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Semiconductor device comprising unidimensional doping conductors and method of manufacturing such a semiconductor device
Assignee: NXP BV
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Filing: 1991-04-19
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Granted: 1991-12-03
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Expires: 2011-04-19
Abstract
Abstract The invention relates to a semiconductor device having a semiconductor substrate, on which a semiconductor layer is provided, which includes sunken or buried strip-shaped conducting regions, which have strip-shaped subregions, in which doping elements are present. Semiconductor devices having such so-called quasi unidimensional conductors constitute potentially important parts of electronic circuits or components. According to the invention, the strip-shaped conducting regions and the strip-shaped subregions are located with a side facing the substrate substantially in one plane, which is a vicinal plane of a major crystal surface of the semiconductor body, of which the semiconductor device forms part. The subregions can also have a very small width and thickness of about 0.3 to 2 nm and can be manufactured in a comparatively simple manner.
Inventors
- 👤 Aart A. van Gorkum
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 17:40
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10D; H10D30/00; H10D30/60; H10W; H10W20/00; H10W20/20
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
103 words
A semiconductor device comprising a semiconductor body having a semiconductor substrate and a semiconductor layer disposed thereon, said semiconductor layer comprising at least one group of parallel strip-shaped conducting regions having a higher conductivity than that of the semiconductor layer in which the conducting regions are located, said conducting regions comprising strip-shaped subregions completely enclosed within said conducting regions, and doping elements provided within said strip-shaped subregions, the strip-shaped conducting regions and the enclosed strip-shaped subregions being located with a side facing the substrate substantially in a selected plane, which is a vicinal plane of a major crystal surface of the semiconductor body.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
103 words
A semiconductor device comprising a semiconductor body having a semiconductor substrate and a semiconductor layer disposed thereon, said semiconductor layer comprising at least one group of parallel strip-shaped conducting regions having a higher conductivity than that of the semiconductor layer in which the conducting regions are located, said conducting regions comprising strip-shaped subregions completely enclosed within said conducting regions, and doping elements provided within said strip-shaped subregions, the strip-shaped conducting regions and the enclosed strip-shaped subregions being located with a side facing the substrate substantially in a selected plane, which is a vicinal plane of a major crystal surface of the semiconductor body.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
40 words
A semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the conducting strip-shaped regions have, in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction, dimensions which are substantially equal to a wavelength of free charge carriers present in these regions.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
36 words
A semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 or 2, characterized in that dimensions of the strip-shaped subregions in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction are smaller than corresponding dimensions of the conducting strip-shaped regions.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
45 words
A semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the strip-shaped subregions have, in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction, dimensions which are from about a quarter to about one lattice constant of the semiconductor material of the semiconductor layer.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
39 words
A semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the volume concentration of the doping elements within the strip-shaped subregions is higher than the maximum volume concentration in bulk semiconductor material comprising the semiconductor layer.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
58 words
A semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the major crystal surface is the (001) surface and the vicinal plane is parallel to the surface of the semiconductor body and has a misorientation with respect to the major crystal surface in the (011) or the (011) direction of at most a few degrees.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
64 words
A semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the semiconductor layer comprises at least two groups of parallel strip-shaped conducting regions, which are arranged above each other and are orientated with respect to each other in such a manner that a strip-shaped region of one group is located, viewed in projection, between two strip-shaped regions of an adjacent group.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
22 words
A semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the conducting strip-shaped regions are of the n-conductivity type.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
19 words
A semiconductor device as claimed in claim 8, characterized in that the semiconductor layer comprises a III-V semiconductor material.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
39 words
A semiconductor device as claimed in claim 9, characterized in that the conducting strip-shaped regions have a width lying between about 40 and 200 nm and the strip-shaped subregions have a width lying between about 2 and 20 nm.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
18 words
A semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the semiconductor layer comprises silicon.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
40 words
A semiconductor device as claimed in claim 11, characterized in that the conducting strip-shaped regions have a width of about 10 to 100 nm and in that the strip-shaped subregions have a width lying between about 2 and 20 nm.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
25 words
A semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 or 2, in that the strip-shaped conducting regions are used as connection conductors in an electronic circuit.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
131 words
A semiconductor device as claimed in claim 9, characterized in that the semiconductor body comprises a semiconductor layer structure comprising successively in a cross-section at least the semiconductor substrate having a comparatively low doping concentration, a semiconductor layer having a comparatively low doping concentration, in which the group of conducting strip-shaped regions having a comparatively high concentration of free charge carriers is buried, two strip-shaped semiconductor regions sunken from the surface into the semiconductor layer and having a comparatively high doping concentration, whose longitudinal direction is substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the group of conducting strip-shaped regions and which are connected to the strip-shaped regions, and an isolating layer, which is arranged between the sunken strip-shaped semiconductor regions on the surface and on which a conducting layer is disposed.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
26 words
A semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 or 2, further comprising means for providing a current in a longitudinal direction through the strip-shaped conducting regions.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
49 words
A semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the semiconductor substrate is provided with a stepped profile which continues into the semiconductor layer disposed thereon, and that the doping elements provided within said strip-shaped subregions are positioned at a stage of the stepped profile.
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