Semiconductor device and method having multiple subcollectors formed on a common wafer
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsJames S. Dunn, Louis D. Lanzerotti, Steven H. Voldman
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Abstract
A semiconductor device and a method of fabricating a semiconductor device having multiple subcollectors which are formed in a common wafer, in order to provide multiple structures having different characteristic and frequency response are provided. The subcollectors may be provided using different doses or different material implants resulting in devices having different optimum unity current gain cutoff frequency (fT) and breakdown voltage (BVCEO and BVCBO) on a common wafer.
Claims2
First and second bipolar transistors formed on a p-substrate, said first transistor comprising:
- a Sb subcollector;
- a n-epi collector;
- a SiGe polysilicon p-doped extrinsic base;
- a SiGe silicon single crystal intrinsic base;
- and
- said second transistor comprising:
- an As subcollector having a sheet resistance at 50–200Ω/square;
- a n-epi collector;
- a SiGe polysilicon extrinsic base;
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- a SiGe single crystal extrinsic base, said second transistor providing ESD protection as a result of the selection of As as a subcollector which provides for lateral ballasting.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.