Plural Sections Connected In Parallel (e.g., Power Mosfet) Patents (Class 257/341)
  • Patent number: 8766358
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure comprises a substrate having a first conductive type; a deep well having a second conductive type formed in the substrate and extending down from a surface of the substrate; a first well having the first conductive type and a second well having the second conductive type both formed in the deep well and extending down from the surface of the substrate, and the second well spaced apart from the first well; a gate electrode formed on the substrate and disposed between the first and second wells; an isolation extending down from the surface of the substrate and disposed between the gate electrode and the second well; a conductive plug including a first portion and a second portion electrically connected to each other, and the first portion electrically connected to the gate electrode, and the second portion penetrating into the isolation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: United Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Chiu-Te Lee, Ke-Feng Lin, Shu-Wen Lin, Kun-Huang Yu, Chih-Chung Wang, Te-Yuan Wu
  • Patent number: 8759924
    Abstract: Various aspects of the technology provide a dual semiconductor power and/or switching FET device to replace two or more discrete FET devices. Portions of the current may be distributed in parallel to sections of the source and drain fingers to maintain a low current density and reduce the size while increasing the overall current handling capabilities of the dual FET. Application of the gate signal to both ends of gate fingers, for example, using a serpentine arrangement of the gate fingers and gate pads, simplifies layout of the dual FET device. A single integral ohmic metal finger including both source functions and drain functions reduces conductors and contacts for connecting the two devices at a source-drain node. Heat developed in the source, drain, and gate fingers may be conducted through the vias to the electrodes and out of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Sarda Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: James L. Vorhaus
  • Patent number: 8748982
    Abstract: Semiconductor regions are alternately arranged in a parallel pn layer in which an n-type region and a p-type region are alternately arranged parallel to the main surface of a semiconductor substrate. Pitch between n drift region and p partition region of a second parallel pn layer in an edge termination region is two thirds of pitch between n drift region and p partition region of a first parallel pn layer in an active region. At boundaries between main SJ cells and fine SJ cells at four corners of the semiconductor substrate having rectangular shape in plan view, ends of two pitches of main SJ cells face the ends of three pitches of fine SJ cells. In this way, it is possible to reduce the influence of a process variation and thus reduce mutual diffusion between n drift region and p partition region of the fine SJ cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dawei Cao, Mutsumi Kitamura, Takahiro Tamura, Yasuhiko Onishi
  • Patent number: 8742427
    Abstract: A semiconductor element according to the present invention can perform both a transistor operation and a diode operation via its channel layer. If the potential Vgs of its gate electrode 165 with respect to that of its source electrode 150 is 0 volts, then a depletion layer with a thickness Dc, which has been depleted entirely in the thickness direction, is formed in at least a part of the channel layer 150 due to the presence of a pn junction between a portion of its body region 130 and the channel layer 150, and another depletion layer that has a thickness Db as measured from the junction surface of the pn junction is formed in that portion of the body region 130.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Kitabatake, Masao Uchida
  • Patent number: 8742490
    Abstract: The present technology is directed generally to a semiconductor device. In one embodiment, the semiconductor device includes a first vertical transistor and a second vertical transistor, and the first vertical transistor is stacked on top of the second vertical transistor. The first vertical transistor is mounted on a lead frame with the source electrode of the first vertical transistor coupled to the lead frame. The second vertical transistor is stacked on the first vertical transistor with the source electrode of the second vertical transistor coupled to the drain electrode of the first vertical transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald R. Disney
  • Patent number: 8742500
    Abstract: A semiconductor device is disclosed wherein a peripheral region with a high breakdown voltage and high robustness against induced surface charge is manufactured using a process with high mass productivity. The device has n-type drift region and p-type partition region of layer-shape deposited in a vertical direction to one main surface of n-type semiconductor substrate with high impurity concentration form as drift layer, alternately adjacent parallel pn layers in a direction along one main surface. Active region through which current flows and peripheral region enclosing the active region include parallel pn layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Electric Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Yasuhiko Onishi
  • Patent number: 8742495
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a vertical HVFET includes a pillar of semiconductor material a pillar of semiconductor material arranged in a loop layout having at least two substantially parallel and substantially linear fillet sections each having a first width, and at least two rounded sections, the rounded sections having a second width narrower than the first width, a source region of a first conductivity type being disposed at or near a top surface of the pillar, and a body region of a second conductivity type being disposed in the pillar beneath the source region. First and second dielectric regions are respectively disposed on opposite sides of the pillar, the first dielectric region being laterally surrounded by the pillar, and the second dielectric region laterally surrounding the pillar. First and second field plates are respectively disposed in the first and second dielectric regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Power Integrations, Inc.
    Inventors: Vijay Parthasarathy, Sujit Banerjee, Lin Zhu
  • Patent number: 8742501
    Abstract: A power semiconductor device that realizes high-speed turnoff and soft switching at the same time has an n-type main semiconductor layer that includes lightly doped n-type semiconductor layers and extremely lightly doped n-type semiconductor layers arranged alternately and repeatedly between a p-type channel layer and an n+-type field stop layer, in a direction parallel to the first major surface of the n-type main semiconductor layer. A substrate used for manufacturing the semiconductor device is fabricated by forming trenches in an n-type main semiconductor layer 1 and performing ion implantation and subsequent heat treatment to form an n+-type field stop layer in the bottom of the trenches. The trenches are then filled with a semiconductor doped more lightly than the n-type main semiconductor layer for forming extremely lightly doped n-type semiconductor layers. The manufacturing method is applicable with variations to various power semiconductor devices such as IGBT's, MOSFET's and PIN diodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Koh Yoshikawa
  • Patent number: 8742499
    Abstract: In a semiconductor chip in which LDMOSFET elements for power amplifier circuits used for a power amplifier module are formed, a source bump electrode is disposed on an LDMOSFET formation region in which a plurality of source regions, a plurality of drain regions and a plurality of gate electrodes for the LDMOSFET elements are formed. The source bump electrode is formed on a source pad mainly made of aluminum via a source conductor layer which is thicker than the source pad and mainly made of copper. No resin film is interposed between the source bump electrode and the source conductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shizuki Nakajima, Hiroyuki Nagai, Yuji Shirai, Hirokazu Nakajima, Chushiro Kusano, Yu Hasegawa, Chiko Yorita, Yasuo Osone
  • Patent number: 8742708
    Abstract: In an electric power steering system, a drain terminal side of a semiconductor relay is positioned to face a heat sink through an insulation film layer. The semiconductor relay has a source terminal between a gate terminal and a drain terminal. The source terminal is provided between the gate terminal and the drain terminal with respect to parts of the gate terminal, the drain terminal and the source terminal, which extend generally in parallel each other on the same plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Tsuboi, Katsuhisa Mase, Yasuyoshi Toda
  • Patent number: 8729628
    Abstract: Junction field-effect transistors with vertical channels and self-aligned regrown gates and methods of making these devices are described. The methods use techniques to selectively grow and/or selectively remove semiconductor material to form a p-n junction gate along the sides of the channel and on the bottom of trenches separating source fingers. Methods of making bipolar junction transistors with self-aligned regrown base contact regions and methods of making these devices are also described. The semiconductor devices can be made in silicon carbide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Power Integrations, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Neil Merrett, Igor Sankin
  • Patent number: 8723259
    Abstract: A SiC semiconductor device capable of increasing a switching speed without destroying a gate insulating film. In addition, in a SiC-MOSFET including an n-type semiconductor substrate formed of SiC, a p-type semiconductor layer is entirely or partially provided on an upper surface of a p-type well layer that has a largest area of the transverse plane among a plurality of p-type well layers provided in an n-type drift layer and is arranged on an outermost periphery immediately below a gate electrode pad. It is preferable that a concentration of an impurity contained in the p-type semiconductor layer be larger than that of the p-type well layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yukiyasu Nakao, Masayuki Imaizumi, Shuhei Nakata, Naruhisa Miura
  • Patent number: 8723256
    Abstract: A semiconductor device is provided. The device includes a semiconductor substrate and a gate structure thereon. A well region is formed in the semiconductor substrate. A drain region and a source region are respectively formed in the semiconductor substrate inside and outside of the well region. At least one set of the first and second heavily doped regions is formed in the well region between the drain region and the source region, wherein the first and second heavily doped regions are stacked vertically from bottom to top and have a doping concentration which is larger than that of the well region. The semiconductor substrate and the first heavily doped region have a first conductivity type and the well region and the second heavily doped region have a second conductivity type. A method for fabricating a semiconductor device is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Vanguard International Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Wen-Cheng Lin, Shang-Hui Tu, Shin-Cheng Lin
  • Patent number: 8716792
    Abstract: A semiconductor device has a cell field with drift zones of a first type of conductivity and charge carrier compensation zones of a second type of conductivity complementary to the first type. An edge region which surrounds the cell field has a higher blocking strength than the cell field, the edge region having a near-surface area which is undoped to more weakly doped than the drift zones, and beneath the near-surface area at least one buried, vertically extending complementarily doped zone is positioned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies Austria AG
    Inventors: Anton Mauder, Franz Hirler, Armin Willmeroth, Michael Rueb, Holger Kapels
  • Patent number: 8716793
    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: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Dongbu HiTek Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Hyun Yoo, Jong Min Kim
  • Patent number: 8716789
    Abstract: A power semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes an element portion in which MOSFET elements are provided and a termination portion provided around the element portion, and has pillar layers provided respectively in parallel to each other in a semiconductor substrate. The device includes a first trench and a first insulation film. The first trench is provided between end portions of the pillar layers, in the semiconductor substrate at the termination portion exposed from a source electrode of the MOSFET elements. The first insulation film is provided on a side surface and a bottom surface of the first trench.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Syotaro Ono, Masaru Izumisawa, Hiroshi Ohta, Hiroaki Yamashita
  • Patent number: 8716811
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first conduction-type semiconductor substrate, a first semiconductor region of a first conduction-type formed on the semiconductor substrate, a second semiconductor region of a second conduction-type formed on a surface of the first semiconductor region, a third semiconductor region of the second conduction-type formed to be separated from the second semiconductor region on the surface of the first semiconductor region, a fourth semiconductor region of the second conduction-type formed to be separated from the second semiconductor region and the third semiconductor region on the surface of the first semiconductor region, and a first electrode connected to the second semiconductor region and the third semiconductor region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki Mori, Chihiro Arai
  • Patent number: 8710557
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a MOS transistor having a combined-source structure with low power consumption, which relates to a field of field effect transistor logic devices and circuits in CMOS ultra-large-scaled integrated circuits. The MOS transistor includes a control gate electrode layer, a gate dielectric layer, a semiconductor substrate, a Schottky source region, a highly-doped source region and a highly-doped drain region. An end of the control gate extends to the highly-doped source region to form a T shape, wherein the extending region of the control gate is an extending gate and the remaining region of the control gate is a main gate. The active region covered by the extending gate is a channel region, and material thereof is the substrate material. A Schottky junction is formed between the Schottky source region and the channel under the extending gate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Peking University
    Inventors: Ru Huang, Qianqian Huang, Zhan Zhan, Xin Huang, Yangyuan Wang
  • Patent number: 8704300
    Abstract: A semiconductor device including a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type and an epitaxial structure of the first conductivity type disposed thereon is disclosed. A well region of a second conductivity type is formed in the epitaxial structure and the semiconductor substrate. A drain region and a source region are respectively formed in the epitaxial structure inside and outside of the well region. At least one set of the first and second heavily doped regions is formed in the well region between the drain region and the source region, wherein the first and second heavily doped regions of the first and second conductivity type, respectively, are stacked vertically from bottom to top and have a doping concentration which is larger than that of the well region. A gate structure is disposed on the epitaxial structure. A method for fabricating a semiconductor device is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Vanguard International Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Wen-Cheng Lin, Shang-Hui Tu, Shin-Cheng Lin
  • Patent number: 8704297
    Abstract: A trench MOSFET with multiple trenched source-body contacts is disclosed for reducing gate charge by applying multiple trenched source-body contacts in unit cell. Furthermore, source regions are only formed along channel regions near the gate trenches, not between adjacent trenched source-body contacts for UIS (Unclamped Inductance Switching) current enhancement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Force Mos Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Fu-Yuan Hsieh
  • Patent number: 8704303
    Abstract: A dual channel trench LDMOS transistor includes a semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type formed on a substrate; a first trench formed in the semiconductor layer where a trench gate is formed in an upper portion of the first trench; a body region of the second conductivity type formed in the semiconductor layer adjacent the first trench; a source region of the first conductivity type formed in the body region and adjacent the first trench; a planar gate overlying the body region; a drain drift region of the first conductivity type formed in the semiconductor layer and in electrical contact with a drain electrode. The planar gate forms a lateral channel in the body region, and the trench gate in the first trench forms a vertical channel in the body region of the LDMOS transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Incorporated
    Inventor: Shekar Mallikarjunaswamy
  • Patent number: 8704295
    Abstract: Power devices which include trench Schottky barrier diodes and also (preferably) trench-gate transistors. Isolation trenches flank both the gate regions and the diode mesas, and have an additional diffusion below the bottom of the isolation trenches. The additional diffusion helps to reduce the electric field (and leakage), when the device is in the OFF state, at both the Schottky barrier and at the body diode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: MaxPower Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Mohamed N. Darwish, Jun Zeng, Richard A. Blanchard
  • Patent number: 8697556
    Abstract: A semiconductor device is formed having a trench adjacent to a current carrying region of the device. The trench is formed having a depth greater than the depth of a tub region of the device. Increasing the trench depth moves a region of higher field strength from the tub region to a region along the trench. The region along the trench does not have a junction and may withstand the higher field strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Estivation Properties LLC
    Inventor: Robert Bruce Davies
  • Patent number: 8698229
    Abstract: Disclosed is a MOSFET including at least one transistor cell. The at least one transistor cell includes a source region, a drain region, a body region and a drift region. The body region is arranged between the source region and the drift region and the drift region is arranged between the body region and the drain region. The at least one transistor cell further includes a compensation region arranged in the drift region and distant to the body region, a source electrode electrically contacting the source region and the body region, a gate electrode arranged adjacent the body region and dielectrically insulated from the body region by a gate dielectric, and a coupling arrangement including a control terminal. The coupling arrangement is configured to electrically couple the compensation region to at least one of the body region, the source region, the source electrode and the gate electrode dependent on a control signal received at the control terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies Austria AG
    Inventors: Armin Willmeroth, Franz Hirler
  • Publication number: 20140097491
    Abstract: A dielectrically-terminated superjunction field-effect transistor (FET) architecture for use in high voltage applications. The architecture adds a dielectric termination to general features of a high voltage superjunction process. The dielectrically-terminated FET (DFET) is more compact and more manufacturable than a conventional, semiconductor-terminated superjunction FET.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Constantin Bulucea
  • Patent number: 8691653
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure and a manufacturing process thereof are disclosed. The semiconductor structure includes a substrate having a first conductive type, a first well having a second conductive type formed in the substrate, a doped region having the second conductive type formed in the first well, a field oxide and a second well having the first conductive type. The doped region has a first net dopant concentration. The field oxide is formed on a surface area of the first well. The second well is disposed underneath the field oxide and connected to a side of the doped region. The second well has a second net dopant concentration smaller than the first net dopant concentration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Macronix International Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chih-Chia Hsu, Yu-Hsien Chin, Yin-Fu Huang
  • Patent number: 8692323
    Abstract: A semiconductor device has a semiconductor substrate having an upper main surface and a lower main surface. The semiconductor substrate includes a drain layer, a main base region, an underpad base region and a source region. The semiconductor device includes a first main electrode connected to the main base regions and the source region and not connected to the underpad base region, a gate electrode opposed to a channel region in the main base region interposed between the drain layer and the source region with a gate insulating film provided therebetween, a conductive gate pad opposed to an exposed surface of the underpad base region in the upper main surface with an insulating layer interposed therebetween and the conductive gate pad is connected to the gate electrode, and a second main electrode connected to the lower main surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazunari Hatade, Yoshiaki Hisamoto
  • Patent number: 8691684
    Abstract: A power transistor for use in an audio application is laid out to minimize hot spots. Hot spots are created by non-uniform power dissipation or overly concentrated current densities. The source and drain pads are disposed relative to each other to facilitate uniform power dissipation. Interleaving metal fingers and upper metal layers are connected directly to lower metal layers in the absence of vias to improve current density distribution. This layout improves some fail detection tests by 17%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Shenzhen) R&D Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Guo Hua Zhong, Mei Yang
  • Patent number: 8680607
    Abstract: Power devices, and related process, where both gate and field plate trenches have multiple stepped widths, using self-aligned process steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: MaxPower Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Jun Zeng, Mohamed N. Darwish
  • Patent number: 8680613
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a termination structure for a high voltage semiconductor transistor device. The termination structure is composed of at least two termination zones and an electrical disconnection between the body layer and the edge of the device. A first zone is configured to spread the electric field within the device. A second zone is configured to smoothly bring the electric field back up to the top surface of the device. The electrical disconnection prevents the device from short circuiting the edge of the device. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Incorporated
    Inventors: Lingpeng Guan, Anup Bhalla, Hamza Yilmaz
  • Patent number: 8680608
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a power semiconductor device includes a second semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type and a third semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type periodically disposed repeatedly along a surface of the first semiconductor layer on a first semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type. A first main electrode is provided to electrically connect to the first semiconductor layer. A fourth semiconductor layer of the second conductivity type is provided to connect to the third semiconductor layer. Fifth semiconductor layers of the first conductivity type are selectively provided in the fourth semiconductor layer surface. A second main electrode is provided on a surface of the fourth and fifth semiconductor layers. A control electrode is provided on a surface of the fourth, fifth, and second semiconductor layers via a gate insulating film. First insulating films are provided by filling a trench made in the second semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Wataru Saito, Syotaro Ono, Munehisa Yabuzaki, Nana Hatano, Miho Watanabe
  • Patent number: 8680611
    Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment a structure can include a monolithically integrated trench field-effect transistor (FET) and Schottky diode. The structure can include a first gate trench extending into a semiconductor region, a second gate trench extending into the semiconductor region, and a source region flanking a side of the first gate trench. The source region can have a substantially triangular shape, and a contact opening extending into the semiconductor region between the first gate trench and the second gate trench. The structure can include a conductor layer disposed in the contact opening to electrically contact the source region along at least a portion of a slanted sidewall of the source region, and the semiconductor region along a bottom portion of the contact opening. The conductor layer can form a Schottky contact with the semiconductor region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Boguslaw Kocon, Steven Sapp, Paul Thorup, Dean Probst, Robert Herrick, Becky Losee, Hamza Yilmaz, Christopher Lawrence Rexer, Daniel Calafut
  • Patent number: 8674415
    Abstract: There is provided a high frequency semiconductor switch for improving insertion loss characteristics and harmonic characteristics by providing good voltage distribution in a gate wiring. The field effect transistor includes a source wiring electrically connected to a source region formed on a substrate and extending unidirectionally; a drain wiring electrically connected to a drain region formed on the substrate and extending in parallel with the source wiring; a gate having a parallel portion extending between the source wiring and the drain wiring in approximately parallel with the source wiring and the drain wiring; a gate wiring applying voltage to the gate; and a gate via electrically connecting the gate to the gate wiring, the parallel portion including two ends and formed with a path applying voltage to each of the two ends from the gate via.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Sugiura
  • Patent number: 8674440
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure for facilitating an integration of power devices on a common substrate includes a first insulating layer formed on the substrate and an active region having a first conductivity type formed on at least a portion of the first insulating layer. A first terminal is formed on an upper surface of the structure and electrically connects with at least one other region having the first conductivity type formed in the active region. A buried well having a second conductivity type is formed in the active region and is coupled with a second terminal formed on the upper surface of the structure. The buried well and the active region form a clamping diode which positions a breakdown avalanche region between the buried well and the first terminal. A breakdown voltage of at least one of the power devices is a function of characteristics of the buried well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: IO Semiconductor Inc.
    Inventors: Jacek Korec, Boyi Yang
  • Patent number: 8673700
    Abstract: A power device includes a semiconductor region which in turn includes a plurality of alternately arranged pillars of first and second conductivity type. Each of the plurality of pillars of second conductivity type further includes a plurality of implant regions of the second conductivity type arranged on top of one another along the depth of pillars of second conductivity type, and a trench portion filled with semiconductor material of the second conductivity type directly above the plurality of implant regions of second conductivity type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph A. Yedinak, Mark L. Rinehimer, Praveen Muraleedharan Shenoy
  • Patent number: 8674439
    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: August 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Microsemi Corporation
    Inventors: Dumitru Sdrulla, Bruce Odekirk, Marc Vandenberg
  • Patent number: 8669611
    Abstract: A MOS transistor comprises a substrate, a first region formed over the substrate, a second region grown from the first region, a third region of formed in the second region, a first drain/source region formed in the third region, a first gate electrode formed in a first trench, a second drain/source region formed in the second region and on an opposite side of the first trench from the first drain/source region and a second trench coupled between the second drain/source region and the second region, wherein the second trench is of a same depth as the first trench.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chun-Wai Ng, Hsueh-Liang Chou, Po-Chih Su, Ruey-Hsin Liu
  • Patent number: 8669613
    Abstract: A semiconductor die with integrated MOSFET and diode-connected enhancement mode JFET is disclosed. The MOSFET-JFET die includes common semiconductor substrate region (CSSR) of type-1 conductivity. A MOSFET device and a diode-connected enhancement mode JFET (DCE-JFET) device are located upon CSSR. The DCE-JFET device has the CSSR as its DCE-JFET drain. At least two DCE-JFET gate regions of type-2 conductivity located upon the DCE-JFET drain and laterally separated from each other with a DCE-JFET gate spacing. At least a DCE-JFET source of type-1 conductivity located upon the CSSR and between the DCE-JFET gates. A top DCE-JFET electrode, located atop and in contact with the DCE-JFET gate regions and DCE-JFET source regions. When properly configured, the DCE-JFET simultaneously exhibits a forward voltage Vf substantially lower than that of a PN junction diode while the reverse leakage current can be made comparable to that of a PN junction diode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Alpha & Omega Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Sik Lui, Wei Wang
  • Patent number: 8658503
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a silicon carbide substrate having first and second main surfaces; a first silicon carbide layer provided on the first main surface of the silicon carbide substrate; first silicon carbide regions formed on a surface of the first silicon carbide layer; second and third silicon carbide regions formed on respective surfaces of the first silicon carbide regions; a fourth silicon carbide region formed between facing first silicon carbide regions with the first silicon carbide layer therebetween; a gate insulating film formed continuously on surfaces of the first silicon carbide regions, the first silicon carbide layer, and the fourth silicon carbide region; a gate electrode formed on the gate insulating film; an interlayer insulating film covering the gate electrode; a first electrode electrically connected to the second and third silicon carbide regions; and a second electrode formed on the second main surface of the silicon carbide substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kono, Takashi Shinohe
  • Patent number: 8659076
    Abstract: Improved highly reliable power RFP structures and fabrication and operation processes. The structure includes plurality of localized dopant concentrated zones beneath the trenches of RFPs, either floating or extending and merging with the body layer of the MOSFET or connecting with the source layer through a region of vertical doped region. This local dopant zone decreases the minority carrier injection efficiency of the body diode of the device and alters the electric field distribution during the body diode reverse recovery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: MaxPower Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Jun Zeng, Mohamed N. Darwish
  • Patent number: 8659117
    Abstract: A schottky diode includes a drift region of a first conductivity type and a lightly doped silicon region of the first conductivity type in the drift region. A conductor layer is over and in contact with the lightly doped silicon region to form a schottky contact with the lightly doped silicon region. A highly doped silicon region of the first conductivity type is in the drift region and is laterally spaced from the lightly doped silicon region such that upon biasing the schottky diode in a conducting state, a current flows laterally between the lightly doped silicon region and the highly doped silicon region through the drift region. A plurality of trenches extend into the drift region perpendicular to the current flow. Each trench has a dielectric layer lining at least a portion of the trench sidewalls and at least one conductive electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventor: Christopher Boguslaw Kocon
  • Patent number: 8659082
    Abstract: A semiconductor device having a super junction structure includes: multiple first columns extending in a current flowing direction; and multiple second columns extending in the current flowing direction. The first and second columns are alternately arranged in an alternating direction. Each first column provides a drift layer. The first and second columns have a boundary therebetween, from which a depletion layer expands in case of an off-state. At least one of the first columns and the second columns have an impurity dose, which is inhomogeneous by location with respect to the alternating direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takeshi Miyajima
  • Patent number: 8653536
    Abstract: An object is to provide a novel manufacturing method of a semiconductor substrate containing silicon carbide, and another object is to provide a semiconductor device using silicon carbide. A semiconductor substrate is manufactured through the steps of: adding ions to a silicon carbide substrate to form an embrittlement region in the silicon carbide substrate; bonding the silicon carbide substrate to a base substrate with insulating layers interposed therebetween; heating the silicon carbide substrate and separating the silicon carbide substrate at the embrittlement region to form a silicon carbide layer over the base substrate with the insulating layers interposed between therebetween; and performing heat treatment on the silicon carbide layer at a temperature of 1000° C. to 1300° C. to reduce defects of the silicon carbide layer. A semiconductor device is manufactured using the semiconductor substrate formed as described above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 8653601
    Abstract: This invention provides a current control semiconductor element in which dependence of a sense ratio on a temperature distribution is eliminated and the accuracy of current detection using a sense MOSFET can be improved, and to provide a control device using the current control semiconductor element. The current control semiconductor element 1 includes a main MOSFET 7 that drives a current and a sense MOSFET 8 that is connected to the main MOSFET in parallel and detects a current shunted from a current of the main MOSFET. The main MOSFET is formed using a multi-finger MOSFET that has a plurality of channels and is arranged in a row. When a distance between the center of the multi-finger MOSFET 7 and a channel located farthest from the center of the multi-finger MOSFET 7 is indicated by L, a channel that is located closest to a position distant by a distance of (L/(?3)) from the center of the multi-finger MOSFET is used as a channel for the sense MOSFET 8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Teppei Hirotsu, Nobuyasu Kanekawa, Itaru Tanabe
  • Patent number: 8653565
    Abstract: Various aspects of the technology includes a quad semiconductor power and/or switching FET comprising a pair of control/sync FET devices. Current may be distributed in parallel along source and drain fingers. Gate fingers and pads may be arranged in a serpentine configuration for applying gate signals to both ends of gate fingers. A single continuous ohmic metal finger includes both source and drain regions and functions as a source-drain node. A set of electrodes for distributing the current may be arrayed along the width of the source and/or drain fingers and oriented to cross the fingers along the length of the source and drain fingers. Current may be conducted from the electrodes to the source and drain fingers through vias disposed along the surface of the fingers. Heat developed in the source, drain, and gate fingers may be conducted through the vias to the electrodes and out of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Sarda Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: James L. Vorhaus
  • Patent number: 8653628
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a power semiconductor device including: a base substrate having one surface and the other surface and formed of a first conductive type drift layer; a first conductive type diffusion layer formed on one surface of the base substrate and having a concentration higher than that of the first conductive type drift layer; and a trench formed so as to penetrate through the second conductive type well layer and the first conductive type diffusion layer from one surface of the base substrate including the second conductive type well layer in a thickness direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: In Hyuk Song, Jae Hoon Park, Dong Soo Seo
  • Patent number: 8642427
    Abstract: A semiconductor device including a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type and an epitaxial layer of the first conductivity type disposed thereon is disclosed. Pluralities of first and second trenches are alternately arranged in the epitaxial layer. First and second doped regions of the first conductivity type are formed in the epitaxial layer and surrounding each first trench. A third doped region of a second conductivity type is formed in the epitaxial layer and surrounding each second trench. A first dopant in the first doped region has diffusivity larger than that of a second dopant in the second doped region. A method for fabricating a semiconductor device is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Vanguard International Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Rudy Octavius Sihombing, Chia-Hao Lee, Tsung-Hsiung Lee, Shang-Hui Tu
  • Patent number: 8643092
    Abstract: A trench MOSFET comprising a plurality of transistor cells having shielded trenched gates and multiple trenched floating gates as termination region is disclosed. The trenched floating gates have trench depth equal to or deeper than body junction depth of body regions in termination area. In some preferred embodiments, the trenched floating gates in the termination area are implemented by using shielded electrode structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Force Mos Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Fu-Yuan Hsieh
  • Patent number: 8643102
    Abstract: A control device of a semiconductor device is provided. The control device of a semiconductor device is capable of reducing both ON resistance and feedback capacitance in a hollow-gate type planar MOSFET to which a second gate electrode is provided or a trench MOSFET to which a second gate electrode is provided. In the control device controlling driving of a hollow-gate type planar MOSFET to which a second gate electrode is provided or a trench MOSFET to which a second gate electrode is provided, a signal of tuning ON or OFF is outputted to a gate electrode in a state of outputting a signal of turning OFF to the second gate electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Takayuki Hashimoto, Masahiro Masunaga
  • Patent number: 8637370
    Abstract: A high voltage trench MOS and its integration with low voltage integrated circuits is provided. Embodiments include forming, in a substrate, a first trench with a first oxide layer on side surfaces, a narrower second trench, below the first trench with a second oxide layer on side and bottom surfaces, and spacers on sides of the first and second trenches; removing a portion of the second oxide layer from the bottom surface of the second trench between the spacers; filling the first and second trenches with a first poly-silicon to form a drain region; removing the spacers, exposing side surfaces of the first poly-silicon; forming a third oxide layer on side and top surfaces of the first poly-silicon; and filling a remainder of the first and second trenches with a second poly-silicon to form a gate region on each side of the drain region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES Singapore Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Purakh Raj Verma, Yi Liang, Dong Yemin