With Means To Increase Breakdown Voltage Patents (Class 257/339)
  • Patent number: 8431990
    Abstract: A semiconductor device comprises a substrate and a gate which extends on the substrate in a first horizontal direction. A source region is positioned at a first side of the gate and extends in the first direction. A body region of a first conductivity type is under the source region and extends in the first direction. A drain region of a second conductivity type is at a second side of the gate and extends in the first direction. A drift region of the second conductivity type extends between the body region and the drain region in the substrate in a second horizontal direction. A first buried layer is under the drift region in the substrate, the first buried layer extending in the first and second directions. A plurality of second buried layers is between the first buried layer and the drift region in the substrate. The second buried layers extend in the second direction and are spaced apart from each other in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nam-Young Lee, Mueng-Ryul Lee
  • Patent number: 8426281
    Abstract: A semiconductor device 100 comprising source and drain regions 105, 107, and insulating region 115 and a plate structure 140. The source and drain regions are on or in a semiconductor substrate 110. The insulating region is on or in the semiconductor substrate and located between the source and drain regions. The insulating region has a thin layer 120 and a thick layer 122. The thick layer includes a plurality of insulating stripes 132 that are separated from each other and that extend across a length 135 between the source and the drain regions. The plate structure is located between the source and the drain regions, wherein the plate structure is located on the thin layer and portions of the thick layer, the plate structure having one or more conductive bands 143 that are directly over individual ones of the plurality of insulating stripes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Marie Denison, Seetharaman Sridhar, Sameer Pendharkar
  • Publication number: 20130093015
    Abstract: A high voltage metal oxide semiconductor (HVMOS) transistor (1) comprises a drift region (8) comprising a material having a mobility which is higher than a mobility of Si. There is also provided a method of manufacturing said transistor, the method comprising forming a drift region comprising a material having a mobility which is higher than a mobility of Silicon. The material can be a Si—Ge strained material. The on- resistance is reduced compared to a transistor with a drift region made of Si, so that the trade-off between breakdown voltage and on-resistance is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2010
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: X-FAB SEMICONDUCTOR FOUNDRIES AG
    Inventors: Deb Kumar Pal, Elizabeth Ching Tee Kho, Alexander Dietrich Hölke
  • Patent number: 8421152
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first conductive type first semiconductor region, a second semiconductor region, and a second conductive type lateral RESURF region. The first semiconductor region is arranged on a first electrode side. The second semiconductor region includes first conductive type first pillar regions and a terminal part. The second pillar regions are alternately arranged on an element part. The terminal part is formed around the element part along a surface of the first semiconductor region on a second electrode side opposite to the first electrode side of the first semiconductor region. Furthermore, the second conductive type lateral RESURF region is formed in the second semiconductor region on the terminal part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Yuji Sasaki
  • Patent number: 8421153
    Abstract: A first semiconductor layer extends from the element region to the element-termination region, and functions as a drain of the MOS transistor. A second semiconductor layer extends, below the first semiconductor layer, from the element region to the element-termination region. A third semiconductor layer extends from the element region to the element-termination region, and is in contact with the second semiconductor layer to function as a drift layer of the MOS transistor. A distance between a boundary between the first semiconductor layer and the field oxide film, and the end portion of the third semiconductor layer on the fifth semiconductor layer side in the element region is smaller than that between a boundary between the first semiconductor layer and the field oxide layer and an end portion of the third semiconductor layer on the fifth semiconductor layer side in the element-termination region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kanako Komatsu, Jun Morioka, Koji Shirai, Keita Takahashi, Tsubasa Yamada, Mariko Shimizu
  • Patent number: 8421150
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a high voltage device and a manufacturing method thereof. The high voltage device is formed in a first conductive type substrate, wherein the substrate has an upper surface. The high voltage device includes: a second conductive type buried layer, which is formed in the substrate; a first conductive type well, which is formed between the upper surface and the buried layer; and a second conductive type well, which is connected to the first conductive type well and located at different horizontal positions. The second conductive type well includes a well lower surface, which has a first part and a second part, wherein the first part is directly above the buried layer and electrically coupled to the buried layer; and the second part is not located above the buried layer and forms a PN junction with the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Richtek Technology Corporation R.O.C.
    Inventors: Tsung-Yi Huang, Huan-Ping Chu
  • Publication number: 20130075816
    Abstract: Disclosed are an LDMOS device and a method for manufacturing the same capable of decreasing the concentration of a drift region between a source finger tip and a drain, thereby increasing a breakdown voltage. An LDMOS device includes a gate which is formed on a substrate, a source and a drain which are separately arranged on both sides of the substrate with the gate interposed therebetween, a field oxide film which is formed to have a step between the gate and the drain, a drift region which is formed of first condition type impurity ions between the gate and the drain on the substrate, and at least one internal field ring which is formed inside the drift region and formed by selectively ion-implanting second conduction type impurity ions in accordance with the step of the field oxide film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: DONGBU HITEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Hyun YOO, Jong Min Kim
  • Publication number: 20130069712
    Abstract: We describe a RESURF semiconductor device having an n-drift region with a p-top layer and in which a MOS (Metal Oxide Semiconductor) channel of the device is formed within the p-top layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Inventors: Tanya Trajkovic, Florin Udrea, Vasantha Pathirana, Nishad Udugampola
  • Patent number: 8399923
    Abstract: Provided are a high voltage semiconductor device in which a field shaping layer is formed on the entire surface of a semiconductor substrate and a method of fabricating the same. Specifically, the high voltage semiconductor device includes a first conductivity-type semiconductor substrate. A second conductivity-type semiconductor layer is disposed on a surface of the semiconductor substrate, and a first conductivity-type body region is formed in semiconductor layer. A second conductivity-type source region is formed in the body region. A drain region is formed in the semiconductor layer and is separated from the body region. The field shaping layer is formed on the entire surface of the semiconductor layer facing the semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Fairchild Korea Semiconductor Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong-cheol Choi, Chang-ki Jeon, Min-suk Kim
  • Publication number: 20130062693
    Abstract: A semiconductor device which provides compactness and enhanced drain withstand voltage. The semiconductor device includes: a gate electrode; a source electrode spaced from the gate electrode; a drain electrode located opposite to the source electrode with respect to the gate electrode in a plan view and spaced from the gate electrode; at least one field plate electrode located between the gate and drain electrodes in a plan view, provided over the semiconductor substrate through an insulating film and spaced from the gate electrode, source electrode and drain electrode; and at least one field plate contact provided in the insulating film, coupling the field plate electrode to the semiconductor substrate. The field plate electrode extends from the field plate contact at least either toward the source electrode or toward the drain electrode in a plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventor: Masayasu TANAKA
  • Patent number: 8390063
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device comprises a high-k gate dielectric overlying a well region having a first conductivity type formed in a semiconductor body, and a semiconductor gate formed on the high-k gate dielectric. The semiconductor gate is lightly doped so as to have a second conductivity type opposite the first conductivity type. The disclosed semiconductor device, which may be an NMOS or PMOS device, can further comprise an isolation region formed in the semiconductor body between the semiconductor gate and a drain of the second conductivity type, and a drain extension well of the second conductivity type surrounding the isolation region in the semiconductor body. In one embodiment, the disclosed semiconductor device is fabricated as part of an integrated circuit including one or more CMOS logic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Ito, Xiangdong Chen
  • Publication number: 20130049114
    Abstract: The present invention provides a high voltage metal-oxide-semiconductor transistor device including a substrate, a deep well, and a doped region. The substrate and the doped region have a first conductive type, and the substrate has at least one electric field concentration region. The deep well has a second conductive type different from the first conductive type. The deep well is disposed in the substrate, and the doped region is disposed in the deep well. The doping concentrations of the doped region and the deep well in the electric field have a first ratio, and the doping concentrations of the doped region and the deep well outside the electric field have a second ratio. The first ratio is greater than the second ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Inventors: Chih-Chung Wang, Wei-Lun Hsu, Shan-Shi Huang, Ke-Feng Lin, Te-Yuan Wu
  • Patent number: 8378432
    Abstract: In sophisticated transistor elements including a high-k gate metal stack, the integrity of the sensitive gate materials may be ensured by a spacer element that may be concurrently used as an offset spacer for defining a lateral offset of a strain-inducing semiconductor alloy. The cap material of the sophisticated gate stack may be removed without compromising integrity of the offset spacer by providing a sacrificial spacer element. Consequently, an efficient strain-inducing mechanism may be obtained in combination with the provision of a sophisticated gate stack with the required material integrity, while reducing overall process complexity compared to conventional strategies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Carter, Sven Beyer, Martin Trentzsch
  • Patent number: 8373227
    Abstract: A semiconductor device comprises a substrate including a first region and a second region of a first conductivity type and a third region between the first and second regions of a second conductivity type opposite to the first conductivity type, and being covered by a dielectric layer. A plurality of trenches laterally extend between the third and second region, are filled with an insulating material, and are separated by active stripes with a doping profile having a depth not exceeding the depth of the trenches wherein each trench terminates before reaching the dielectric layer and is separated from the third region by a substrate portion such that the respective boundaries between the substrate portions and the trenches are not covered by the dielectric layer. A method for manufacturing such a semiconductor device is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Jan Sonsky, Anco Heringa
  • Patent number: 8372716
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a semiconductor device is formed having vertical localized charge-compensated trenches, trench control regions, and sub-surface doped layers. The vertical localized charge-compensated trenches include at least a pair of opposite conductivity type semiconductor layers. The trench control regions are configured to provide a generally vertical channel region electrically coupling source regions to the sub-surface doped layers. The sub-surface doped layers are further configured to electrically connect the drain-end of the channel to the vertical localized charge compensation trenches. Body regions are configured to isolate the sub-surface doped layers from the surface of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Gary H. Loechelt, Peter J. Zdebel
  • Publication number: 20130032880
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a high voltage device and a manufacturing method thereof. The high voltage device is formed in a first conductive type substrate, wherein the substrate has an upper surface. The high voltage device includes: a second conductive type buried layer, which is formed in the substrate; a first conductive type well, which is formed between the upper surface and the buried layer; and a second conductive type well, which is connected to the first conductive type well and located at different horizontal positions. The second conductive type well includes a well lower surface, which has a first part and a second part, wherein the first part is directly above the buried layer and electrically coupled to the buried layer; and the second part is not located above the buried layer and forms a PN junction with the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2011
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Inventors: Tsung-Yi HUANG, Huan-Ping CHU
  • Patent number: 8368141
    Abstract: A high breakdown voltage semiconductor device, in which a semiconductor layer is formed on a semiconductor substrate across a dielectric layer, includes a drain layer on the semiconductor layer, a buffer layer formed so as to envelop the drain layer, a source layer, separated from the drain layer, and formed so as to surround a periphery thereof, a well layer formed so as to envelop the source layer, and a gate electrode formed across a gate insulating film on the semiconductor layer, wherein the planar shape of the drain layer 113 and buffer layer is a non-continuous or continuous ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Fuji Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masaharu Yamaji
  • Patent number: 8362557
    Abstract: A semiconductor device can include a source region near a working top surface of a semiconductor region. The device can also include a gate located above the working top surface and located laterally between the source and a drain region. The source region and the gate can at least partially laterally overlap a body region near the working top surface. The source region can include a first portion having the first conductivity type, a second portion having a second conductivity type, and a third portion having the second conductivity type. The second portion can be located laterally between the first and third portions and can penetrate into the semiconductor region to a greater depth than the third portion but no more than the first portion. The lateral location of the third portion can be determined at least in part using the lateral location of the gate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventor: Jun Cai
  • Publication number: 20130020637
    Abstract: An electronic device can include a first layer having a primary surface, a well region lying adjacent to the primary surface, and a buried doped region spaced apart from the primary surface and the well region. The electronic device can also include a trench extending towards the buried doped region, wherein the trench has a sidewall, and a sidewall doped region along the sidewall of the trench, wherein the sidewall doped region extends to a depth deeper than the well region. The first layer and the buried region have a first conductivity type, and the well region has a second conductivity type opposite that of the first conductivity type. The electronic device can include a conductive structure within the trench, wherein the conductive structure is electrically connected to the buried doped region and is electrically insulated from the sidewall doped region. Processes for forming the electronic device are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Inventors: Juame Roig-Guitart, Peter Moens, Marnix Tack
  • Patent number: 8354716
    Abstract: A semiconductor device for use in a relatively high voltage application that comprises a substrate, a first n-type well region in the substrate to serve as a high voltage n-well (HVNW) for the semiconductor device, a pair of second n-type well regions in the first n-type well region, a p-type region in the first n-type well region between the second n-type well regions, a pair of conductive regions on the substrate between the second n-type well regions, and a number of n-type regions to serve as n-type buried layers (NBLs) for the semiconductor device, wherein the NBLs are located below the first n-type region and dispersed in the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Macronix International Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hsueh I Huang, Ming-Tung Lee, Shyi-Yuan Wu
  • Patent number: 8350318
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an MOS transistor is formed with trench gates. The gate structure of the trench gates generally has a first insulator that has a first thickness in one region of the gate and a second thickness in a second region of the gate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Gordon M. Grivna, Francine Y. Robb
  • Patent number: 8338872
    Abstract: Transistors (21, 41) employing floating buried layers (BL) (72) may exhibit transient breakdown voltage (BVdss)TR significantly less than (BVdss)DC. It is found that this occurs because the floating BL (72) fails to rapidly follow the applied transient, causing the local electric field within the device to temporarily exceed avalanche conditions. (BVdss)TR of such transistors (69. 69?) can be improved to equal or exceed (BVdss)DC by including a charge pump capacitance (94, 94?) coupling the floating BL (72) to whichever high-side terminal (28, 47) receives the transient. The charge pump capacitance (94, 94?) may be external to the transistor (69, 69?), may be formed on the device surface (71) or, may be formed internally to the transistor (69-3, 69?-3) using a dielectric deep trench isolation wall (100) separating DC isolated sinker regions (86, 88) extending to the BL (72). The improvement is particularly useful for LDMOS devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Vishnu K. Khemka, Tahir A. Khan, Ronghua Zhu, Weixiao Huang, Bernhard H. Grote
  • Patent number: 8330186
    Abstract: A lateral device includes a gate region connected to a drain region by a drift layer. An insulation region adjoins the drift layer between the gate region and the drain region. Permanent charges are embedded in the insulation region, sufficient to cause inversion in the insulation region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: MaxPower Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Mohamed N. Darwish, Amit Paul
  • Patent number: 8314461
    Abstract: Methods and systems for monolithically fabricating a lateral double-diffused MOSFET (LDMOS) transistor having a source, drain, and a gate on a substrate, with a process flow that is compatible with a CMOS process flow are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Volterra Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Budong Yu, Marco A. Zuniga
  • Patent number: 8310007
    Abstract: The present application discloses new approaches to integrated power. Two new classes of structures each provide an integrated phase leg, in a process which can easily be integrated with low-voltage and/or peripheral circuits: in one class of disclosed structures, a lateral PMOS device is combined with an NMOS device which has predominantly vertical current flow. In another class of embodiments, a predominantly vertical n-channel device is used for the low-side switch, in combination with a lateral n-channel device. In either case, the common output node is preferably brought out at a backside contact. This device structure is advantageously used to construct complete power supply and/or voltage conversions circuits on a single chip (perhaps connected to external passive reactances).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: MaxPower Semiconductor Inc.
    Inventors: Mohamed N. Darwish, Jun Zeng
  • Publication number: 20120280320
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a high voltage device and a manufacturing method thereof. The high voltage device is formed in a first conductive type substrate, wherein the substrate includes isolation regions defining a device region. The high voltage device includes: a drift region, located in the device region, doped with second conductive type impurities; a gate in the device region and on the surface of the substrate; and a second conductive type source and drain in the device region, at different sides of the gate respectively. From top view, the concentration of the second conductive type impurities of the drift region is distributed substantially periodically along horizontal and vertical directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2011
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Inventors: Tsung-Yi Huang, Chien-Hao Huang
  • Patent number: 8304830
    Abstract: An LDPMOS structure having enhanced breakdown voltage and specific on-resistance is described, as is a method for fabricating the structure. A P-field implanted layer formed in a drift region of the structure and surrounding a lightly doped drain region effectively increases breakdown voltage while maintaining a relatively low specific on-resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Macronix International Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yin-Fu Huang, Miao-Chun Chung, Shih-Chin Lien
  • Publication number: 20120273882
    Abstract: A novel lateral super junction device compatible with standard CMOS processing techniques using shallow trench isolation is provided for low- and medium-voltage power management applications. The concept is similar to other lateral super junction devices having N- and P-type implants to deplete laterally to sustain the voltage. However, the use of shallow trench structures provides the additional advantage of reducing the Rdson without the loss of the super junction concept and, in addition, increasing the effective channel width of the device to form a “FINFET” type structure, in which the conducting channel is wrapped around a thin silicon “fin” that forms the body of the device. The device is manufactured using standard CMOS processing techniques with the addition of super junction implantation steps, and the addition of polysilicon within the shallow trench structures to form fin structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Inventor: PERUMAL RATNAM
  • Publication number: 20120273883
    Abstract: A high voltage (HV) device includes a gate dielectric structure over a substrate. The gate dielectric structure has a first portion and a second portion. The first portion has a first thickness and is disposed over a first well region of a first dopant type in the substrate. The second portion has a second thickness and is disposed over a second well region of a second dopant type. The first thickness is larger than the second thickness. An isolation structure is disposed between the gate dielectric structure and a drain region disposed within the first well region. A gate electrode is disposed over the gate dielectric structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Shiang-Yu CHEN, Chi-Chih CHEN, Kuo-Ming WU
  • Publication number: 20120273881
    Abstract: A lateral DMOS transistor formed on a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) structure has a higher breakdown voltage that results from a cavity that is formed in the bulk region of the SOI structure. The cavity exposes a portion of the bottom surface of the insulator layer of the SOI structure that lies directly vertically below the drift region of the DMOS transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Inventors: William French, Vladislav Vashchenko, Richard Wendell Foote, JR., Alexei Sadovnikov, Punit Bhola, Peter J. Hopper
  • Patent number: 8299528
    Abstract: An electronic device can include a first well region of a first conductivity-type and a second well region of a second conductivity-type and abutting the first well region. The first conductivity-type and the second conductivity type can be opposite conductivity types. In an embodiment, an insulator region can extend into the first well region, wherein the insulator region and the first well region abut and define an interface, and, from a top view, the insulator region can include a first feature extending toward the first interface, and the insulator region can define a first space bounded by the first feature, wherein a dimension from a portion of the first feature closest to the first interface is at least zero. A gate structure can overlie an interface between the first and second well regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Jaume Roig-Guitart, Peter Moens
  • Publication number: 20120267717
    Abstract: A p-channel LDMOS device with a controlled n-type buried layer (NBL) is disclosed. A Shallow Trench Isolation (STI) oxidation is defined, partially or totally covering the drift region length. The NBL layer, which can be defined with the p-well mask, connects to the n-well diffusion, thus providing an evacuation path for electrons generated by impact ionization. High immunity to the Kirk effect is also achieved, resulting in a significantly improved safe-operating-area (SOA). The addition of the NBL deep inside the drift region supports a space-charge depletion region which increases the RESURF effectiveness, thus improving BV. An optimum NBL implanted dose can be set to ensure fully compensated charge balance among n and p doping in the drift region (charge balance conditions). The p-well implanted dose can be further increased to maintain a charge balance, which leads to an Rdson reduction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicants: LAAS-CNRS, ATMEL ROUSSET SAS
    Inventors: Willem-Jan Toren, Bruno Villard, Elsa Hugonnard-Bruyere, Gaetan Toulon, Frederic Morancho, Ignasi Cortes Mayol, Thierry Pedron
  • Publication number: 20120267716
    Abstract: A high voltage metal oxide semiconductor device with low on-state resistance is provided. A multi-segment isolation structure is arranged under a gate structure and beside a drift region for blocking the current from directly entering the drift region. Due to the multi-segment isolation structure, the path length from the body region to the drift region is increased. Consequently, as the breakdown voltage applied to the gate structure is increased, the on-state resistance is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Ching-Hung KAO, Sheng-Hsiong Yang
  • Patent number: 8283722
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed to increase a breakdown voltage of a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes an enhanced well region to effectively increase a voltage at which punch-through occurs when compared to a conventional semiconductor device. The enhanced well region includes a greater number of excess carriers when compared to a well region of the conventional semiconductor device. These larger number of excess carriers attract more carriers allowing more current to flow through a channel region of the semiconductor device before depleting the enhanced well region of the carriers. As a result, the semiconductor device may accommodate a greater voltage being applied to its drain region before the depletion region of the enhanced well region and a depletion region of a well region surrounding the drain region merge into a single depletion region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventor: Akira Ito
  • Patent number: 8278710
    Abstract: An LDMOSFET transistor (100) is provided which includes a substrate (101), an epitaxial drift region (104) in which a drain region (116) is formed, a first well region (107) in which a source region (112) is formed, a gate electrode (120) formed adjacent to the source region (112) to define a first channel region (14), and a grounded substrate injection suppression guard structure that includes a patterned buried layer (102) in ohmic contact with an isolation well region (103) formed in a predetermined upper region of the substrate so as to be spaced apart from the first well region (107) and from the drain region (116), where the buried layer (102) is disposed below the first well region (107) but not below the drain region (116).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Vishnu K. Khemka, Stephen J. Cosentino, Tahir A. Khan, Adolfo C. Reyes, Ronghua Zhu
  • Patent number: 8278711
    Abstract: A substrate having semiconductor material and a surface that supports a gate electrode and defines a surface normal direction is provided. The substrate can include a drift region including a first dopant type. A well region can be disposed adjacent to the drift region and proximal to the surface, and can include a second dopant type. A termination extension region can be disposed adjacent to the well region and extend away from the gate electrode, and can have an effective concentration of second dopant type that is generally less than that in the well region. An adjust region can be disposed between the surface and at least part of the termination extension region. An effective concentration of second dopant type may generally decrease when moving from the termination extension region into the adjust region along the surface normal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ramakrishna Rao, Stephen Daley Arthur, Peter Almern Losee, Kevin Dean Matocha
  • Publication number: 20120241861
    Abstract: An ultra-high voltage n-type-metal-oxide-semiconductor (UHV NMOS) device with improved performance and methods of manufacturing the same are provided. The UHV NMOS includes a substrate of P-type material; a first high-voltage N-well (HVNW) region disposed in a portion of the substrate; a source and bulk p-well (PW) adjacent to one side of the first HVNW region, and the source and bulk PW comprising a source and a bulk; a gate extended from the source and bulk PW to a portion of the first HVNW region, and a drain disposed within another portion of the first HVNW region that is opposite to the gate; a P-Top layer disposed within the first HVNW region, the P-Top layer positioned between the drain and the source and bulk PW; and an n-type implant layer formed on the P-Top layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chieh-Chih Chen, Cheng-Chi Lin, Chen-Yuan Lin, Shih-Chin Lien, Shyi-Yuan Wu
  • Publication number: 20120241862
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a LDMOS device and the method for making the LDMOS device. The LDMOS device comprises at least one capacitive region formed in the drift region. Each capacitive region comprises a polysilicon layer and a thick oxide layer separating the polysilicon layer from the drift region. The LDMOS device in accordance with the embodiments of the present disclosure can improve the breakdown voltage while a low on-resistance is maintained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: Chengdu Monolithic Power Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lei Zhang, Yang Xiang
  • Patent number: 8274114
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed to increase a breakdown voltage of a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a modified breakdown shallow trench isolation (STI) region to effectively reduce a drain to source resistance when compared to a conventional semiconductor device, thereby increasing the breakdown voltage of the semiconductor device when compared to the conventional semiconductor device. The modified breakdown STI region allows more current to pass from a source region to a drain region of the semiconductor device, thereby further increasing the break down voltage of the semiconductor device from that of the conventional semiconductor device. The semiconductor device may include a modified well region to further reduce the drain to source resistance of the semiconductor device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventor: Akira Ito
  • Patent number: 8269273
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a trench MOSFET with an etching buffer layer in a trench gate, comprising: a substrate which has a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other and comprises at least a drain region, a gate region, and a source region which are constructed as a plurality of semiconductor cells with MOSFET effect; a plurality of gate trenches, each of which is extended downward from the first surface and comprises a gate oxide layer covered on a inner surface thereof and a gate conductive layer filled inside, comprised in the gate region; at least a drain metal layer formed on the second surface according to the drain region; at least a gate runner metal layer formed on the first surface according to the gate region; and at least a source metal layer formed on the first surface according to the source region; wherein the gate trenches distinguished into at least a second gate trench formed at a terminal of the source region and at least a first gate trenches wrapped in the sourc
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Force Mos Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Fu-Yuan Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20120228704
    Abstract: A high-voltage transistor is formed in a deep well of a first conductivity type that has been formed in a semiconductor substrate or epitaxial layer of a second conductivity type. A body region of the second conductivity type is formed in the deep well, into which a source region of the first conductivity type is formed. A drain region of the first conductivity type is formed in the deep well and separated from the body region by a drift region in the deep well. A gate dielectric layer is formed over the body region, and a first polysilicon layer formed over the gate dielectric layer embodies the gate of the transistor. The field plate dielectric layer is formed over the drift region after the gate has been formed. Finally, the field plate dielectric is covered by a second polysilicon layer having a field plate positioned over the field plate dielectric layer in the drift region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2011
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Inventor: Dong-Hyuk Ju
  • Publication number: 20120228705
    Abstract: An LDMOS is formed with a second gate stack over the n? drift region, having a common gate electrode with the gate stack, and having a higher work function than the gate stack. Embodiments include forming a first conductivity type well, having a source, surrounded by a second conductivity type well, having a drain, in a substrate, forming first and second gate stacks on the substrate over a portion of the first well and a portion of the second well, respectively, the first and second gate stacks sharing a common gate electrode, and tuning the work functions of the first and second gate stacks to obtain a higher work function for the second gate stack. Other embodiments include forming the first gate stack with a first high-k dielectric and the second gate stack with a second high-k dielectric, and forming the first and second gate stacks with asymmetric dielectrics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES Singapore Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Eng Huat Toh, Jae Gon Lee, Chung Foong Tan, Elgin Quek
  • Patent number: 8264039
    Abstract: A high-voltage LDMOSFET includes a semiconductor substrate, in which a gate well is formed. A source well and a drain well are formed on either side of the gate well, and include insulating regions within them that do not reach the full depth. An insulating layer is disposed on the substrate, covering the gate well and a portion of the source well and the drain well. A conductive gate is disposed on the insulating layer. Biasing wells are formed adjacent the source well and the drain well. A deep well is formed in the substrate such that it communicates with the biasing wells and the gate well, while extending under the source well and the drain well, such as to avoid them. Biasing contacts at the top of the biasing wells bias the deep well, and therefore also the gate well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Synopsys, Inc.
    Inventors: Bin Wang, William T. Colleran, Chih-Hsin Wang
  • Publication number: 20120223384
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a high voltage device and a manufacturing method thereof. The high voltage device includes: a first conductive type substrate in which isolation regions are formed for defining a device region; a gate formed on the first conductive type substrate; a source and a drain formed in the device region and located at both sides of the gate respectively, and doped with second conductive type impurities; a second conductive type well, which is formed in the first conductive type substrate, and surrounds the drain from top view; and a first deep trench isolation structure, which is formed in the first conductive type substrate, and is located in the second conductive type well between the source and the drain from top view, wherein the depth of the first deep trench isolation structure is deeper than the second conductive type well from the cross-sectional view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Inventors: TSUNG-YI HUANG, Kuo-Hsuan Lo
  • Patent number: 8252652
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure is provided. A second conductivity type well region is formed on a first conductivity type substrate. A second conductivity type diffused source and second conductivity type diffused drain are formed on the first conductivity type substrate. A gate structure is formed on the second conductivity type well region between the second conductivity type diffused source and the second conductivity type diffused drain. First conductivity type buried rings are arranged in a horizontal direction, and formed in the second conductivity type well region, and divide the second conductivity type well region into an upper drift region and a lower drift region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Vanguard International Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Yih-Jau Chang, Shang-Hui Tu, Gene Sheu, Yi-Fong Chang, Nithin Devarajulu Palavalli
  • Publication number: 20120211833
    Abstract: A super-junction semiconductor device includes a drift layer including an alternating-conductivity-type layer that includes n-type region and p-type region arranged alternately in parallel to the first major surface of an n-type substrate. These alternating regions extend deep in a direction perpendicular to the first major surface. The first major surface includes a main device region with a gate electrode and a main source electrode and sensing device region with a gate electrode and a sensing source electrode. There is a common drain electrode on the second major surface of the substrate. There is a separation region between the main device region and the sensing device region. It includes an n-type region and p-type regions in the n-type region. The p-type regions are in an electrically floating state in the directions parallel and perpendicular to the first alternating-conductivity-type layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro TAMURA, Yasuhiko ONISHI
  • Patent number: 8237223
    Abstract: A semiconductor device including a substrate, an epitaxial layer, a first sinker, a transistor, a diode unit, a first buried layer, and a second buried layer is provided. When the semiconductor device is operated at the high voltage, the highly large substrate current due to the external load is avoided through the diode unit disposed in the semiconductor device of an embodiment consistent with the invention. Furthermore, according to the design of the semiconductor device, the issue of the narrow input voltage range is improved, and interference of the semiconductor device with the other semiconductor devices is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Episil Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Shih-Kuei Ma, Ta-Chuan Kuo
  • Patent number: 8232592
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate in which a first trench is formed and a second trench is formed at the middle portions of the first trench; and a first ion implantation layer that is formed on the surface of the semiconductor substrate and on the bottom of the first trench, the portions formed on the bottom of the first trench being spaced from each other by the second trench. A gate is formed from the bottom of the both side walls of the first trench to the middle portions thereof; a drift region is formed at both side walls of the first trench over the second trench; and a second ion implantation layer formed on the inner surface of the second trench.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Dongbu HiTek Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chul-Jin Yoon
  • Publication number: 20120187484
    Abstract: A lateral double diffused metal oxide semiconductor (LDMOS) device includes a first buried layer having a second conduction type formed in an epitaxial layer having a first conduction type, a first high-voltage well having the second conduction type formed above one region of the first buried layer, a first drain diffusion region having the first conduction type formed above another region of the first buried layer, a second drain diffusion region having the second conduction type formed in a partial region of the first drain diffusion region, the second drain diffusion region including a gate pattern and a drain region, and a first body having the first conduction type including a source region and having a surface in contact with the second drain diffusion region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2011
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Inventors: Cheol-Ho CHO, Choul-Joo Ko
  • Patent number: 8227854
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a drift layer having a superjunction structure; a semiconductor base layer selectively formed in a part of one surface of the drift layer; a first RESURF layer formed around a region having the semiconductor base layer formed thereon; a second semiconductor RESURF layer of a conductivity type which is opposite to a conductivity type of the first semiconductor RESURF layer; a first main electrode connected to a first surface of the drift layer; and a second main electrode connected to a second surface of the drift layer. The first RESURF layer is connected to the semiconductor base layer. The second semiconductor RESURF layer is in contact with the first semiconductor RESURF layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Syotaro Ono, Wataru Saito, Masakatsu Takashita, Yasuto Sumi, Masaru Izumisawa, Hiroshi Ohta