US3983574A
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Semiconductor devices having surface state control
Assignee: Raytheon Co
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Filing: 1975-02-27
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Granted: 1976-09-28
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Expires: 1995-02-27
Abstract
Abstract A semiconductor structure having a surface insulating layer formed as a grid with charges implanted in the insulating material to prevent inversion and, hence, channeling between adjacent semiconductor regions, preferably for use in a non-blooming vidicon. The method of manufacturing such a structure uses ion implantation to create immobile positive charges in a grid pattern in an insulating layer in regions spaced from the interface between the insulating layer and the semiconductor body. The insulating layer is of sufficient thickness that substantially all of the charge sites in the insulating layer are separated from the outer surface of the insulator by a sufficient distance to effectively prevent a negative electric field from reaching into the silicon.
Inventors
- 👤 Hermann Statz
- 👤 Wolfgang M. Feist
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 18:56
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10F; H10F77/00; H10F77/30; H10F77/306; H01; H01J; H01J29/00; H01J29/02; H01J29/10; H01J29/36; H01J29/39; H01J29/45; H01J29/451; H01J29/453; H01J29/455; H01J9/00; H01J9/20; H01J9/233; H10D; H10D30/00; H10D30/60; H10D62/00; H10D62/10; H10D62/102; H10D62/112; H10D99/00; H10F39/00; H10F39/10; H10F99/00; H10P; H10P30/00; H10P30/40; H10P32/00; H10P32/20; H10P95/00; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S257/00; Y10S257/917
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
90 words
In combination: a body of semiconductor material having a plurality of junctions formed at spaced locations on said body; said junctions being formed between said semiconductor body and thin regions of insulating material; means for producing a reverse bias across said junctions; and means for preventing the formation of conductive channels through said semiconductor material between said junction regions comprising means for producing charge regions in insulating material between adjacent ones of said junctions which are of a polarity opposite to the polarity of charges produced by said reverse bias.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
90 words
In combination: a body of semiconductor material having a plurality of junctions formed at spaced locations on said body; said junctions being formed between said semiconductor body and thin regions of insulating material; means for producing a reverse bias across said junctions; and means for preventing the formation of conductive channels through said semiconductor material between said junction regions comprising means for producing charge regions in insulating material between adjacent ones of said junctions which are of a polarity opposite to the polarity of charges produced by said reverse bias.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
47 words
The combination in accordance with claim 1 wherein said means for preventing channel formation comprises a layer of insulating material on said semiconductor body extending between said junction regions which is thicker than said thin regions and contains a plurality of immobile charges in said insulating layer.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
13 words
The combination in accordance with claim 2 wherein said semiconductor body comprises silicon.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
14 words
The combination in accordance with claim 3 wherein said insulating layer comprises silicon dioxide.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
19 words
The combination in accordance with claim 1 wherein said semiconductor material comprises silicon and said junctions comprise silicon dioxide.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
25 words
The combination in accordance with claim 5 wherein said silicon dioxide layer of insulating material extends substantially continuously over one surface of said semiconductor body.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
38 words
The combination in accordance with claim 6 wherein said means for producing a reverse bias comprises an electron beam, and said target is rendered nonblooming by said prevention of the formation of said channels between said junction regions.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
24 words
The combination in accordance with claim 7 wherein said means for producing said reverse bias comprises an electron gun for producing said electron beam.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
27 words
The combination in accordance with claim 8 wherein said means for producing said reverse bias comprises means for cyclically scanning said electron beam across said target electrode.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
102 words
A target for a camera tube comprising: a substantially planar member of semiconductor material of a predetermined conductivity type; a layer on one surface of said member having a greater impurity concentration of said type than the average impurity concentration of said type in said body; a plurality of unidirectionally conductive junction regions disposed on the opposite surface of said member from said high impurity concentration layer and formed between said body of a different conductivity type or different material from said member; and regions of insulating material disposed on said semiconductor body between said junction regions and having immobile charges therein.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
102 words
A target for a camera tube comprising: a substantially planar member of semiconductor material of a predetermined conductivity type; a layer on one surface of said member having a greater impurity concentration of said type than the average impurity concentration of said type in said body; a plurality of unidirectionally conductive junction regions disposed on the opposite surface of said member from said high impurity concentration layer and formed between said body of a different conductivity type or different material from said member; and regions of insulating material disposed on said semiconductor body between said junction regions and having immobile charges therein.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
13 words
The target in accordance with claim 10 wherein said semiconductor member comprises silicon.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
18 words
The target in accordance with claim 10 wherein said insulating layer comprises an oxide of said semiconductor material.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
30 words
The target in accordance with claim 10 wherein said target further comprises a layer of high resistance material extending across adjacent of said junction regions and said intervening insulating regions.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
32 words
The target in accordance with claim 10 wherein said junction regions comprise layers of material contacting said semiconductor member which are thinner than said regions of insulating material having said charges therein.
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