Patents by Inventor James Robert Todd
James Robert Todd 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).
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Patent number: 11581309Abstract: An integrated circuit comprises a semiconductor substrate having a surface. A lateral resistor is arranged in a first plane parallel to the surface of the substrate. A vertical reference resistor comprises a layer arranged in a second plane parallel to the surface of the substrate and deeper than the first plane. This layer is doped to promote current flow in the second plane. The vertical reference resistor further comprises a first trench and a second trench coupled between the layer and the surface of the substrate. The first and second trenches are arranged in a vertical direction orthogonal to the first and the second planes and are doped to impede current flow in the vertical direction. A cross-section of the first and second trenches is two-fold rotationally symmetric around the vertical direction, and the lateral resistor and the first and second trenches have the same temperature coefficient.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2022Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Texas Instruments IncorporatedInventors: Michael Szelong, James Robert Todd, Tobias Bernhard Fritz, Ralf Peter Brederlow
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Patent number: 11374124Abstract: Described examples include integrated circuits, drain extended transistors and fabrication methods in which a silicide block material or other protection layer is formed on a field oxide structure above a drift region to protect the field oxide structure from damage during deglaze processing. Further described examples include a shallow trench isolation (STI) structure that laterally surrounds an active region of a semiconductor substrate, where the STI structure is laterally spaced from the oxide structure, and is formed under gate contacts of the transistor.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2018Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: Texas Instruments IncorporatedInventors: James Robert Todd, Xiaoju Wu, Henry Litzmann Edwards, Binghua Hu
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Publication number: 20220173095Abstract: An integrated circuit comprises a semiconductor substrate having a surface. A lateral resistor is arranged in a first plane parallel to the surface of the substrate. A vertical reference resistor comprises a layer arranged in a second plane parallel to the surface of the substrate and deeper than the first plane. This layer is doped to promote current flow in the second plane. The vertical reference resistor further comprises a first trench and a second trench coupled between the layer and the surface of the substrate. The first and second trenches are arranged in a vertical direction orthogonal to the first and the second planes and are doped to impede current flow in the vertical direction. A cross-section of the first and second trenches is two-fold rotationally symmetric around the vertical direction, and the lateral resistor and the first and second trenches have the same temperature coefficient.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2022Publication date: June 2, 2022Inventors: Michael SZELONG, James Robert TODD, Tobias Bernhard FRITZ, Ralf Peter BREDERLOW
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Publication number: 20220068649Abstract: A method of fabricating an IC includes providing a substrate including a semiconductor surface having well diffusions for a plurality of devices including bipolar, complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS), and double-diffused MOS (DMOS) devices. A polysilicon layer is deposited on a dielectric layer over the semiconductor surface, an anti-reflective coating (ARC) layer is formed on the polysilicon layer, and a photoresist pattern is formed on the ARC layer. The ARC layer is etched in areas exposed by the photoresist pattern to define areas including gate areas having the ARC layer on the polysilicon layer. The photoresist pattern is removed. Polysilicon etching is performed in areas lacking the ARC layer to form polysilicon gates having a remaining ARC portion of the ARC layer thereon. A self-aligned ion implant uses the remaining ARC portion as an additional implant blocking layer for the polysilicon gates, and the remaining ARC portion is stripped.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2021Publication date: March 3, 2022Inventors: Mona M. Eissa, Jason R. Heine, Pushpa Mahalingam, Henry Litzmann Edwards, James Robert Todd, Alexei Sadovnikov
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Patent number: 11257814Abstract: An integrated circuit comprises a semiconductor substrate having a surface. A lateral resistor is arranged in a first plane parallel to the surface of the substrate. A vertical reference resistor comprises a layer arranged in a second plane parallel to the surface of the substrate and deeper than the first plane. This layer is doped to promote current flow in the second plane. The vertical reference resistor further comprises a first trench and a second trench coupled between the layer and the surface of the substrate. The first and second trenches are arranged in a vertical direction orthogonal to the first and the second planes and are doped to impede current flow in the vertical direction. A cross-section of the first and second trenches is two-fold rotationally symmetric around the vertical direction, and the lateral resistor and the first and second trenches have the same temperature coefficient.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2019Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventors: Michael Szelong, James Robert Todd, Tobias Bernhard Fritz, Ralf Peter Brederlow
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Patent number: 11152505Abstract: Described examples include integrated circuits, drain extended transistors and fabrication methods in which an oxide structure is formed over a drift region of a semiconductor substrate, and a shallow implantation process is performed using a first mask that exposes the oxide structure and a first portion of the semiconductor substrate to form a first drift region portion for connection to a body implant region. A second drift region portion is implanted in the semiconductor substrate under the oxide structure by a second implantation process using the first mask at a higher implant energy.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2018Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventors: Alexei Sadovnikov, Andrew Derek Strachan, Henry Litzmann Edwards, Dhanoop Varghese, Xiaoju Wu, Binghua Hu, James Robert Todd
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Patent number: 10903356Abstract: A laterally diffused metal oxide semiconductor (LDMOS) device includes a substrate having a p-epi layer thereon, a p-body region in the p-epi layer and an ndrift (NDRIFT) region within the p-body to provide a drain extension region. A gate stack includes a gate dielectric layer over a channel region in the p-body region adjacent to and on respective sides of a junction with the NDRIFT region. A patterned gate electrode is on the gate dielectric. A DWELL region is within the p-body region. A source region is within the DWELL region, and a drain region is within the NDRIFT region. An effective channel length (Leff) for the LDMOS device is 75 nm to 150 nm which evidences a DWELL implant that utilized an edge of the gate electrode to delineate an edge of a DWELL ion implant so that the DWELL region is self-aligned to the gate electrode.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2018Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventors: Henry Litzmann Edwards, Binghua Hu, James Robert Todd
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Patent number: 10879387Abstract: Described examples include integrated circuits, drain extended transistors and fabrication methods therefor, including a multi-fingered transistor structure formed in an active region of a semiconductor substrate, in which a transistor drain finger is centered in a multi-finger transistor structure, a transistor body region laterally surrounds the transistor, an outer drift region laterally surrounds an active region of the semiconductor substrate, and one or more inactive or dummy structures are formed at lateral ends of the transistor finger structures.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2019Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventors: Henry Litzmann Edwards, James Robert Todd, Binghua Hu, Xiaoju Wu, Stephanie L. Hilbun
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Patent number: 10861948Abstract: An integrated circuit which includes a field-plated FET is formed by forming a first opening in a layer of oxide mask, exposing an area for a drift region. Dopants are implanted into the substrate under the first opening. Subsequently, dielectric sidewalls are formed along a lateral boundary of the first opening. A field relief oxide is formed by thermal oxidation in the area of the first opening exposed by the dielectric sidewalls. The implanted dopants are diffused into the substrate to form the drift region, extending laterally past the layer of field relief oxide. The dielectric sidewalls and layer of oxide mask are removed after the layer of field relief oxide is formed. A gate is formed over a body of the field-plated FET and over the adjacent drift region. A field plate is formed immediately over the field relief oxide adjacent to the gate.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2019Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventors: Henry Litzmann Edwards, Binghua Hu, James Robert Todd
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Patent number: 10748818Abstract: In various examples, a method and apparatus are provided to achieve dynamic biasing to mitigate electrical stress. Described examples include a device includes a first resistor portion having a first terminal and a second terminal, and a second resistor portion having a third terminal and a fourth terminal. The device also includes a well in a substrate proximate to the first resistor portion and the second resistor portion and an insulating layer between the well and the first resistor portion and the second resistor portion. The device also includes a transistor having a control terminal coupled to the second terminal of the first resistor portion and the third terminal of the second resistor portion, the transistor having a first current-handling terminal coupled to a first voltage and a second current-handling terminal coupled to a current source and to the well.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2018Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventors: Tathagata Chatterjee, Steven Loveless, James Robert Todd, Andrew Strachan
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Publication number: 20200227408Abstract: An integrated circuit comprises a semiconductor substrate having a surface. A lateral resistor is arranged in a first plane parallel to the surface of the substrate. A vertical reference resistor comprises a layer arranged in a second plane parallel to the surface of the substrate and deeper than the first plane. This layer is doped to promote current flow in the second plane. The vertical reference resistor further comprises a first trench and a second trench coupled between the layer and the surface of the substrate. The first and second trenches are arranged in a vertical direction orthogonal to the first and the second planes and are doped to impede current flow in the vertical direction. A cross-section of the first and second trenches is two-fold rotationally symmetric around the vertical direction, and the lateral resistor and the first and second trenches have the same temperature coefficient.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2019Publication date: July 16, 2020Inventors: Michael SZELONG, James Robert TODD, Tobias Bernhard FRITZ, Ralf Peter BREDERLOW
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Publication number: 20200203230Abstract: In various examples, a method and apparatus are provided to achieve dynamic biasing to mitigate electrical stress. Described examples include a device includes a first resistor portion having a first terminal and a second terminal, and a second resistor portion having a third terminal and a fourth terminal. The device also includes a well in a substrate proximate to the first resistor portion and the second resistor portion and an insulating layer between the well and the first resistor portion and the second resistor portion. The device also includes a transistor having a control terminal coupled to the second terminal of the first resistor portion and the third terminal of the second resistor portion, the transistor having a first current-handling terminal coupled to a first voltage and a second current-handling terminal coupled to a current source and to the well.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2018Publication date: June 25, 2020Inventors: Tathagata Chatterjee, Steven Loveless, James Robert Todd, Andrew Strachan
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Publication number: 20200083336Abstract: An integrated circuit which includes a field-plated FET is formed by forming a first opening in a layer of oxide mask, exposing an area for a drift region. Dopants are implanted into the substrate under the first opening. Subsequently, dielectric sidewalls are formed along a lateral boundary of the first opening. A field relief oxide is formed by thermal oxidation in the area of the first opening exposed by the dielectric sidewalls. The implanted dopants are diffused into the substrate to form the drift region, extending laterally past the layer of field relief oxide. The dielectric sidewalls and layer of oxide mask are removed after the layer of field relief oxide is formed. A gate is formed over a body of the field-plated FET and over the adjacent drift region. A field plate is formed immediately over the field relief oxide adjacent to the gate.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2019Publication date: March 12, 2020Inventors: Henry Litzmann Edwards, Binghua Hu, James Robert Todd
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Publication number: 20200013890Abstract: Described examples include integrated circuits, drain extended transistors and fabrication methods therefor, including a multi-fingered transistor structure formed in an active region of a semiconductor substrate, in which a transistor drain finger is centered in a multi-finger transistor structure, a transistor body region laterally surrounds the transistor, an outer drift region laterally surrounds an active region of the semiconductor substrate, and one or more inactive or dummy structures are formed at lateral ends of the transistor finger structures.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2019Publication date: January 9, 2020Inventors: Henry Litzmann Edwards, James Robert Todd, Binghua Hu, Xiaoju Wu, Stephanie L. Hilbun
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Publication number: 20200006549Abstract: Described examples include integrated circuits, drain extended transistors and fabrication methods in which an oxide structure is formed over a drift region of a semiconductor substrate, and a shallow implantation process is performed using a first mask that exposes the oxide structure and a first portion of the semiconductor substrate to form a first drift region portion for connection to a body implant region. A second drift region portion is implanted in the semiconductor substrate under the oxide structure by a second implantation process using the first mask at a higher implant energy.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2018Publication date: January 2, 2020Applicant: Texas Instruments IncorporatedInventors: Alexei Sadovnikov, Andrew Derek Strachan, Henry Litzmann Edwards, Dhanoop Varghese, Xiaoju Wu, Binghua Hu, James Robert Todd
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Publication number: 20200006550Abstract: Described examples include integrated circuits, drain extended transistors and fabrication methods in which a silicide block material or other protection layer is formed on a field oxide structure above a drift region to protect the field oxide structure from damage during deglaze processing. Further described examples include a shallow trench isolation (STI) structure that laterally surrounds an active region of a semiconductor substrate, where the STI structure is laterally spaced from the oxide structure, and is formed under gate contacts of the transistor.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2018Publication date: January 2, 2020Applicant: Texas Instruments IncorporatedInventors: James Robert Todd, Xiaoju Wu, Henry Litzmann Edwards, Binghua Hu
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Patent number: 10497787Abstract: An integrated circuit which includes a field-plated FET is formed by forming a first opening in a layer of oxide mask, exposing an area for a drift region. Dopants are implanted into the substrate under the first opening. Subsequently, dielectric sidewalls are formed along a lateral boundary of the first opening. A field relief oxide is formed by thermal oxidation in the area of the first opening exposed by the dielectric sidewalls. The implanted dopants are diffused into the substrate to form the drift region, extending laterally past the layer of field relief oxide. The dielectric sidewalls and layer of oxide mask are removed after the layer of field relief oxide is formed. A gate is formed over a body of the field-plated FET and over the adjacent drift region. A field plate is formed immediately over the field relief oxide adjacent to the gate.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2017Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventors: Henry Litzmann Edwards, Binghua Hu, James Robert Todd
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Patent number: 10461182Abstract: Described examples include integrated circuits, drain extended transistors and fabrication methods therefor, including a multi-fingered transistor structure formed in an active region of a semiconductor substrate, in which a transistor drain finger is centered in a multi-finger transistor structure, a transistor body region laterally surrounds the transistor, an outer drift region laterally surrounds an active region of the semiconductor substrate, and one or more inactive or dummy structures are formed at lateral ends of the transistor finger structures.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2018Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventors: Henry Litzmann Edwards, James Robert Todd, Binghua Hu, Xiaoju Wu, Stephanie L. Hilbun
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Publication number: 20190207010Abstract: An integrated circuit having silicide block integrated with CMOS transistors is formed by forming a silicide block layer of primarily silicon dioxide, free of silicon nitride and silicon oxy-nitride, at less than 400° C. prior to annealing the PMOS sources and drains. A spike anneal process concurrently anneals the PMOS sources and drains and densifies the silicide block layer. The NMOS drain junctions are less than 120 nanometers; the NMOS halo regions include boron. The NMOS and PMOS transistors are laterally separated by an STI oxide layer. A wet deglaze process prior to metal silicide formation removes less than 25 percent of the silicide block layer, and exposes sides of the NMOS drains less than 20 percent of the drain junction depth. The metal silicide does not extend down the NMOS drains sides, directly adjacent to the STI oxide layer, more than 20 percent of the drain junction depth.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2017Publication date: July 4, 2019Applicant: Texas Instruments IncorporatedInventors: Binghua Hu, Michael Allen Ball, Jarvis Benjamin Jacobs, James Robert Todd
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Patent number: 10096685Abstract: An integrated circuit which includes a field-plated FET is formed by forming a first opening in a layer of oxide mask, exposing an area for a drift region. Dopants are implanted into the substrate under the first opening. Subsequently, dielectric sidewalls are formed along a lateral boundary of the first opening. A field relief oxide is formed by thermal oxidation in the area of the first opening exposed by the dielectric sidewalls. The implanted dopants are diffused into the substrate to form the drift region, extending laterally past the layer of field relief oxide. The dielectric sidewalls and layer of oxide mask are removed after the layer of field relief oxide is formed. A gate is formed over a body of the field-plated FET and over the adjacent drift region. A field plate is formed immediately over the field relief oxide adjacent to the gate.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2017Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventors: Henry Litzmann Edwards, Binghua Hu, James Robert Todd