IP Library Granted Patent US 6,914,308
Granted Patent B2
US 6,914,308 · App. 10/032,547 · Granted Jul 5, 2005

Vertical PNP bipolar transistor

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Patent No.
US 6,914,308
App. No.
10/032,547
Granted
Jul 5, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device in which a vertical pnp-bipolar transistor is formed in a prescribed element region on a semiconductor substrate includes: a buried n + -layer of a high concentration formed in the prescribed element region; and a p-type collector layer formed on the buried n + -layer. By introducing impurities that has a larger diffusion coefficient than the buried n + -layer, the collector layer can be formed on the buried n + -layer formed in common with other element regions, without any special masking.

Claims (15)

1. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a semiconductor substrate;

an n-type buried layer of high concentration formed on said semiconductor substrate;

a p-type diffused layer formed following said n-type buried layer on said n-type buried layer;

an n-type epitaxial layer on said p-type diffused layer; and

a pnp-bipolar transistor having said p-type diffused layer as a collector layer and said n-type epitaxial layer as a base layer, formed on said semiconductor substrate.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein a diffusion coefficient of an impurity in said p-type diffused layer is larger than the diffusion coefficient of the impurity in said n-type buried layer.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , further comprising an npn-bipolar transistor formed on said n-type buried layer on said semiconductor substrate.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , further comprising an isolation diffused layer for electrically isolating a plurality of element regions on said semiconductor substrate,

wherein said p-type diffused layer is formed as the same layer as a lower portion of said isolation diffused layer.

5. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , further comprising a trench element isolation for electrically isolating a plurality of element regions on said semiconductor substrate.

6. The semiconductor device according to claim 2 , further comprising an npn-bipolar transistor formed on said n-type buried layer on said semiconductor substrate.

7. The semiconductor device according to claim 2 , further comprising an isolation diffused layer for electrically isolating a plurality of element regions on said semiconductor substrate,

wherein said p-type diffused layer is formed as the same layer as a lower portion of said isolation diffused layer.

8. The semiconductor device according to claim 2 , further comprising a trench element isolation for electrically isolating a plurality of element regions on said semiconductor substrate.

Assignments (5)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Nov 29, 2017
From: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
To: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 044928/0001 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 13, 2010
From: RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORP.
To: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 024973/0598 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 7, 2004
From: MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORP.
Reel/Frame 015185/0122 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 10, 2003
From: MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORP.
Reel/Frame 014502/0289 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 2, 2002
From: FUJII, HIDENORI
To: MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 012437/0207 →