Patents by Inventor Salvatore Leonardi

Salvatore Leonardi 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: 6888213
    Abstract: A dielectric insulation structure is formed in a silicon layer by integrating a dielectric trench structure therein. The dielectric trench structure defines an insulation well where semiconductor devices are to be integrated therein. The dielectric trench structure is on a hollow region that is completely surrounded by a dielectric area. The dielectric area also forms the side insulation of the dielectric trench structure. The dielectric trench structure is interrupted by a plurality of points to define a plurality of side support regions for the insulation well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Salvatore Leonardi, Roberto Modica, Giuseppe Arena
  • Patent number: 6815795
    Abstract: A resistive structure integrated on a semiconductive substrate is described. The resistive structure has a first type of conductivity formed into a serpentine region of conductivity which is opposite to that of the semiconductive substrate. In at least two parallel portions of the serpentine region, there is at least one trench filled with an insulating material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2004
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventor: Salvatore Leonardi
  • Patent number: 6798037
    Abstract: An integrated device having a substrate wherein a buried layer and an epitaxial region have been formed, and an isolation structure adapted to define a plurality of isolation wells for integrating the components of the integrated device therein, the isolation structure including plural dielectrically insulated regions or dielectric trenches being filled with a conductive material to form a plurality of contact regions to buried regions of the device, the buried regions including, in particular, the substrate and buried layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventor: Salvatore Leonardi
  • Publication number: 20040119137
    Abstract: A resistive structure integrated in a semiconductor substrate and having a suitably doped polysilicon region that is completely surrounded by a dielectric region so that the resistive structure is isolated electrically from other components jointly integrated in the semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Salvatore Leonardi, Roberto Modica
  • Patent number: 6693019
    Abstract: An electronic power device is integrated monolithically in a semiconductor substrate. The device has a first power region and a second region, each region including P/N junction formed of a first semiconductor region with a first type of conductivity, which first semiconductor region extends through the substrate from the top surface of the device and is diffused into a second semiconductor region with the opposite conductivity from the first. The device also includes an interface structure between the two regions, of substantial thickness and limited planar size, that includes a trench filled with dielectric material. A method of manufacturing the electronic power device includes forming a silicon oxide-filled trench. The method includes forming, in the substrate, a plurality of small trenches having predetermined widths and -being delimited by a corresponding plurality of semiconductor material walls having second predetermined widths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2004
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventor: Salvatore Leonardi
  • Publication number: 20040026761
    Abstract: A dielectric insulation structure is formed in a silicon layer by integrating a dielectric trench structure therein. The dielectric trench structure defines an insulation well where semiconductor devices are to be integrated therein. The dielectric trench structure is on a hollow region that is completely surrounded by a dielectric area. The dielectric area also forms the side insulation of the dielectric trench structure. The dielectric trench structure is interrupted by a plurality of points to define a plurality of side support regions for the insulation well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2003
    Publication date: February 12, 2004
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Salvatore Leonardi, Roberto Modica, Giuseppe Arena
  • Publication number: 20040021169
    Abstract: The integrated structure and process is effective to form, in a dielectrically insulated well, a MOS component including respective drain and source regions of a first conductivity type as well as a gate region. The integrated structure includes a cut-off layer of the second conductivity type effective to surround only the source region. The cut-off layer is self-aligned by the gate region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2003
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventor: Salvatore Leonardi
  • Publication number: 20030205780
    Abstract: A resistive structure integrated on a semiconductive substrate is described. The resistive structure has a first type of conductivity formed into a serpentine region of conductivity which is opposite to that of the semiconductive substrate. In at least two parallel portions of the serpentine region, there is at least one trench filled with an insulating material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2003
    Publication date: November 6, 2003
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventor: Salvatore Leonardi
  • Patent number: 6614094
    Abstract: A vertical capacitor structure fabricated in a semiconductor substrate region overlaid by a buried oxide layer and a buried doped layer, as well as by a semiconductor layer that includes a sinker doped region in contact with the buried doped layer, wherein an oxide trench structure is formed, this oxide trench structure being filled with suitably doped polysilicon to produce, in combination with the sinker region, the plates of the vertical capacitor structure, with the oxide trench structure forming the dielectric therebetween. A process for integrating a vertical capacitor structure starting from a structure blank that includes a semiconductor substrate, a buried oxide layer and a buried doped layer is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Salvatore Leonardi, Roberto Modica
  • Publication number: 20030137009
    Abstract: A protection structure against electrostatic discharges for a semiconductor electronic devicethat is integrated inside a well is disclosed, wherein the well is formed on a SOI substrateand isolated dielectrically by a buried oxide layer and an isolation structure, which isolation structure includes in turn at least a dielectric trench filled with a filler material. Advantageously, the protection structure is formed at the isolation structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2002
    Publication date: July 24, 2003
    Applicant: STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L.
    Inventor: Salvatore Leonardi
  • Patent number: 6566732
    Abstract: A resistive structure integrated on a semiconductive substrate is described. The resistive structure has a first type of conductivity formed into a serpentine region of conductivity which is opposite to that of the semiconductive substrate. In at least two parallel portions of the serpentine region, there is at least one trench filled with an insulating material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventor: Salvatore Leonardi
  • Publication number: 20030060012
    Abstract: An electronic power device is integrated monolithically in a semiconductor substrate. The device has a first power region and a second region, each region comprising at least one P/N junction formed of a first semiconductor region with a first type of conductivity, which first semiconductor region extends through the substrate from the top surface of the device and is diffused into a second semiconductor region with the opposite conductivity from the first. The device also includes an interface structure between the two regions, of substantial thickness and limited planar size, comprising at least one trench filled with dielectric material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2002
    Publication date: March 27, 2003
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventor: Salvatore Leonardi
  • Patent number: 6525392
    Abstract: A semiconductor power device with an insulated control circuit is formed in a chip of semiconductor material having predominantly a first type of conductivity. The device includes a region having a second type of conductivity, buried in the semiconductor material, and at least one insulated region of semiconductor material, containing at least part of the control circuit, disposed between the front surface of the chip and the buried region. The device also includes electrical contacts for the buried region and the semiconductor material. To eliminate the effects of parasitic components, the insulated region is delimited, at least partially, by an insulating dielectric material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventor: Salvatore Leonardi
  • Patent number: 6518139
    Abstract: A power semiconductor device structure formed in a chip of semiconductor material includes an N-type substrate and an N-type epitaxial layer. The structure comprises a P-type insulation region which forms a pocket in which control circuitry is formed, and a plurality of fully insulated PNP power transistors. Each PNP power transistor comprises a P-type collector region including of a buried region between the substrate and the epitaxial layer and a contact region. The P region delimits a base N region within which an emitter P region is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Assignee: CO.RI.M.ME Consorzio per la Sulla Microelectronica nel Mezzogiorno
    Inventors: Natale Aiello, Davide Patti, Salvatore Scaccianoce, Salvatore Leonardi
  • Patent number: 6495423
    Abstract: An electronic power device is integrated monolithically in a semiconductor substrate. The device includes a power region, itself having at least one P/N junction provided therein which comprises a first semiconductor region with a first type of conductivity extending into the substrate from the top surface of the device and being diffused into a second semiconductor region with the opposite conductivity from the first; and an edge protection structure of substantial thickness and limited planar size incorporating at least one trench filled with dielectric material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2002
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventor: Salvatore Leonardi
  • Patent number: 6451655
    Abstract: An electronic power device is integrated monolithically in a semiconductor substrate. The device has a first power region and a second region, each region comprising at least one P/N junction formed of a first semiconductor region with a first type of conductivity, which first semiconductor region extends through the substrate from the top surface of the device and is diffused into a second semiconductor region with the opposite conductivity from the first. The device also includes an interface structure between the two regions, of substantial thickness and limited planar size, comprising at least one trench filled with dielectric material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2002
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventor: Salvatore Leonardi
  • Patent number: 6441445
    Abstract: The integrated circuit device has a vertical conduction structure in which a region, which contains the base of a bipolar transistor, has zones having different concentrations. The concentrations are lower where the flow of charges is more intense and higher elsewhere. A high gain of the bipolar transistor and a low resistance of the electronic switch in conduction are thus obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.R.L.
    Inventors: Salvatore Leonardi, Davide Patti, Delfo Sanfilippo
  • Publication number: 20020008299
    Abstract: An integrated device having a substrate wherein a buried layer and an epitaxial region have been formed, and an isolation structure adapted to define a plurality of isolation wells for integrating the components of the integrated device therein, the isolation structure including plural dielectrically insulated regions or dielectric trenches being filled with a conductive material to form a plurality of contact regions to buried regions of the device, the buried regions including, in particular, the substrate and buried layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2001
    Publication date: January 24, 2002
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventor: Salvatore Leonardi
  • Patent number: 6331470
    Abstract: A manufacturing process is carried out starting from an SOI type wafer including a top silicon layer and a bottom silicon layer separated from each other by a buried silicon dioxide layer. In the top layer, a LOCOS type sacrificial region is formed and then removed, so as to form a cavity that extends in depth as far as the buried oxide layer. Subsequently, the cavity is filled with epitaxial or polycrystalline silicon, so as to form a power region extending between the top surface and the bottom surface of the wafer; then lateral insulation regions are formed that insulate the power region from the circuitry region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2001
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Delfo Sanfilippo, Salvatore Leonardi
  • Patent number: D478291
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2003
    Assignee: The Brannock Device Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Salvatore A. Leonardi, Jr.