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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 1997
Filed:
Dec. 15, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Tatsuo Nakato, Vancouver, WA (US);
Assignees:
Sharp Microelectronics Technology, Inc., Camas, WA (US);
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
257347 ; 257348 ; 257349 ; 257350 ; 257351 ; 257352 ; 257353 ; 257354 ; 257401 ; 257507 ; 257638 ; 257639 ; 257649 ;
Abstract
Pin-holes or thin sections in the implanted dielectric layer of a SIMOX device are patched by forming a reverse biasable PN junction within the depth range of or proximate to the dielectric layer. A charge depletion zone forms about the PN junction when the Latter is reverse-biased and reinforces or patches weak spots in the implanted dielectric layer such as pin-holes and thin-sections.