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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2014
Semiconductor Components Industries, Llc, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Michael Thomason, Blackfoot, ID (US);
Mohammed Tanvir Quddus, Chandler, AZ (US);
James Morgan, Chandler, AZ (US);
Mihir Mudholkar, Tempe, AZ (US);
Scott Donaldson, Pocatello, ID (US);
Gordon M Grivna, Mesa, AZ (US);
SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Abstract
A number of variations may include a method that may include depositing a first layer on a first semiconductor epi layer (epitaxial layer) in an overlying position with respect to at least one trench structure formed in the first semiconductor epi layer. The first layer may include a first metal and a second metal. A second layer may comprise a material constructed and arranged to scavenge silicon migrating from the first semiconductor epi layer during annealing may be deposited over the first layer. The first semiconductor epi layer may be subjected to at least a first annealing act to provide a first structure. At least a portion of the first structure may be stripped to remove any of the first layer not reacted with silicon to form a silicide during the first annealing act.