Patents by Inventor Klas H. Eklund

Klas H. Eklund has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5313082
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention is an improved insulated-gate, field-effect transistor and a three-sided, junction-gate field-effect transistor connected in series on the same chip to form a high-voltage MOS transistor. An extended drain region is formed on top of a substrate of opposite conductivity material. A layer of material with a conductivity opposite to that of the material of the extended drain region is buried within the extended drain region such that field-effect pinch-off depletion zones extend both above and below the buried layer. A top layer of material similar to the substrate is formed by ion implantation through the same mask window as the extended drain region. The top layer covers the buried layer and extended drain region and itself is covered by a silicon dioxide layer above. Current flow through the extended drain is controlled by the substrate and buried layer when a voltage is applied to pinch-off the extended drain between them in a familiar field-effect fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 17, 1994
    Assignee: Power Integrations, Inc.
    Inventor: Klas H. Eklund
  • Patent number: 5146298
    Abstract: An insulated gate field effect transistor with an extended drain region is presented. The extended drain region includes a single-sided JFET and a double-sided JFET connected in parallel. The insulated gate field effect transistor is built on a substrate of first conductivity type. A pocket of semiconductor material of second conductivity type is within the substrate adjoining a surface of the substrate. A body region of semiconductor material of the first conductivity type is within the pocket adjoining the surface of the substrate. Also, a source region of semiconductor material of the second conductivity type is within the body region adjoining the surface of the substrate. A drain contact region of semiconductor material of the second conductivity type is also within the pocket of semiconductor material adjoining the surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1992
    Inventor: Klas H. Eklund
  • Patent number: 4811075
    Abstract: An insulated-gate, field-effect transistor and a double-sided, junction-gate field-effect transistor are connected in series on the same chip to form a high-voltage MOS transistor. An extended drain region is formed on top of a substrate of opposite conductivity-type material. A top layer of material having a conductivity-type opposite that of the extended drain and similar to that of the substrate is provided by ion-implantation through the same mask window as the extended drain region. This top layer covers only an intermediate portion of the extended drain which has ends contacting a silicon dioxide layer thereabove. The top layer is either connected to the substrate or left floating. Current flow through the extended drain region can be controlled by the substrate and the top layer, which act as gates providing field-effects for pinching off the extended drain region therebetween. A complementary pair of such high-voltage MOS transistors having opposite conductivity-type are provided on the same chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 7, 1989
    Assignee: Power Integrations, Inc.
    Inventor: Klas H. Eklund