CA1091816A - Power transistor and method of manufacturing same - Google Patents

Power transistor and method of manufacturing same

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Publication number
CA1091816A
CA1091816A CA293,149A CA293149A CA1091816A CA 1091816 A CA1091816 A CA 1091816A CA 293149 A CA293149 A CA 293149A CA 1091816 A CA1091816 A CA 1091816A
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base
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emitter
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French (fr)
Inventor
Bernard Roger
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Koninklijke Philips NV
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Philips Gloeilampenfabrieken NV
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    • 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
    • H10D62/13Semiconductor regions connected to electrodes carrying current to be rectified, amplified or switched, e.g. source or drain regions
    • H10D62/133Emitter regions of BJTs
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H10SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10DINORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
    • H10D10/00Bipolar junction transistors [BJT]
    • H10D10/40Vertical BJTs
    • H10D10/441Vertical BJTs having an emitter-base junction ending at a main surface of the body and a base-collector junction ending at a lateral surface of the body
    • 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
    • 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

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  • Bipolar Transistors (AREA)
CA293,149A 1976-12-20 1977-12-15 Power transistor and method of manufacturing same Expired CA1091816A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
FR7638303 1976-12-20
FR7638303A FR2374742A1 (fr) 1976-12-20 1976-12-20 Transistor multicouche pour tensions elevees et son procede de fabrication

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CA1091816A true CA1091816A (en) 1980-12-16

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US (1) US4315271A (enExample)
JP (1) JPS5377473A (enExample)
CA (1) CA1091816A (enExample)
DE (1) DE2754412A1 (enExample)
FR (1) FR2374742A1 (enExample)
GB (1) GB1547125A (enExample)
NL (1) NL7713947A (enExample)

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NL7713947A (nl) 1978-06-22
JPS5377473A (en) 1978-07-08
US4315271A (en) 1982-02-09
GB1547125A (en) 1979-06-06
FR2374742B1 (enExample) 1980-12-05
FR2374742A1 (fr) 1978-07-13
DE2754412A1 (de) 1978-06-22

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