GB1572703A - Semiconductor device and method of producing a semiconductor device - Google Patents

Semiconductor device and method of producing a semiconductor device Download PDF

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GB1572703A
GB1572703A GB5140576A GB5140576A GB1572703A GB 1572703 A GB1572703 A GB 1572703A GB 5140576 A GB5140576 A GB 5140576A GB 5140576 A GB5140576 A GB 5140576A GB 1572703 A GB1572703 A GB 1572703A
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(54) SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE (71) We, TOKYO SHIBAURA ELEC TRIC COMPANY LIMITED, a Japanese corporation, of 72 Horikawa-cho, Saiwaiku, Kawasaki-shi, Japan, do hereby declare the invention for which we pray that a patent may be granted to us, and the method by which it is to be performed, to be particularly described in and by the following statement: This invention relates to a semiconductor device and to a method of producing a semiconductor device.
Appended Figure 1 shows a transistor as an example of conventional semiconductor device. In the drawing, reference numeral 1 denotes an isolated N-type collector region within a silicon substrate 2. A P-type base region 3 is formed within the collector region 1 by diffusing boron at 1200"C down to a predetermined depth. Further, an N±type emitter region 4 is formed within the base region 3 by diffusing phosphorus at 11000C in a high concentration. Likewise, an N±type low resistance region 5 is formed within the N-type collector region 1 by diffusing a high concentration of a donor impurity for ease in forming ohmic contact with a collector electrode 6. Incidentally, reference numerals 7, 8, 9 and 10 denote respectively a base electrode, an emitter electrode, a surface insulation layer and an N±type buried layer.
A conventional silicon bipolar transistor thus constructed presents a so-called "Emitter push" effect because the emitter region 4 is formed by diffusing a high concentration of impurity at a high temperature, resulting in occurrences of a lage number of lattice defects and strains of the silicon crystal constituting the transistor. It follows that deterioration of electric properties is caused including a marked increase in I/f noise or pulse-like noise generation.
An object of this invention is to provide a semiconductor device having lattice defects on the crystal derived from the diffusion of a high concentration of impurity to a lesser extent than those of the transistor described above.
According to one aspect of this invention, there is provided a method of producting a semiconductor device comprising the steps of forming a polycrystalline silicon region of one conductivity type on the surface of a single crystalline silicon region of the opposite conductivity type, and heating the polycrystalline silicon region to a temperature at which the impurity of the polycrystalline silicon region is diffused into the single crystalline silicon region to at most a negligible extent, so as to activate the impurity of the polycrystalline silicon region.
Activation of the impurity ensures that the impurity enters the lattice positions of the polycrystalline silicon region.
This aspect of this invention further provides a semiconductor device produced by the method of the preceding paragraph and having a p-n junction formed between a single crystalline silicon region of one conductivity type and a polycrystalline silicon region of the opposite conductivity type formed on the surface of the single crystalline silicon region, said single crystalline region being substantially free from impurity diffused from the polycrystalline region.
According to another aspect of this invention there is provided a method of producing a transistor comprising the steps of forming a collector region of one conductiv ity type consiting of a single crystalline silicon, forming a base region of the opposite conductivity type within the collector region, forming an emitter region of the one conductivity type consisting of a polycrystalline silicon on the surface of the base region, and heating the emitter region to a temperature at which the impurity of the emitter region is diffused into the base region to at most. a negligible extent, so as to activate the impurity of the emitter region.
This further aspect of this invention further provides a transistor produced by the method of the preceding paragraph and comprising a collector region of one conductivity type formed of a single crystalline silicon, a base region of the opposite conductivity type formed within the collector region, and an emitter region of the one conductivity type formed on the surface of the base region, said emitter region consisting of polycrystalline silicon and the base region being substantially free from impurity diffused from the emitter region.
A transistor according to this invention may have a low I/f noise generation.
Preferably, a low resistance region for forming ohmic contact with a collector electrode, said region consisting of the same polycrystalline silicon as for the emitter region is formed on the surface of the collector region.
Preferably, the impurity concentration of the emitter region is higher than that of the collector region.
The semiconductor device may also be a diode.
An embodiment of this invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which: Figure 1 shows a cross section of a conventional transistor; Figures 2(A) to 2 (F) are cross sectional views showing manufacturing steps of a transistor according to this invention; and Figure 3 is a graph showing the I/f noise property of a transistor according to this invention in comparison with a conventional one.
Referring to Figure 2(A), reference numeral 11 denotes an N-type collector region isolated from the remaining Si substrate region. Specifically, the N-type collector region 11 may be formed by, for example, the method comprising the steps of forming an N±type buried layer 13 by diffusion on a P-type silicon substrate 12, forming an N-type layer on the surface of the silicon substrate 12 by epitaxial growth method, and forming a pair of P-type diffusion layers 14, 14 vertically extending through the N-type epitaxial layer so as to isolate the N-type collector region 11.
A SiO2 film 15 is formed on the entire surface of the epitaxial layer and, then, selectively removed to provide an opening through which is diffused a P-type impurity into the N-type collector region 11 so as to form a P-type base region 16 within the collector region. A fresh SiO2 film 17 is then formed to cover the entire surface area including the remaining SiO2 film 15 and the base region 16.
As shown in Figure 2(B), the SiO2 films 15 and 17 are then selectively removed by photo-etching so as to partly expose the base region 16 and the collector region 11.
Further, an N-type poly-Si layer 18 is formed by vapor growth method as shown in Figure 2(C). It is seen that the poly-Si layer 18 covers the exposed portions of the base and collector regions and the remaining SiO2 film 17. The poly-Si layer 18 is doped with a high concentration of at least one kind of N-type impurity. On the surface of the poly-Si layer 18 is formed a SiO2 film 19 by chemical vapor deposition as shown in Figure 2(C). A heating step for activating the impurity of the poly-Si layer 18 follows the step of forming the SiO2 film 19. In this case, the temperature should be controlled so as not to allow the impurity of the poly-Si layer 18 to be diffused substantially into the base region 16. To this end, the heating should be effected at temperatures ranging from about 500 to 10000C, preferably at about 800"C. Incidentally, the word "substantially" mentioned above implies that the impurity of the poly-Si layer 18 scarcely enters the base region 16 or the amount of the impurity diffused from the poly-Si layer 18 to the base region 16 is negligibly small.
With the SiO2 film 19 used as a mask, the poly-Si layer 18 is selectively removed by plasma etching so as to form an emitter region 20 and an N-type layer 21 for ohmic contact with a collector electrode as shown in Figure 2(D). Naturally, the emitter region 20 and the N±type layer 21 consist of poly-Si. Then, a passivation film 22 such as a PSG (phosphorus silicate glass) film, a silicon nitride (Si3N4) film etc. is formed to cover the emitter region 20, the N±type layer 21 and the remaining SiO2 film 17.
The passivation film 22 as well as the SiO2 film beneath the film 22 are selectively removed by photo-etching so as to expose a part of the emitter region 20, a part of the base region 16 and the N±type layer 21 for the subsequent formation of a metal layer 23 acting as the electrode as shown in Figure 2(E).
It is preferred that the metal layer 23 be composed of a substrate metal layer 23a consisting of chromium, or titanium, and an aluminum layer 23b formed on the metal layer 23a. Aluminum has a large diffusion coefficient into poly-Si, whereas the diffusion of chromium, or titanium, is sufficiently small. It follows that the substrate layer 23a serves to prevent the aluminum from being diffused into the poly-Si.
Finally, undesired portions of the metal layer 23 are selectively removed by photoetching so as to provide electrodes at desired points as shown in Figure 2(F).
Figure 3 shows that the illustrated transistor according to this invention is markedly superior to the conventional transistor as shown in Figure 1 in l/f noise property. In Figure 3, the noise figure (NF) is plotted in the ordinate and the frequency (Hz) in the abscissa. The dotted line represents the coventional transistor and the solid line denotes the illustrated transistor according to this invention. The values shown in the graph were obtained under the conditions: Rg (signal source resistance) = 1 kQ Ic (collector current) = 1 mA VCE (collector-emitter voltage) = 5V This invention reduces the occurrence of the lattice defect of the silicon crystal derived from the diffusion of a high concentration of impurities. It follows that a semiconductor device, for example, a transistor, based on the technical idea of this invention can be lower in I/f noise than the conventional transistor having its emitter region formed by diffusing a high concentration of impurity.
WHAT WE CLAIM IS: 1. A method of producing a semiconductor device comprising the steps of forming a polycrystalline silicon region of one conductivity type on the surface of a single crystalline silicon region of the opposite conductivity type, and heating the polycrystalline silicon region to a temperature at which the impurity of the polycrystalline silicon region is diffused into the single crystalline silicon region to at most a negligible extent, so as to activate the impurity of the polycrystalline silicon region.
2. A method according to claim 1, wherein the heating is effected at temperatures ranging from about 500or to about 1000"C.
3. A semiconductor device produced by a method according to claim 1 or claim 2 and having a p-n junction formed between a single crystalline silicon region of one conductivity type and a polycrystalline silicon region of the opposite conductivity type formed on the surface of the single crystalline silicon region, said single crystalline region being substantially free from impurity diffused from the polycrystalline region.
4. A method of producing a transistor comprising the steps of forming a collector region of one conductivity type consisting of a single crystalline silicon, forming a base region of the opposite conductivity type within the collector region, forming an emitter region of the one conductivity type consisting of a polycrystalline silicon on the surface of the base region, and heating the emitter region to a temperature at which the impurity of the emitter region is diffused into the base region to at most, a negligible extent, so as to activate the impurity of the emitter region.
5. A method according to claim 4, wherein the collector region is formed with in a silicon substrate by isolation diffusion.
6. A method according to claim 4, wherein the impurity concentration of the emitter region is higher than that of the collector region.
7. A method according to claim 4, wherein a polycrystalline silicon low resist ance region for ohmic contact with a collector electrode is formed on the surface of the collector region at the time of forming the emitter region.
8. A method according to claim 4, wherein the heating for activating the emitter region is effected at temperatures ranging from about 500"C to about 1000"C.
9. A method according to claim 4, wherein the base region is formed by diffusing an impurity into the collector region.
10. A method according to claim 4, wherein the polycrystalline silicon emitter region is formed by vapor growth method.
11. A transistor produced by a method according to any of claims 4 to 10 and comprising a collector region of one conductivity type formed of a single crystalline silicon, a base region of the opposite conductivity type formed within the collector region, and an emitter region of the one conductivity type formed on the surface of the base region, said emitter region consisting of polycrystalline silicon and the base region being substantially free from impurity diffused from the emitter region.
12. A semiconductor device, substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
13. A method of producing a semiconductor device, substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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**WARNING** start of CLMS field may overlap end of DESC **. serves to prevent the aluminum from being diffused into the poly-Si. Finally, undesired portions of the metal layer 23 are selectively removed by photoetching so as to provide electrodes at desired points as shown in Figure 2(F). Figure 3 shows that the illustrated transistor according to this invention is markedly superior to the conventional transistor as shown in Figure 1 in l/f noise property. In Figure 3, the noise figure (NF) is plotted in the ordinate and the frequency (Hz) in the abscissa. The dotted line represents the coventional transistor and the solid line denotes the illustrated transistor according to this invention. The values shown in the graph were obtained under the conditions: Rg (signal source resistance) = 1 kQ Ic (collector current) = 1 mA VCE (collector-emitter voltage) = 5V This invention reduces the occurrence of the lattice defect of the silicon crystal derived from the diffusion of a high concentration of impurities. It follows that a semiconductor device, for example, a transistor, based on the technical idea of this invention can be lower in I/f noise than the conventional transistor having its emitter region formed by diffusing a high concentration of impurity. WHAT WE CLAIM IS:
1. A method of producing a semiconductor device comprising the steps of forming a polycrystalline silicon region of one conductivity type on the surface of a single crystalline silicon region of the opposite conductivity type, and heating the polycrystalline silicon region to a temperature at which the impurity of the polycrystalline silicon region is diffused into the single crystalline silicon region to at most a negligible extent, so as to activate the impurity of the polycrystalline silicon region.
2. A method according to claim 1, wherein the heating is effected at temperatures ranging from about 500or to about 1000"C.
3. A semiconductor device produced by a method according to claim 1 or claim 2 and having a p-n junction formed between a single crystalline silicon region of one conductivity type and a polycrystalline silicon region of the opposite conductivity type formed on the surface of the single crystalline silicon region, said single crystalline region being substantially free from impurity diffused from the polycrystalline region.
4. A method of producing a transistor comprising the steps of forming a collector region of one conductivity type consisting of a single crystalline silicon, forming a base region of the opposite conductivity type within the collector region, forming an emitter region of the one conductivity type consisting of a polycrystalline silicon on the surface of the base region, and heating the emitter region to a temperature at which the impurity of the emitter region is diffused into the base region to at most, a negligible extent, so as to activate the impurity of the emitter region.
5. A method according to claim 4, wherein the collector region is formed with in a silicon substrate by isolation diffusion.
6. A method according to claim 4, wherein the impurity concentration of the emitter region is higher than that of the collector region.
7. A method according to claim 4, wherein a polycrystalline silicon low resist ance region for ohmic contact with a collector electrode is formed on the surface of the collector region at the time of forming the emitter region.
8. A method according to claim 4, wherein the heating for activating the emitter region is effected at temperatures ranging from about 500"C to about 1000"C.
9. A method according to claim 4, wherein the base region is formed by diffusing an impurity into the collector region.
10. A method according to claim 4, wherein the polycrystalline silicon emitter region is formed by vapor growth method.
11. A transistor produced by a method according to any of claims 4 to 10 and comprising a collector region of one conductivity type formed of a single crystalline silicon, a base region of the opposite conductivity type formed within the collector region, and an emitter region of the one conductivity type formed on the surface of the base region, said emitter region consisting of polycrystalline silicon and the base region being substantially free from impurity diffused from the emitter region.
12. A semiconductor device, substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
13. A method of producing a semiconductor device, substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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