Semiconductor device for integrated injection logic cell and process for fabricating the same

Abstract

A semiconductor device for an integrated injection logic cell having a pnp bipolar transistor structure formed on a semiconductor substrate, wherein at least one layer of insulating films formed on a base region of the pnp bipolar transistor structure is comprised of a silicon nitride film. The semiconductor device of the present invention is advantageous in that the silicon nitride film constituting at least one layer of the insulating films formed on the base region of the pnp bipolar transistor prevents an occurrence of contamination on the surface of the base region, so that both the properties of the pnp bipolar transistor and the operation of the IIL cell can be stabilized. Further, by the process of the present invention, the above-mentioned excellent semiconductor device can be produced.

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       10 . A process for fabricating a semiconductor device for an integrated injection logic cell having a pnp bipolar transistor structure formed on a semiconductor substrate, said process comprising: 
 in the formation of insulating films on said semiconductor substrate, forming from a silicon nitride film at least one of said insulating films on a base region of said pnp bipolar transistor, and    in the formation of a capacitive element in said semiconductor device, forming a dielectric film of said capacitive element from the same silicon nitride film layer as said silicon nitride film,    wherein said silicon nitride film is formed by the chemical vapor deposition process and has a thickness of 20-100 nm.    
   
   
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       12 . The fabricating process according to  claim 10  further comprising forming from a silicon oxide film an insulating film on a plug region of said integrated injection logic cell.