Patents by Inventor Marc H. Vandenberg

Marc H. Vandenberg 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: 9040377
    Abstract: A Vertical Multiple Implanted Silicon Carbide Power MOSFET (VMIMOSFET) includes a first conductivity semiconductor substrate, a first conductivity semiconductor drift layer on the top of the substrate, a multitude of second conductivity layers implanted in the drift layer. The body layer is where the channel is formed. A first conductivity source layer is interspaced appropriately inside of the second conductivity layers. A gate oxide of a certain thickness and another oxide of a different thickness, a greater thickness than the gate oxide, placed in between the body layers but in such way that its shape does not distort the gate oxide in the channel. A charge compensated body layer of the second conductivity formed outside of the channel region and only at specific high electric field locations in the structure. The device and the manufacturing method deliver a power SiC MOSFET with increased frequency of operation and reduced switching losses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: MICROSEMI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dumitru Sdrulla, Bruce Odekirk, Marc H. Vandenberg
  • Publication number: 20140339625
    Abstract: A Vertical Power MOSFET (VDMOS) device with special features that enable the Power MOSFET or IGBT device to withstand harsh radiation environments and the process of making such a device is described. All implanted and diffused layers are “self aligned” to a “Sacrificial Poly” layer, which later on is removed, preparing the wafers for a “late gate” oxide to be grown. A starting material with graded doping profile in the epitaxial layer on the substrate is shown to increase the SEB capability of the Power MOSFET.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventors: Dumitru Sdrulla, Marc H. Vandenberg, Eric Karlsson
  • Patent number: 8841718
    Abstract: A Vertical Power MOSFET (VDMOS) device with special features that enable the Power MOSFET or IGBT device to withstand harsh radiation environments and the process of making such a device is described. All implanted and diffused layers are “self aligned” to a “Sacrificial Poly” layer, which later on is removed, preparing the wafers for a “late gate” oxide to be grown. A starting material with graded doping profile in the epitaxial layer on the substrate is shown to increase the SEB capability of the Power MOSFET.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Microsemi Corporation
    Inventors: Dumitru Sdrulla, Marc H. Vandenberg, Eric Karlsson
  • Publication number: 20140065778
    Abstract: A Vertical Multiple Implanted Silicon Carbide Power MOSFET (VMIMOSFET) includes a first conductivity semiconductor substrate, a first conductivity semiconductor drift layer on the top of the substrate, a multitude of second conductivity layers implanted in the drift layer. The body layer is where the channel is formed. A first conductivity source layer is interspaced appropriately inside of the second conductivity layers. A gate oxide of a certain thickness and another oxide of a different thickness, a greater thickness than the gate oxide, placed in between the body layers but in such way that its shape does not distort the gate oxide in the channel. A charge compensated body layer of the second conductivity formed outside of the channel region and only at specific high electric field locations in the structure. The device and the manufacturing method deliver a power SiC MOSFET with increased frequency of operation and reduced switching losses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: MICROSEMI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dumitru Sdrulla, Bruce Odekirk, Marc H. Vandenberg
  • Publication number: 20130313570
    Abstract: A SIC VDMOS transistor is integrated with a SiC SBD, in a seamless way, without any increase of the device area. The SiC SBD is integrated in the active area of the VDMOS by splitting the P-Wells, such that the lightly doped drift region extents all the way to the surface of semiconductor, and by trenching through the source of the VDMOS and partially through the P-Wells to reach the peak of the P-type doping in the P-Well regions. The source of the VDMOS is contacted from the top surface and from the vertical sidewalls of the trenched source and the forward voltage of the Schottky Barrier diode is tailored by using two different metals for the ohmic contact on the source and for the SBD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: MICROSEMI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dumitru Sdrulla, Marc H. Vandenberg, Bruce Odekirk