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Publication
VLSI Technology 1989
Conference paper
Fully self-aligned epitaxial-base transistor
Abstract
A fully self-aligned mesa transistor structure is presented that self-aligns the emitter and base not only to each other, but also to the shallow trench isolation. This mesa self-aligned, shallow-trench-isolated transistor (MSST) is built with an expitaxial base, deposited early in the process, and low-temperature processing. An initial masking and etching step defines the active emitter area and a novel processing sequence self-aligns the sidewall contact and shallow trench isolation to the emitter. Both Cbc and Rb are reduced through the use of a shallow sidewall-contact. The final MSST structure has a planar surface compatible with multilevel metallization. First device results show excellent electrical characteristics.