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Application of RTA To Bipolar Ic'S
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 February 2011
Abstract
RTA has been investigated for a variety of applications including implant anneal and modification of poly silicon. However, little has been reported on the integration of RTA into actual process flows. We describe here results for bipolar IC's with RTA for the fabrication of shallower junctions and lower sheet resistance (Rs) poly electrodes. For a successful bipolar IC, not only are good diode characteristics and related transistor parameters important, but also, resistor behavior, uniformity, and yield are critical. An AG Heatpulse system was used to successfully anneal the emitter implant of 2.0 um design rule bipolar IC's. The yield and variation in gate delay were comparable to furnace annealed counterparts. These results are especially encouraging since both transistor performance and resistor matching are critical for the circuits tested. However, significant improvement in gate delay was not observed.
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