Electricity: electrical systems and devices – Electrostatic capacitors – Fixed capacitor
Patent
1987-11-30
1989-02-14
Griffin, Donald A.
Electricity: electrical systems and devices
Electrostatic capacitors
Fixed capacitor
357 51, 29 2542, H01G 410, H01G 700, H01L 2702
Patent
active
048050717
ABSTRACT:
High voltage capacitors particularly suited for a BiCMOS process are formed in conjunction with prior art low voltage capacitors. In a first embodiment of a high voltage capacitor, an N+ region (66) is used as a first plate of the capacitor. The thermal gate oxice layer (48) used in conjunction with the MOS transistors (22,24) is also grown over the N+ region (66). Since the thermal oxide growth over the N+ region is accelerated, a thicker oxide region will be formed. A polysilicon plate (70) is formed over the thick oxide region (68) at the same time the first plate (12) of the low voltage capacitor (10) is formed. Alternatively, a nitride layer (18) may be formed over the thick oxide layer (68). The nitride layer (18) is also used in the formation of a low voltage capacitor (10).
REFERENCES:
patent: 3320484 (1967-05-01), Riley et al.
patent: 3864817 (1975-02-01), Lapham et al.
patent: 4458295 (1984-07-01), Durschlag et al.
patent: 4675982 (1987-06-01), Noble et al.
Erdeljac John P.
Hutter Louis N.
Coalter Richard G.
Griffin Donald A.
Heiting Leo N.
Sharp Melvin
Texas Instruments Incorporated
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