77 results about "Bicmos integrated circuits" patented technology

Symmetrical / asymmetrical bidirectional S-shaped I-V characteristics with trigger voltages ranging from 10 V to over 40 V and relatively high holding current are obtained for advanced sub-micron silicided CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) / BiCMOS (Bipolar CMOS) technologies by custom implementation of P1-N2-P2-N1 / / N1-P3-N3-P1 lateral structures with embedded ballast resistance 58, 58A, 56, 56A and periphery guard-ring isolation 88-86. The bidirectional protection devices render a high level of electrostatic discharge (ESD) immunity for advanced CMOS / BiCMOS processes with no latchup problems. Novel design-adapted multifinger 354 / interdigitated 336 layout schemes of the ESD protection cells allow for scaling-up the ESD performance of the protection structure and custom integration, while the I-V characteristics 480 are adjustable to the operating conditions of the integrated circuit (IC). The ESD protection cells are tested using the TLP (Transmission Line Pulse) technique, and ESD standards including HBM (Human Body Model), MM (Machine Model), and IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) IEC 1000-4-2 standard for ESD immunity. ESD protection performance is demonstrated also at high temperature (140° C.). The unique high ratio of dual-polarity ESD protection level per unit area, allows for integration of fast-response and compact protection cells optimized for the current tendency of the semiconductor industry toward low cost and high density-oriented IC design. Symmetric / asymmetric dual polarity ESD protection performance is demonstrated for over 15 kV HBM, 2 kV MM, and 16.5 kV IEC for sub-micron technology.

A vertical NPNP structure fabricated using a triple well CMOS process, as well as methods of making the vertical NPNP structure, methods of providing electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection, and design structures for a BiCMOS integrated circuit. The vertical NPNP structure may be used to provide on-chip protection to an input / output (I / O) pad from negative-voltage ESD events. A vertical PNPN structure may be also used to protect the same I / O pad from positive-voltage ESD events.

Trench-generated device structures fabricated using a semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) wafer, design structures embodied in a machine readable medium for designing, manufacturing, or testing an integrated circuit, as well as methods for fabricating trench-generated device structures. The device structure includes a trench extending through the semiconductor and insulator layers of the SOI wafer and into the underlying semiconductor substrate, and a first doped region in the semiconductor substrate. The doped region, which extends about the trench, has a second conductivity type opposite to the first conductivity type. The device structure further includes a first contact extending from the top surface through the semiconductor and insulator layers to a portion of the semiconductor substrate outside of the doped region, and a second contact extending from the top surface through the semiconductor and insulator layers to the doped region in the semiconductor substrate.

Radiation hardened NMOS devices suitable for application in NMOS, CMOS, or BiCMOS integrated circuits, and methods for fabricating them. A device includes a p-type silicon substrate, a field oxide surrounding a moat region on the substrate tapering through a Bird's Beak region to a gate oxide within the moat region, a heavily-doped p-type guard region underlying at least a portion of the Bird's Beak region and terminating at the inner edge of the Bird's Beak region, a gate included in the moat region, and n-type source and drain regions spaced by a gap from the inner edge of the Bird's Beak and guard regions. A variation of minor alterations to the conventional moat and n-type source / drain masks. The resulting devices have improved radiation tolerance while having a high breakdown voltage and minimal impact on circuit density.

The invention discloses a method for preparing a dual polycrystalline strain SiGe plane bipolar complementary metal oxide semiconductor (BiCMOS) integrated device. The method comprises the following steps of: preparing a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrate, etching a bipolar device area on the substrate, preparing a dual polycrystalline SiGe heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT) device in the area by using a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method and a self-aligning process, photo-etching a metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) active area, continuously growing a Si buffer layer, a strain SiGe layer and an intrinsic layer in the area, respectively forming active areas of n-channel metal oxide semiconductor (NMOS) and p-channel metal oxide semiconductor (PMOS) devices, depositing SiO2 and polycrystalline silicon in the active areas of the NMOS and PMOS devices, etching a pseudo grid with the length of 22 to 350 nanometers, forming a light doped drain (LDD) and a source drain of the NMOS and PMOS devices by adopting the self-aligning process, then removing the pseudo grid, forming grid dielectric lanthanum oxide (La2O3) and metallic tungsten (W) for forming a grid, metalizing, photo-etching leads, and thus forming a BiCMOS integrated circuit. The self-aligning process is adopted in the preparation method, and the LDD structure is adopted in the MOS structure, so that influence of hot carriers on performance of the device is efficiently inhibited, and the reliability of the device is improved.

The invention discloses a dual-strain bipolar complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (BiCMOS) integration device based on a silicon on insulator (SOI) substrate and a preparation method thereof. The preparation method comprises following steps that a negative-silicon (N-Si) layer, a positive-silicon germanium (P-SiGe) layer and an N-Si layer continuously grow on the SOI substrate, a deep groove isolator is prepared, a collector zone shallow groove isolator and a base zone shallow groove isolator are prepared, a collector zone is photo-etched, phosphonium ions are injected to form a collector electrode, a base electrode and a transmitter electrode, and a SiGe heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT) device is formed; a strain SiGe material grow on the substrate, an N-channel MOS (NMOS) device active region and a P-channel MOS (PMOS) device active region are formed, a pseudo grid is prepared, a source drain region of the NMOS and the PMOS devices is respectively generated in a self-aligning way, the pseudo grid is eliminated, a lanthanum oxide (La2O3) material is prepared in a pressing groove at the pseudo grid to form a grid medium and metal tungsten (W) to form a grid electrode, a lead is photo-etched, and a dual-strain plane BiCMOS integration device and a circuit based on the SOI substrate are formed. According to the method, the characteristic that a hole mobility of the strain SiGe material is higher than that of the bulk-Si material is adequately utilized to prepare the dual-strain plane BiCMOS integration circuit based on the SOI substrate, so that the performance of the existing analog and digital-analog mixed integrated circuit is greatly improved.

The invention discloses a crystal plane-based tri-polycrystal-plane Bi CMOS (Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor) integrated device and a preparation method of the device. The preparation process is as follows: preparing an SOI (Silicon On Insulator) substrate; growing N type Si epitaxy and preparing a deep-trench isolator so as to form a collector electrode contact region and a nitride side wall, etching a window in a base region, growing a SiGe base region, conducting photoetching on a collector electrode window, depositing N type Poly-Si, and preparing an emitting electrode and the collector electrode to form an HBT (Heterojunction Bipolar Transistor) device; etching a deep trench in an NMOS (N-Channel Metal Oxide Semiconductor) device region, selectively growing a strain Si epitaxial layer with a crystal plane (100) to prepare an NMOS device with a Si channel; selectively growing a strain SiGe epitaxial layer with a crystal plane (110) to prepare a PMOS (P-Channel Metal Oxide Semiconductor) device with a SiGe channel, and thus forming the crystal plane-based tri-polycrystal-plane Bin CMOS integrated device and a circuit. According to the crystal plane-based tri-polycrystal-plane Bi CMOS integrated device and the preparation method, the characteristics that the electronic mobility of tensile strain Si material is higher than that of Si material, the electronic mobility of strain SiGe material is higher than of that of body Si material, and the electronic mobility is anisotropic are utilized, and based on the SOI substrate, the plane Bi CMOS integrated circuit is prepared, and the performance of the Bi CMOS integrated device is enhanced.