发明名称 Gas-sensing semiconductor devices
摘要 A gas-sensing semiconductor device is fabricated on a silicon substrate having a thin silicon oxide insulating layer in which a resistive heater made of a CMOS compatible high temperature metal is embedded. The high temperature metal is tungsten. The device includes at least one sensing area provided with a gas-sensitive layer separated from the heater by an insulating layer. As one of the final fabrication steps, the substrate is back-etched so as to form a thin membrane in the sensing area. Except for the back-etch and the gas-sensitive layer formation, that are carried out post-CMOS, all other layers, including the tungsten resistive heater, are made using a CMOS process employing tungsten metallisation. The device can be monolithically integrated with the drive, control and transducing circuitry using low cost CMOS processing. The heater, the insulating layer and other layers are made within the CMOS sequence and they do not require extra masks or processing.
申请公布号 US7495300(B2) 申请公布日期 2009.02.24
申请号 US20050092654 申请日期 2005.03.30
申请人 UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK 发明人 GARDNER JULIAN WILLIAM;COVINGTON JAMES ANTHONY;UDREA FLORIN
分类号 H01L29/78;G01N27/12 主分类号 H01L29/78
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