Active solid-state devices (e.g. – transistors – solid-state diode – Field effect device – Having insulated electrode
Patent
1993-01-15
1994-04-19
James, Andrew J.
Active solid-state devices (e.g., transistors, solid-state diode
Field effect device
Having insulated electrode
257622, H01L 2701, H01L 2713, H01L 2918
Patent
active
053048342
ABSTRACT:
In the prior art, selective epitaxial growth (SEG) of semiconductors, performed typically in rectangular windows penetrating through a masking layer located on a major surface of semiconductor substrate, suffers from unwanted facet formation at the corners of the windows--whereby the desirable planar area available for transistor fabrication is reduced. Such facet formation is suppressed--i.e., the area occupied by unwanted facets is reduced--by adding a relatively small lobe penetrating through the masking layer at each corner of each window prior to performing the SEG, whereby transistor packing density can be increased.
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AT&T Bell Laboratories
Caplan David I.
James Andrew J.
Meier Stephen D.
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