GB952361A - Semiconductor devices - Google Patents

Semiconductor devices

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GB952361A
GB952361A GB3157660A GB3157660A GB952361A GB 952361 A GB952361 A GB 952361A GB 3157660 A GB3157660 A GB 3157660A GB 3157660 A GB3157660 A GB 3157660A GB 952361 A GB952361 A GB 952361A
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wafer
germanium
charge
silicon
indium
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RCA Corp
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Radio Corporation of America
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01LSEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L21/00Processes or apparatus adapted for the manufacture or treatment of semiconductor or solid state devices or of parts thereof
    • H01L21/02Manufacture or treatment of semiconductor devices or of parts thereof
    • H01L21/04Manufacture or treatment of semiconductor devices or of parts thereof the devices having potential barriers, e.g. a PN junction, depletion layer or carrier concentration layer
    • H01L21/18Manufacture or treatment of semiconductor devices or of parts thereof the devices having potential barriers, e.g. a PN junction, depletion layer or carrier concentration layer the devices having semiconductor bodies comprising elements of Group IV of the Periodic Table or AIIIBV compounds with or without impurities, e.g. doping materials
    • H01L21/28Manufacture of electrodes on semiconductor bodies using processes or apparatus not provided for in groups H01L21/20 - H01L21/268
    • H01L21/283Deposition of conductive or insulating materials for electrodes conducting electric current
    • H01L21/288Deposition of conductive or insulating materials for electrodes conducting electric current from a liquid, e.g. electrolytic deposition
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01LSEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L21/00Processes or apparatus adapted for the manufacture or treatment of semiconductor or solid state devices or of parts thereof
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01LSEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L21/00Processes or apparatus adapted for the manufacture or treatment of semiconductor or solid state devices or of parts thereof
    • H01L21/02Manufacture or treatment of semiconductor devices or of parts thereof
    • H01L21/04Manufacture or treatment of semiconductor devices or of parts thereof the devices having potential barriers, e.g. a PN junction, depletion layer or carrier concentration layer
    • H01L21/18Manufacture or treatment of semiconductor devices or of parts thereof the devices having potential barriers, e.g. a PN junction, depletion layer or carrier concentration layer the devices having semiconductor bodies comprising elements of Group IV of the Periodic Table or AIIIBV compounds with or without impurities, e.g. doping materials
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01LSEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L21/00Processes or apparatus adapted for the manufacture or treatment of semiconductor or solid state devices or of parts thereof
    • H01L21/02Manufacture or treatment of semiconductor devices or of parts thereof
    • H01L21/04Manufacture or treatment of semiconductor devices or of parts thereof the devices having potential barriers, e.g. a PN junction, depletion layer or carrier concentration layer
    • H01L21/18Manufacture or treatment of semiconductor devices or of parts thereof the devices having potential barriers, e.g. a PN junction, depletion layer or carrier concentration layer the devices having semiconductor bodies comprising elements of Group IV of the Periodic Table or AIIIBV compounds with or without impurities, e.g. doping materials
    • H01L21/22Diffusion of impurity materials, e.g. doping materials, electrode materials, into or out of a semiconductor body, or between semiconductor regions; Interactions between two or more impurities; Redistribution of impurities
    • H01L21/223Diffusion of impurity materials, e.g. doping materials, electrode materials, into or out of a semiconductor body, or between semiconductor regions; Interactions between two or more impurities; Redistribution of impurities using diffusion into or out of a solid from or into a gaseous phase
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01LSEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L21/00Processes or apparatus adapted for the manufacture or treatment of semiconductor or solid state devices or of parts thereof
    • H01L21/02Manufacture or treatment of semiconductor devices or of parts thereof
    • H01L21/04Manufacture or treatment of semiconductor devices or of parts thereof the devices having potential barriers, e.g. a PN junction, depletion layer or carrier concentration layer
    • H01L21/18Manufacture or treatment of semiconductor devices or of parts thereof the devices having potential barriers, e.g. a PN junction, depletion layer or carrier concentration layer the devices having semiconductor bodies comprising elements of Group IV of the Periodic Table or AIIIBV compounds with or without impurities, e.g. doping materials
    • H01L21/24Alloying of impurity materials, e.g. doping materials, electrode materials, with a semiconductor body
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01LSEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L29/00Semiconductor devices specially adapted for rectifying, amplifying, oscillating or switching and having potential barriers; Capacitors or resistors having potential barriers, e.g. a PN-junction depletion layer or carrier concentration layer; Details of semiconductor bodies or of electrodes thereof ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor
    • H01L29/02Semiconductor bodies ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor
    • H01L29/06Semiconductor bodies ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor characterised by their shape; characterised by the shapes, relative sizes, or dispositions of the semiconductor regions ; characterised by the concentration or distribution of impurities within semiconductor regions

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  • Condensed Matter Physics & Semiconductors (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Computer Hardware Design (AREA)
  • Manufacturing & Machinery (AREA)
  • Ceramic Engineering (AREA)
  • Crystals, And After-Treatments Of Crystals (AREA)
  • Recrystallisation Techniques (AREA)
  • Liquid Deposition Of Substances Of Which Semiconductor Devices Are Composed (AREA)

Abstract

952,361. Semi-conductor devices. RADIO CORPORATION OF AMERICA. Sept. 13, 1960 [Sept. 29, 1959], No. 31576/60. Heading H1K. A rectifying barrier in a semi-conductor wafer is provided by separately heating the wafer and a charge of impurity above the melting- point of the impurity, flooding the wafer with the impurity, cooling to effect partial recrystallization and then decanting the rest of the melt. In one example, an N-type germanium wafer 10 is placed in one end of a boat 11 while a charge 12 of indium is placed at the other end. The boat is heated in furnace tube 13 while tilted and the tube is then moved to the horizontal so that the molten indium floods over the wafer. After slow cooling (e.g. 5 ‹ C. per minute) so that a P-type recrystallized region forms on the wafer, the boat is again tilted so that the remaining indium flows away from the wafer. The operation is carried out in an atmosphere of 9 parts of nitrogen to one of hydrogen, or in nitrogen or helium. Alternatively the charge may comprise lead or consist of an alloy of 99% tin and 1% antimony or of gallium saturated with germanium and silicon or of 25% germanium, 73% indium and 2% gallium. The charge may be initially saturated with germanium and the wafer (heavily doped) heated to a temperature slightly (e.g. 10‹ to 100‹ C.) above that of the charge so that on flooding only a small part of the wafer is dissolved, whereby the thickness of the dissolved portion may be closely controlled. The acceptor concentration in the recrystallized region may be about 10<SP>20</SP> atoms per c.c. to provide a tunnel diode. As an alternative to provide a temperature gradient before flooding, the wafer may be heated to a predetermined higher temperature after flooding with the saturated charge to achieve the same result. The semiconductor may consist of germanium, silicon, germanium-silicon alloy, silicon carbide, the phosphides, arsenides and antimonides of aluminium, gallium and indium, and the sulphides, selenides and tellurides of zinc and cadmium. Intrinsic material may be used to provide PI, NI, &c. junctions. Germanium-silicon layers on silicon or germanium or gallium arsenide layers on gallium phosphide may be provided.
GB3157660A 1959-09-29 1960-09-13 Semiconductor devices Expired GB952361A (en)

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Cited By (1)

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FR2484702A1 (en) * 1980-06-16 1981-12-18 Nishizawa Junichi METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PN JUNCTION OF SEMICONDUCTORS

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US2629672A (en) * 1949-07-07 1953-02-24 Bell Telephone Labor Inc Method of making semiconductive translating devices
NL180221B (en) * 1952-07-29 Charbonnages Ste Chimique PROCESS FOR PREPARING A POLYAMINOAMIDE HARDENING AGENT FOR EPOXY RESINS; PROCESS FOR PREPARING A WATER DIVIDED HARDENING AGENT; PROCESS FOR PREPARING AN EPOXY RESIN COMPOSITION CONTAINING SUCH HARDENING AGENT AND AN OBJECT FACING A COATING LAYER OBTAINED FROM SUCH EPOXY RESIN COMPOSITION.
US2765245A (en) * 1952-08-22 1956-10-02 Gen Electric Method of making p-n junction semiconductor units
US2821493A (en) * 1954-03-18 1958-01-28 Hughes Aircraft Co Fused junction transistors with regrown base regions
GB864771A (en) * 1956-11-23 1961-04-06 Pye Ltd Improvements in or relating to junction transistors
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FR2484702A1 (en) * 1980-06-16 1981-12-18 Nishizawa Junichi METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PN JUNCTION OF SEMICONDUCTORS
US4526632A (en) * 1980-06-16 1985-07-02 Jun-Ichi Nishizawa Method of fabricating a semiconductor pn junction

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