HIGH PERFORMANCE SIDEWALL EMITTER TRANSISTOR

• Main Authors: SHEPARD, JOSEPH F, MONKOWSKI, MICHAEL D
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 11.12.1990
• Edition: 5
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES

A novel vertical bi-polar device endowed with a lithography-independent tightly controlled sub-micron-wide emitter and a process of forming such a device. In one embodiment, the emitter is contacted by a self-aligned conductive sidewall linked up to a horizontal conductive link. The extrinsic base,...