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| 5F048 | METAL-OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS (MOSIC) AND BIPOLAR METAL-OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS (BI-MOSIC) | |
| H10D84/40 -84/40@Z;84/80-84/80,102@Z;84/82-84/85@Z;84/90;84/90,102;87/00 | ||
| H01L27/06,102-27/06,331;27/07,102;27/085-27/092@Z;27/118;27/118,102 | AA | AA00 PURPOSE |
AA01 | AA02 | AA03 | AA04 | AA05 | AA06 | AA07 | AA08 | AA09 | AA10 |
| . Large-scale integration | . Protection against an overvoltage on metal-oxide semiconductor (MOS) gates | . Prevention of latch-up and of parasitic bipolar | . Element separation | . Increase of breakdown voltage | . Improvement of radiation resistance e.g. alpha-ray resistance | . Improvement of reliability | . Improvement of mutual conductance of MOS | . Reduction of manufacturing processes | . Improvement of bipolar-transistor characteristics | |||
| AB | AB00 USE |
AB01 | AB02 | AB03 | AB04 | AB05 | AB06 | AB07 | AB08 | AB10 | ||
| . Memory | . Master slices or gate arrays | . Logic circuits | . . Inverter circuits | . . Buffer circuits | . Input circuits | . Output circuits | . Reference voltage generating circuits | . Others | ||||
| AC | AC00 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT ELEMENT |
AC01 | AC02 | AC03 | AC04 | AC05 | AC06 | AC07 | AC08 | AC09 | AC10 | |
| . Metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) elements with metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) elements | . . Enhancement and depletion metal-oxide semiconductors (E-D MOS) or enhancement and enhancement metal-oxide semiconductors (E-E MOS) | . . Complementary metal-oxide semiconductors (CMOS) | . . . Thin-film transistor complementary metal-oxide semiconductors (TFT CMOS) | . . Bipolar complementary metal-oxide semiconductors (Bipolar-CMOS) | . . including power metal oxide semiconductors (MOS) | . including bipolar transistors (BiCMOS is classified in AC05.) | . . Bi-MOS composite elements | . including static induction transistor (SIT) junction field effect transistor (JEFT) metal semiconductor field effect transistor (MESFET) | . including inductance (L) capacitance (C) or resistance elements (R) or diodes | |||
| BA | BA00 SUBSTRATE |
BA01 | BA02 | BA03 | BA04 | BA05 | BA06 | BA07 | BA09 | BA10 | ||
| . Monolayer substrates | . Multi-layer substrates e.g. two layers | . . Three or more layers | . . . with first and second epitaxial layers being the same type | . . . with first and second epitaxial layers being different types | . . with substrate and directly above layers being the same type | . . with substrate and directly above layer having mutually different types | . having insulating layers in substrates | . characterised by crystal faces or crystal axes | ||||
| BA11 | BA12 | BA13 | BA14 | BA15 | BA16 | BA17 | BA19 | BA20 | ||||
| . adding carrier-recombination centres into substrates | . Buried layers | . . Double buried layers | . Element formation regions or active regions formed of materials other than silicon (Si) | . . Group III-V compound semiconductors | . Insulating substrates | . . Silicon on sapphire (SOS) | . Electrodes for multiple metal-oxide semiconductor (MOS) elements being on different planes | . part of metal-oxide semiconductor (MOS) being formed on insulating film | ||||
| BB | BB00 GATE |
BB01 | BB02 | BB03 | BB04 | BB05 | BB06 | BB07 | BB08 | BB09 | BB10 | |
| . Shapes | . . Divided gates or multiple gates | . . A plurality of MOS with different gate lengths | . Materials | . . Polycrystalline silicon (Si) | . . . N-type doped polycrystalline silicon (Si) | . . . P-type doped polycrystalline silicon (Si) | . . Silicides | . . Metals alloys or metal compounds excluding silicides | . . A plurality of metal-oxide semiconductors (MOS) using different materials for gate electrodes | |||
| BB11 | BB12 | BB13 | BB14 | BB15 | BB16 | BB17 | BB18 | BB19 | BB20 | |||
| . . characterised by materials for gate-insulating films | . Multi-layer or two-layer gates | . . Three or more metal layers | . Threshold control | . . A plurality of metal-oxide semiconductors (MOS) with different threshold voltages | . . . with insulating-films having different thicknesses | . . . with different insulating materials | . . . with different amounts of implantation or different materials to be implanted | . Buried gates | . Specially structured gates e.g. V-shaped gates | |||
| BC | BC00 SOURCE AND DRAIN |
BC01 | BC02 | BC03 | BC05 | BC06 | BC07 | |||||
| . Shapes | . . Divided drains and sources | . Asymmetrical structures | . Formation of additional regions | . . Lightly doped drains (LDD) | . . Double diffusion | |||||||
| BC11 | BC12 | BC15 | BC16 | BC18 | BC19 | BC20 | ||||||
| . Insulating layers beneath sources and drains | . taking out reverse electrodes | . Materials | . . Polycrystalline silicon (Si) e.g. silicon on insulator (SOI) | . A plurality of metal-oxide semiconductors (MOS) with mutually different source and drain regions | . . different in depth | . . different in concentration | ||||||
| BD | BD00 CHANNEL |
BD01 | BD02 | BD04 | BD05 | BD06 | BD07 | BD09 | BD10 | |||
| . Shapes | . . characterised by length or width of channels | . having additional ions implanted in channels | . Buried channels | . characterised by electric current direction | . . Vertical channels see CB07 | . forming channel regions separately by epitaxial growth | . characterised by channel lengths or widths between a plurality of metal-oxide semiconductors (MOS) | |||||
| BE | BE00 WELL |
BE01 | BE02 | BE03 | BE04 | BE05 | BE06 | BE07 | BE08 | BE09 | BE10 | |
| . characterised by distribution of impurity concentrations | . Double wells | . Dual wells [P and N] | . Multiple wells of the same type | . A plurality of wells with different depths | . A plurality of wells with different concentrations | . Wells deeper than surface epitaxial layers | . Complementary metal-oxide semiconductors (CMOS) without wells | . impressing voltage onto wells | . Others | |||
| BF | BF00 WIRING, ELECTRODE AND CONTACT |
BF01 | BF02 | BF03 | BF04 | BF05 | BF06 | BF07 | BF08 | |||
| . Materials | . . Aluminium (Al) | . . Polycrystalline silicon (Si) | . . . N-type doped polycrystalline silicon (Si) | . . . P-type doped polycrystalline silicon (Si) | . . Silicides | . . Metals alloys or metal compounds excluding silicides | . . Superconducting materials | |||||
| BF11 | BF12 | BF15 | BF16 | BF17 | BF18 | BF19 | ||||||
| . Multi-layer wiring with two layers | . . Three or more layers | . Contact between gate electrodes and wiring | . Contact between sources and drains and wiring | . Regions having reduced contact resistance with sources or drains. | . Substrate or well contact regions | . Contacts for connection of gates with gates | ||||||
| BG | BG00 INSULATOR ISOLATION |
BG01 | BG02 | BG03 | BG05 | BG06 | BG07 | |||||
| . Materials | . . Phosphosilicate glass (PSG) | . . Silicon nitride (Si3N4) | . separating side surfaces and bottom surfaces of element regions by means of insulator | . . only a portion of a plurality of metal-oxide semiconductors (MOS) or complementary metal-oxide semiconductors (CMOS) | . . all of the plurality metal-oxide semiconductors (MOS) or complementary metal-oxide semiconductors (CMOS) | |||||||
| BG11 | BG12 | BG13 | BG14 | BG15 | BG16 | |||||||
| . separating only side surfaces of element regions by insulation | . . Separation by selective oxidation e.g. local oxidation of silicon (LOCOS) | . . Trench or groove separation | . . . burying insulation other than SiO2 in grooves | . . . implanting ions into substrate layers beneath grooves | . . V-grooves | |||||||
| BH | BH00 PN JUNCTION ISOLATION |
BH01 | BH02 | BH03 | BH04 | BH05 | BH06 | BH07 | BH08 | BH09 | ||
| . PN junction isolation in both side surfaces and bottom surfaces of element regions | . using PN junction isolation only in side surfaces of element regions | . using PN junction isolation only in bottom surfaces of element regions | . Application of potential to isolation regions | . Guard rings or guard bands | . . with a plurality of guard rings formed | . Channel stoppers | . . Double channel stoppers | . Cut layers | ||||
| CA | CA00 STRUCTURE OF BIPOLAR TRANSISTOR |
CA01 | CA02 | CA03 | CA04 | CA05 | CA06 | CA07 | CA08 | CA09 | CA10 | |
| . formed within wells | . formed on one-layer substrates | . formed on epitaxial layers on substrates | . forming in insulation separation region | . forming in PN junction isolation regions | . forming on planes different from metal-oxide semiconductors (MOS) | . Buried layers beneath bipolar transistors | . Buried bases | . Double-diffusion bases | . Divided bases | |||
| CA12 | CA13 | CA14 | CA15 | CA16 | CA17 | |||||||
| . Well collectors | . Silicide contacts e.g. emitters bases or collectors | . Polycrystalline silicon (Si) wiring e.g. from emitters bases or collectors | . Emitter side walls | . A plurality of bipolar transistors with different breakdown voltages | . Multi-layer wiring | |||||||
| CB | CB00 THREE-DIMENSIONAL METAL-OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS (MOSIC), INCLUDING BIMOS |
CB01 | CB02 | CB03 | CB04 | CB06 | CB07 | CB08 | CB10 | |||
| . Stacked metal-oxide semiconductor integrated circuits (MOSIC) e.g. in two layers | . . Three or more layers | . . Contacts between layers | . . Wiring between layers | . Vertical metal-oxide semiconductor integrated circuits (MOSIC) and double gate MOS | . . Vertical channels see BD07 | . . Double gates mutually facing in the vertical direction | . Forming other metal-oxide semiconductors (MOS) corresponding to gate electrodes | |||||
| CC | CC00 COMPONENT OF PROTECTIVE CIRCUITS |
CC01 | CC02 | CC03 | CC04 | CC05 | CC06 | CC07 | CC08 | CC09 | CC10 | |
| . Resistor | . . Arrangements and shapes | . . Materials | . . . Polycrystalline silicon (Si) | . Capacitors | . Diodes | . . Diodes between protected elements | . Metal-oxide semiconductors (MOS) | . . Two or more metal-oxide semiconductors (MOS) | . Bipolar thyristor | |||
| CC11 | CC12 | CC13 | CC14 | CC15 | CC16 | CC17 | CC18 | CC19 | CC20 | |||
| . Arrangement (Arrangements and shapes only for resistors are classified in CC02.) | . provided with constant voltage or constant current circuits | . impressing voltage onto wells or substrates | . Circuits for detecting and releasing latch-up | . providing on the input side | . providing on the output side | . Object to be protected | . . Metal-oxide semiconductor integrated circuits (MOSIC) | . . Complementary metal-oxide semiconductor integrated circuits (CMOSIC) | . . Bi-MOS (Bipolar metal-oxide semiconductor) or Bi-CMOS (Bipolar complementary metal oxide semiconductor) integrated circuits | |||
| DA | DA00 MANUFACTURING METHOD |
DA01 | DA02 | DA03 | DA04 | DA05 | DA06 | DA07 | DA08 | DA09 | DA10 | |
| . simultaneously forming together with source and drain of one metal-oxide semiconductor (MOS) | . . Two metal-oxide semiconductor (MOS) guard rings | . . Two metal-oxide semiconductor (MOS) channel stoppers | . . One or two metal-oxide semiconductor (MOS) gates e.g. polycrystalline silicon (Si) | . . Two metal-oxide semiconductor (MOS) wells | . . Bipolar transistor collectors | . . Bipolar transistor bases | . . Bipolar transistor emitters | . Simultaneous formation of two or more elements excluding sources and drains | . . Wells | |||
| DA11 | DA12 | DA13 | DA14 | DA15 | DA17 | DA18 | DA19 | DA20 | ||||
| . . Guard rings | . . Channel stoppers | . . Bases | . . Collectors | . . Emitters | . Layers to protect gates during ion implantation excluding the outermost resist layers | . . Silicon dioxide (SiO2) | . . Silicon nitride (Si3N4) | . . High melting point metals | ||||
| DA21 | DA22 | DA23 | DA24 | DA25 | DA26 | DA27 | DA28 | DA29 | DA30 | |||
| . . High melting point metal silicides | . . Aluminium oxide (Al203) | . Gate side walls | . . Materials | . . . Silicon dioxide (SiO2) | . . . High melting point metal silicides | . . . Silicon nitride (Si3N4) | . . . polycrystalline silicon (Si) | . . . Phosphosilicate glass (PSG) | . . Double side walls | |||
| DB | DB00 FORMING DIFFUSION LAYERS OTHER THAN BY ION IMPLANTATION |
DB01 | DB02 | DB03 | DB04 | DB05 | DB06 | DB07 | DB08 | DB09 | DB10 | |
| . Diffusion sources | . . Phosphosilicate glass (PSG) | . . Borosilicate glass (BSG) | . . Polycrystalline silicon (Si) doped with impurities | . Regions formed | . . Source and drain | . . Channel stoppers | . . Bases | . . Emitters | . . Collectors |