1975-02-26 1975-02-26 Semiconductor device having parallel path for current flow

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CA1041674A true CA1041674A (en) 1978-10-31

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US (1) US3999217A (GUID-C5D7CC26-194C-43D0-91A1-9AE8C70A9BFF.html)
JP (1) JPS51109780A (GUID-C5D7CC26-194C-43D0-91A1-9AE8C70A9BFF.html)
BE (1) BE838943A (GUID-C5D7CC26-194C-43D0-91A1-9AE8C70A9BFF.html)
CA (1) CA1041674A (GUID-C5D7CC26-194C-43D0-91A1-9AE8C70A9BFF.html)
DE (1) DE2607202B2 (GUID-C5D7CC26-194C-43D0-91A1-9AE8C70A9BFF.html)
FR (1) FR2302591A1 (GUID-C5D7CC26-194C-43D0-91A1-9AE8C70A9BFF.html)
GB (1) GB1522411A (GUID-C5D7CC26-194C-43D0-91A1-9AE8C70A9BFF.html)
IT (1) IT1050057B (GUID-C5D7CC26-194C-43D0-91A1-9AE8C70A9BFF.html)
SE (1) SE411980B (GUID-C5D7CC26-194C-43D0-91A1-9AE8C70A9BFF.html)

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DE2656420A1 (de) * 1976-12-13 1978-06-15 Siemens Ag Transistor mit innerer gegenkopplung
US4162177A (en) * 1977-03-28 1979-07-24 Solarex Corporation Method of forming solar cell with discontinuous junction

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US3617828A (en) * 1969-09-24 1971-11-02 Gen Electric Semiconductor unijunction transistor device having a controlled cross-sectional area base contact region
US3735358A (en) * 1970-12-31 1973-05-22 Ibm Specialized array logic
US3676229A (en) * 1971-01-26 1972-07-11 Rca Corp Method for making transistors including base sheet resistivity determining step
JPS4827507A (GUID-C5D7CC26-194C-43D0-91A1-9AE8C70A9BFF.html) * 1971-08-18 1973-04-11
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SE7600780L (sv) 1976-08-27
JPS5526625B2 (GUID-C5D7CC26-194C-43D0-91A1-9AE8C70A9BFF.html) 1980-07-15
FR2302591A1 (fr) 1976-09-24
JPS51109780A (en) 1976-09-28
DE2607202B2 (de) 1978-10-12
IT1050057B (it) 1981-03-10
GB1522411A (en) 1978-08-23
US3999217A (en) 1976-12-21
SE411980B (sv) 1980-02-11
BE838943A (fr) 1976-06-16
DE2607202A1 (de) 1976-09-09

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