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semiconductor device fabrication
Semiconductor device fabrication is the process used to manufacture semiconductor devices, typically integrated circuit (IC) chips such as modern computer processors, microcontrollers, and memory chips such as NAND flash and DRAM that are p ...
, channel-stopper or channel-stop is an area in semiconductor devices produced by
implantation or
diffusion
Diffusion is the net movement of anything (for example, atoms, ions, molecules, energy) generally from a region of higher concentration to a region of lower concentration. Diffusion is driven by a gradient in Gibbs free energy or chemica ...
of
ion
An ion () is an atom or molecule with a net electrical charge.
The charge of an electron is considered to be negative by convention and this charge is equal and opposite to the charge of a proton, which is considered to be positive by conve ...
s, by growing or patterning the
silicon oxide Silicon oxide may refer to either of the following:
*Silicon dioxide or quartz, SiO2, very well characterized
*Silicon monoxide
Silicon monoxide is the chemical compound with the formula SiO where silicon is present in the oxidation state +2. In ...
, or other isolation methods in semiconductor material with the primary function to limit the spread of the
channel area or to prevent the formation of
parasitic channel
Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The entomologist E. O. Wilson ha ...
s (
inversion layers).
[" Smart Power ICs", by Bruno Murari, Franco Bertotti, Giovanni A. Vignola, Antonio Andreini, 2002, , ]
pp. 47, 47
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