DE3413885A1 - Halbleitervorrichtung - Google Patents

Halbleitervorrichtung

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DE3413885A1
DE3413885A1 DE19843413885 DE3413885A DE3413885A1 DE 3413885 A1 DE3413885 A1 DE 3413885A1 DE 19843413885 DE19843413885 DE 19843413885 DE 3413885 A DE3413885 A DE 3413885A DE 3413885 A1 DE3413885 A1 DE 3413885A1
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semiconductor device
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alloy layer
metal layer
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Hiroyuki Himeji Hyogo Baba
Toshio Hyogo Tetsuya
Osamu Tatsuno Hyogo Usuda
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Toshiba Corp
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DE19843413885 1983-04-16 1984-04-12 Halbleitervorrichtung Granted DE3413885A1 (de)

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JP58066340A JPS59193036A (ja) 1983-04-16 1983-04-16 半導体装置の製造方法

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DE2314731A1 (de) * 1972-03-27 1973-10-11 Signetics Corp Halbleiterbauteil mit vorspruengen und verfahren zur herstellung desselben
DE2930789A1 (de) * 1978-07-28 1980-02-07 Tokyo Shibaura Electric Co Halbleitervorrichtung
JPS5519806A (en) * 1978-07-28 1980-02-12 Toshiba Corp Semiconductor device
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DE1298387B (de) * 1964-02-06 1969-06-26 Semikron Gleichrichterbau Halbleiter-Anordnung
DE2229070A1 (de) * 1971-06-17 1973-01-11 Philips Nv Verfahren zum befestigen eines halbleiterkoerpers an einem substrat
DE2314731A1 (de) * 1972-03-27 1973-10-11 Signetics Corp Halbleiterbauteil mit vorspruengen und verfahren zur herstellung desselben
DE2930789A1 (de) * 1978-07-28 1980-02-07 Tokyo Shibaura Electric Co Halbleitervorrichtung
JPS5519806A (en) * 1978-07-28 1980-02-12 Toshiba Corp Semiconductor device
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