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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 1988
Filed:
Jan. 29, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard H Lane, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Signetics Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
437 28 ; 156643 ; 156649 ; 156653 ; 156657 ; 357 34 ; 357 54 ; 357 56 ; 357 91 ; 437 33 ; 437 38 ; 437 69 ; 437193 ; 437200 ; 437228 ; 437909 ; 437931 ; 437956 ; 437984 ;
Abstract
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device in which the base resistance is minimized to increase the speed of operation of the device. This is accomplished because the device made by the method makes it possible to form the base and emitter contacts next to each other laterally but spaced vertically.