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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 1997
Filed:
May. 01, 1996
Hak-Yam Tsoi, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
A bipolar transistor (10) includes a collector region (13), a base region (14) in the collector region (13), and an emitter region (20) in the base region (14). A portion (18) of an electrical conductor (16) is located over a base width (23) of the bipolar transistor (10). The emitter region (20) is self-aligned to the portion (18) of the electrical conductor (16) and is preferably diffused into the base region (14) in order to decrease the base width (23) without relying on extremely precise alignment between base region (14) and the portion (18) of the electrical conductor (16). The portion (18) of the electrical conductor (16) is used to deplete a portion of the base width (23) of the bipolar transistor (10).