Harris Corporation

Intersil Americas Inc.

Intersil Corporation

Anthony L Rivoli

George S Bajor

William R Young

Donald Frank Hemmenway

Patrick Anthony Begley

Jose Avelino Delgado

John T Gasner

James Douglas Beasom

Dustin Alexander Woodbury

John W Butler

Jeanne Marie McNamara

Taewon Jung

Christopher K Davis

Michael Sean Carmody

Thomas L Crandell

Michael D Church

Stephen J Gaul

George V Rouse

Lawrence Pearce

George E Gimpelson

William W Wiles, Jr

Jack H Linn

Rex Everett Lowther

Craig J McLachlan

Hugh C Nicolay

William R Morcom

Eugene R Cox

Kevin T Hankins

W Ronald Young

Cheryl L Holbrook

Elias W George

Gyorgy Bajor

A low temperature coefficient resistor(TCRL) has some unrepaired ion implant damage. The damaged portion raises the resistance and renders the resistor less sensitive to operating temperature fluctuations. A polysilicon thin film low temperature coefficient resistor and a method for the resistor's fabrication overcomes the coefficient of resistance problem of the prior art, while at the same time eliminating steps from the BiCMOS fabrication process, optimizing bipolar design tradeoffs, and improving passive device isolation. A low temperature coefficient of resistance resistor (TCRL) is formed on a layer of insulation, typically silicon dioxide or silicon nitride, the layer comprising polysilicon having a relatively high concentration of dopants of one or more species. An annealing process is used for the implanted resistor which is shorter than that for typical prior art implanted resistors, leaving some intentional unannealed damage in the resistor. The planned damage gives the TCRL a higher resistance without increasing its temperature coefficient. A process for fabrication of the resistor is used which combines separate spacer oxide depositions, provides buried layers having different diffusion coefficients, incorporates dual dielectric trench sidewalls that double as a polish stop, supplies a spacer structure that controls precisely the emitter-base dimension, and integrates bipolar and CMOS devices with negligible compromise to the features of either type.

BICMOS process with low temperature coefficient resistor (TCRL)

A low temperature coefficient resistor (TCRL) has some unrepaired ion implant damage. The damaged portion raises the resistance and renders the resistor less sensitive to operating temperature fluctuations A polysilicon thin film low temperature coefficient resistor and a method for the resistor's fabrication overcomes the coefficient of resistance problem of the prior art, while at the same time eliminating steps from the BiCMOS fabrication process, optimizing bipolar design tradeoffs, and improving passive device isolation. A low temperature coefficient of resistance resistor (TCRL) is formed on a layer of insulation, typically silicon dioxide or silicon nitride, the layer comprising polysilicon having a relatively high concentration of dopants of one or more species. An annealing process is used for the implanted resistor which is shorter than that for typical prior art implanted resistors, leaving some intentional unannealed damage in the resistor. The planned damage gives the TCRL a higher resistance without increasing its temperature coefficient. A process for fabrication of the resistor is used which combines separate spacer oxide depositions, provides buried layers having different diffusion coefficients, incorporates dual dielectric trench sidewalls that double as a polish stop, supplies a spacer structure that controls precisely the emitter-base dimension, and integrates bipolar and CMOS devices with negligible compromise to the features of either type.

BiCMOS process with low temperature coefficient resistor (TCRL)

A bonded wafer has a device substrate with isolation trenches defining device regions Oxide dogbone structures are removed before filling trenches . Voids in the trenches are spaced from the top of the trenches. The trenches are covered with an oxide layer and filled with polysilicon A LOCOS mask structure comprising a layer of CVD pad oxide and silicon nitride cover the trenches and the adjacent device substrate regions.

Wafer trench article and process

Integrated circuit air bridge structures and methods of fabricating same

A bonded wafer has a device substrate with isolation trenches defining device regions Oxide dogbone structures are removed before filling trenches Voids in the trenches are spaced from the top of the trenches. The trenches are covered with an oxide layer and filled with polysilicon A LOCOS mask structure comprising a layer of CVD pad oxide and silicon nitride cover the trenches and the adjacent device substrate regions.

A low temperature coefficient resistor (TCRL) has some unrepaired ion implant damage. The damaged portion raises the resistance and renders the resistor less sensitive to operating temperature fluctuations.

Low temperature coefficient resistor (TCRL)

Conductive elements which provide interconnections (air bridges between circuits) and components such as capacitors and inductors may be incorporated in the devices in a manner to reduce parasitic effects in the operation of the devices while providing close spacing which enhances the performance of the devices at high frequency. Separate substrates are provided respectively having the integrated circuits formed therein and covering, preferably sealing the integrated circuits. The air bridge conductive components (interconnections, capacitors or inductors) are formed separately in the covering substrate which is assembled with the substrate having the integrated circuit as a lid which seals and packages the circuits and the conductive element or component contained in the lid. The conductive component may be separated by cavities formed in the lid substrate or in the substrate having the integrated circuit device already formed therein. Assembly may take place at temperatures lower than necessary for fusion bonding and diffusion commonly used in the fabrication of integrated circuits. Bonds which are used may be metal, oxide or plastic (polymer) bonding material.

Semiconductor-on-glass integrated circuits may include photodetectors which are stimulated by backside light passing through the glass substrate; this provides information reception by optical communication. Bipolar and field effect transistors are shielded from the light by their buried layers. Further, LEDs integrated together with photodetectors permits all optical communication among glass substrate chips. Alternative uses of glass substrate include thermal isolation for efficient thermally regulated integrated circuits.

Silicon-glass bonded wafers

A bonded wafer 100 has a device substrate 16 with isolation trenches 30 defining device regions 18. Oxide dogbone structures are removed before filling trenches 30. Voids 36 in the trenches are spaced from the top of the trenches. The trenches are covered with an oxide layer 30 and filled with polysilicon 34. A LOCOS mask structure comprising a layer of CVD pad oxide and silicon nitride 50 cover the trenches and the adjacent device substrate regions.

Process of forming trench isolation device

A fabrication process for dielectrically isolated high frequency complementary analog bipolar and CMOS transistors. Polysilicon extrinsic bases, polysilicon emitters with sidewall spacers formed after intrinsic base formation provides high current gain, large emitter-to-base breakdown voltage, large Early voltage, and high cutoff frequency.

High frequency analog transistors, method of fabrication and circuit

High frequency analog transistors method of fabrication and circuit

A bonded wafer 10 has a silicon device layer 20 bonded to a layer of semi-insulating material 14, preferably a mobility degraded silicon such as polycrystaline silicon. Layer 14 is thick enough and substrate 16 is conductive enough to reduce resistive losses when devices in layer 20 are operated at frequencies above 0.1 Ghz. Substrate 16 is conductive enough and semi-insulating material 14 is resistive enough to prevent cross-talk among devices in layer 20.

Semi-insulating wafer

A silicon on insulator substrate 8 provides islands of silicon 18 of uniform thickness by using a trench etch process and a silicon nitride layer 20 to provide a thickness control and polish stop for the silicon islands 18.

Sub-micron bonded SOI by trench planarization

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Anthony L Rivoli