Inventors:
John M. Gibson - Upper Montclair NJ
John C. Hensel - Summit NJ
Anthony F. Levi - Summit NJ
Raymond T. Tung - New Providence NJ
Assignee:
American Telephone & Telegraph Co., AT&T Bell Labs. - Murray Hill NJ
International Classification:
H01L 2948, H01L 2124
Abstract:
A method for producing, without etching, a perforated layer of epitaxial metal silicide, especially CoSi. sub. 2, on a single crystal Si substrate, with epitaxial Si overlying the silicide layer. The layer thickness, and the number and size of the openings in the layer are such as to make the structure suitable as an electronic device, in particular, as a permeable base transistor. The number and/or size of the openings is a function of processing parameters such as the substrate orientation, the annealing temperature of the film, or the Co/Si ratio of the deposited material. A device comprising a perforated silicide layer is also disclosed.