Patent application number | Description | Published |
20130161689 | INSULATED GATE BIPOLAR TRANSISTOR STRUCTURE HAVING LOW SUBSTRATE LEAKAGE - A high voltage laterally diffused metal-oxide-semiconductor (HV LDMOS) device, particularly an insulated gate bipolar junction transistor (IGBT), and a method of making it are provided in this disclosure. The device includes a semiconductor substrate having at least one highly doped buried portion, a first doped well grown over the substrate, a gate structure formed on the first well, a source and a drain formed on either side of the gate structure, and a second doped well having a U-shaped cross section formed in the first well. A portion of the drain is formed over the first well outside of the second well. | 06-27-2013 |
20130207187 | INSULATED GATE BIPOLAR TRANSISTOR STRUCTURE HAVING LOW SUBSTRATE LEAKAGE - A high voltage metal-oxide-semiconductor laterally diffused device (HV LDMOS), particularly an insulated gate bipolar junction transistor (IGBT), and a method of making it are provided in this disclosure. The device includes a semiconductor substrate, a gate structure formed on the substrate, a source and a drain formed in the substrate on either side of the gate structure, a first doped well formed in the substrate, and a second doped well formed in the first well. The gate, source, second doped well, a portion of the first well, and a portion of the drain structure are surrounded by a deep trench isolation feature and an implanted oxygen layer in the silicon substrate. | 08-15-2013 |
20130313617 | Embedded JFETs for High Voltage Applications - A device includes a buried well region and a first HVW region of the first conductivity, and an insulation region over the first HVW region. A drain region of the first conductivity type is disposed on a first side of the insulation region and in a top surface region of the first HVW region. A first well region and a second well region of a second conductivity type opposite the first conductivity type are on the second side of the insulation region. A second HVW region of the first conductivity type is disposed between the first and the second well regions, wherein the second HVW region is connected to the buried well region. A source region of the first conductivity type is in a top surface region of the second HVW region, wherein the source region, the drain region, and the buried well region form a JFET. | 11-28-2013 |
20140021560 | HIGH VOLTAGE DEVICE WITH A PARALLEL RESISTOR - Provided is a high voltage semiconductor device. The high voltage semiconductor device includes a transistor having a gate, a source, and a drain. The source and the drain are formed in a doped substrate and are separated by a drift region of the substrate. The gate is formed over the drift region and between the source and the drain. The transistor is configured to handle high voltage conditions that are at least a few hundred volts. The high voltage semiconductor device includes a dielectric structure formed between the source and the drain of the transistor. The dielectric structure protrudes into and out of the substrate. Different parts of the dielectric structure have uneven thicknesses. The high voltage semiconductor device includes a resistor formed over the dielectric structure. The resistor has a plurality of winding segments that are substantially evenly spaced apart. | 01-23-2014 |
20140035035 | INSULATED GATE BIPOLAR TRANSISTOR STRUCTURE HAVING LOW SUBSTRATE LEAKAGE - A high voltage metal-oxide-semiconductor laterally diffused device (HV LDMOS), particularly an insulated gate bipolar junction transistor (IGBT), and a method of making it are provided in this disclosure. The device includes a semiconductor substrate, a gate structure formed on the substrate, a source and a drain formed in the substrate on either side of the gate structure, a first doped well formed in the substrate, and a second doped well formed in the first well. The gate, source, second doped well, a portion of the first well, and a portion of the drain structure are surrounded by a deep trench isolation feature and an implanted oxygen layer in the silicon substrate. | 02-06-2014 |
20140139282 | Embedded JFETs for High Voltage Applications - A device includes a buried well region and a first HVW region of the first conductivity, and an insulation region over the first HVW region. A drain region of the first conductivity type is disposed on a first side of the insulation region and in a top surface region of the first HVW region. A first well region and a second well region of a second conductivity type opposite the first conductivity type are on the second side of the insulation region. A second HVW region of the first conductivity type is disposed between the first and the second well regions, wherein the second HVW region is connected to the buried well region. A source region of the first conductivity type is in a top surface region of the second HVW region, wherein the source region, the drain region, and the buried well region form a JFET. | 05-22-2014 |
20140231884 | BOOTSTRAP MOS FOR HIGH VOLTAGE APPLICATIONS - A device includes a p-well region, and a first High-Voltage N-type Well (HVNW) region and a second HVNW region contacting opposite edges of the p-well region. A P-type Buried Layer (PBL) has opposite edges in contact with the first HVNW region and the second HVNW region. An n-type buried well region is underlying the PBL. The p-well region and the n-type buried well region are in contact with a top surface and a bottom surface, respectively, of the PBL. The device further includes a n-well region in a top portion of the p-well region, an n-type source region in the n-well region, a gate stack overlapping a portion of the p-well region and a portion of the second HVNW region, and a channel region under the gate stack. The channel region interconnects the n-well region and the second HVNW region. | 08-21-2014 |
20140239450 | GUARD STRUCTURE FOR SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF FORMING GUARD LAYOUT PATTERN FOR SEMICONDUCTOR LAYOUT PATTERN - A guard structure for a semiconductor structure is provided. The guard structure includes a first guard ring, a second guard ring and a third guard ring. The first guard ring has a first conductivity type. The second guard ring has a second conductivity type, and surrounds the first guard ring. The third guard ring has the first conductivity type, and surrounds the second guard ring, wherein the first, the second and the third guard rings are grounded. A method of forming a guard layout pattern for a semiconductor layout pattern is also provided. | 08-28-2014 |
20150072496 | METHOD OF MAKING AN INSULATED GATE BIPOLAR TRANSISTOR STRUCTURE - A method for fabricating a high voltage semiconductor transistor includes growing a first well region over a substrate having a first conductivity type, the first well region having a second type of conductivity. First, second and third portions of a second well region having the first type of conductivity are doped into the first well region. A first insulating layer is grown in and over the first well portion within the second well region. A second insulating layer is grown on the substrate over the third portion of the second well region. An anti-punch through region is doped into the first well region. A gate structure is formed on the substrate. A source region is formed in the first portion of the second well region on an opposite side of the gate structure from the first insulating layer. A drain region is formed in the first well region. | 03-12-2015 |