IP Library Granted Patent US 10,243,131
Granted Patent B2
US 10,243,131 · App. 15/645,158 · Granted Mar 26, 2019

Semiconductor device and semiconductor device manufacturing method

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Patent No.
US 10,243,131
App. No.
15/645,158
Granted
Mar 26, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a polysilicon layer fixed to the semiconductor substrate, and a silicon nitride layer in contact with the polysilicon layer, wherein the polysilicon layer includes a n-type layer and a p-type layer in contact with the n-type layer. The semiconductor device manufacturing method includes forming the polysilicon layer covering at least one hydrogen-containing layer, and heating the polysilicon layer and the hydrogen-containing layer.

Claims (10)

1. A semiconductor device manufacturing method comprising:

providing a semiconductor substrate;

forming a polysilicon layer covering at least one hydrogen-containing layer, and including an n-type layer and a p-type layer in contact with the n-type layer, comprising:

forming a first portion of the polysilicon layer over the semiconductor substrate, wherein the first portion of the polysilicon layer includes a first portion of the n-type layer and a first portion of the p-type layer in contact with the first portion of the n-type layer;

forming the at least one hydrogen-containing layer on at least a portion of the first portion of the n-type layer and on at least a portion of the first portion of the p-type layer; and

forming a second portion of the polysilicon layer on the at least one hydrogen-containing layer and on at least a portion of the first portion of the polysilicon layer, wherein:

the second portion of the polysilicon layer includes a second portion of the n-type layer and a second portion of the p-type layer in contact with the second portion of the n-type layer, and

the at least one hydrogen-containing layer is present in the n-type layer and the p-type layer; and

heating the polysilicon layer and the at least one hydrogen-containing layer.

2. The semiconductor device manufacturing method according to claim 1 , further comprising forming a an additional hydrogen-containing layer over the semiconductor substrate, before the formation of the polysilicon layer covering the at least one hydrogen-containing layer.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 1, 2020
From: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: DENSO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 052285/0419 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 10, 2017
From: NAGATA, KENSUKE; NARITA, KATSUTOSHI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 043136/0502 →