Patents by Inventor Stefania Fortuna

Stefania Fortuna 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).

  • Publication number: 20230420557
    Abstract: A power MOSFET device includes an active area accommodating a first body region and a second body region having a first and, respectively, a second conductivity value. The second value is higher than the first value. A first channel region is disposed in the first body region between a first source region and a drain region, and the first channel region has and having a first channel length. A second channel region is disposed in the second body region between a second source region and the drain region, and the second channel region has and having a second channel length smaller than the first channel length. A first device portion, having a first threshold voltage, includes the first channel region, and a second device portion, having a second threshold voltage higher than the first threshold voltage, includes the second channel region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l.
    Inventors: Angelo MAGRI', Stefania FORTUNA
  • Patent number: 11728422
    Abstract: A power MOSFET device includes an active area accommodating a first body region and a second body region having a first and, respectively, a second conductivity value. The second value is higher than the first value. A first channel region is disposed in the first body region between a first source region and a drain region, and the first channel region has and having a first channel length. A second channel region is disposed in the second body region between a second source region and the drain region, and the second channel region has and having a second channel length smaller than the first channel length. A first device portion, having a first threshold voltage, includes the first channel region, and a second device portion, having a second threshold voltage higher than the first threshold voltage, includes the second channel region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Angelo Magri', Stefania Fortuna
  • Publication number: 20210151599
    Abstract: A power MOSFET device includes an active area accommodating a first body region and a second body region having a first and, respectively, a second conductivity value. The second value is higher than the first value. A first channel region is disposed in the first body region between a first source region and a drain region, and the first channel region has and having a first channel length. A second channel region is disposed in the second body region between a second source region and the drain region, and the second channel region has and having a second channel length smaller than the first channel length. A first device portion, having a first threshold voltage, includes the first channel region, and a second device portion, having a second threshold voltage higher than the first threshold voltage, includes the second channel region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Angelo MAGRI', Stefania FORTUNA
  • Patent number: 9520468
    Abstract: A power device integrated on a semiconductor substrate and having a plurality of conductive bridges within a trench gate structure. In an embodiment, a semiconductor substrate includes a trench having sidewalls and a bottom, the walls and bottom are covered with a first insulating coating layer which then also includes a conductive gate structure. An embodiment provides the formation of the conductive gate structure with covering at least the sidewalls with a second conductive coating layer of a first conductive material. This results in a conductive central region of a second conductive material having a different resistivity than the first conductive material forming a plurality of conductive bridges between said second conductive coating layer and said conductive central region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L.
    Inventors: Angelo Magriā€², Antonino Sebastiano Alessandria, Stefania Fortuna, Leonardo Fragapane
  • Patent number: 9006063
    Abstract: A method for forming a trench MOSFET includes doping a body region of the trench MOSFET in multiple ion implantation steps each having different ion implantation energy. The method further comprises etching the trench to a depth of about 1.7 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignees: STMicroelectronics S.r.l., STMicroelectronics Asia Pacific Pte Ltd
    Inventors: Yean Ching Yong, Stefania Fortuna
  • Publication number: 20150001615
    Abstract: A method for forming a trench MOSFET includes doping a body region of the trench MOSFET in multiple ion implantation steps each having different ion implantation energy. The method further comprises etching the trench to a depth of about 1.7 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Yean Ching Yong, Stefania Fortuna
  • Publication number: 20140138739
    Abstract: An embodiment of a method for manufacturing a power device being integrated on a semiconductor substrate comprising at least the steps of making, in the semiconductor substrate, at least a trench having sidewalls and a bottom, covering the sidewalls and the bottom of said at least one trench with a first insulating coating layer and making, inside said at least one trench, a conductive gate structure. An embodiment of the method provides the formation of the conductive gate structure comprising the steps of covering at least the sidewalls with a second conductive coating layer of a first conductive material; making a conductive central region of a second conductive material having a different resistivity than the first conductive material; and making a plurality of conductive bridges between said second conductive coating layer and said conductive central region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2014
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l.
    Inventors: Angelo MAGRI', Antonino Sebastiano ALESSANDRIA, Stefania FORTUNA, Leonardo FRAGAPANE
  • Patent number: 8664713
    Abstract: A power device integrated on a semiconductor substrate and having a plurality of conductive bridges within a trench gate structure. In an embodiment, a semiconductor substrate includes a trench having sidewalls and a bottom, the walls and bottom are covered with a first insulating coating layer which then also includes a conductive gate structure. An embodiment provides the formation of the conductive gate structure with covering at least the sidewalls with a second conductive coating layer of a first conductive material. This results in a conductive central region of a second conductive material having a different resistivity than the first conductive material forming a plurality of conductive bridges between said second conductive coating layer and said conductive central region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.R.L.
    Inventors: Angelo Magri, Antonino Sebastiano Alessandria, Stefania Fortuna, Leonardo Fragapane
  • Patent number: 8637369
    Abstract: An embodiment of a method for manufacturing a power device with conductive gate structures inside etched trenches. Such trenches include sidewalls and a bottom, wherein covering the sidewalls and the bottom of the trench is a first insulating coating layer. In the formation of the conductive gate structure, openings within the first material in the trench are made such that a conductive central region of a second conductive material having a different resistivity than the first conductive material are able to be electrically coupled together through a plurality of conductive bridges between said second conductive coating layer and said conductive central region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.R.L.
    Inventors: Angelo Magri, Antonino Sebastiano Alessandria, Stefania Fortuna, Leonardo Fragapane
  • Publication number: 20120220090
    Abstract: An embodiment of a method for manufacturing a power device being integrated on a semiconductor substrate comprising at least the steps of making, in the semiconductor substrate, at least a trench having sidewalls and a bottom, covering the sidewalls and the bottom of said at least one trench with a first insulating coating layer and making, inside said at least one trench, a conductive gate structure. An embodiment of the method provides the formation of the conductive gate structure comprising the steps of covering at least the sidewalls with a second conductive coating layer of a first conductive material; making a conductive central region of a second conductive material having a different resistivity than the first conductive material; and making a plurality of conductive bridges between said second conductive coating layer and said conductive central region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.I.
    Inventors: Angelo MAGRI, Antonino Sebastiano ALESSANDRIA, Stefania FORTUNA, Leonardo FRAGAPANE
  • Publication number: 20100163978
    Abstract: An embodiment of a method for manufacturing a power device being integrated on a semiconductor substrate comprising at least the steps of making, in the semiconductor substrate, at least a trench having sidewalls and a bottom, covering the sidewalls and the bottom of said at least one trench with a first insulating coating layer and making, inside said at least one trench, a conductive gate structure. An embodiment of the method provides the formation of the conductive gate structure comprising the steps of covering at least the sidewalls with a second conductive coating layer of a first conductive material; making a conductive central region of a second conductive material having a different resistivity than the first conductive material; and making a plurality of conductive bridges between said second conductive coating layer and said conductive central region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L.
    Inventors: Angelo MAGRI, Antonino Sebastiano ALESSANDRIA, Stefania FORTUNA, Leonardo FRAGAPANE
  • Publication number: 20070063272
    Abstract: A semiconductor power device has a semiconductor body with a first conductivity type. A trench extends in the semiconductor body and accommodates an insulating structure, which extends along the side walls and bottom of the trench. The insulating structure surrounds a conductive region, arranged on the bottom of the trench, and a gate region, arranged on top of the conductive region, the conductive region and the gate region being electrically insulated by an insulating layer. A body region, with a second conductivity type, extends within the semiconductor body, at the sides of the trench, and a source region, with the first conductivity type, extends within the semiconductor body, at the sides of the trench and within the body region. The conductive region and the gate region are both of polycrystalline silicon but have different conductivities and doping levels so as to have different electrical characteristics such as to improve the static and dynamic behaviour of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2006
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Applicant: STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L.
    Inventors: Giuseppe Arena, Cateno Camalleri, Stefania Fortuna, Angelo Magri