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| 20080203480 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT USING A SUPERJUNCTION SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - In an embodiment, an apparatus includes a source region, a gate region and a drain region supported by a substrate, and a drift region including a plurality of vertically extending n-wells and p-wells to couple the gate region and the drain region of a transistor, wherein the plurality of n-wells and p-wells are formed in alternating longitudinal rows to form a superjunction drift region longitudinally extending between the gate region and the drain region of the transistor. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080258224 | Trenched MOSFETs with improved gate-drain (GD) clamp diodes - A MOSFET device that includes a first Zener diode connected between a gate metal and a drain metal of said semiconductor power device for functioning as a gate-drain (GD) clamp diode. The GD clamp diode includes multiple back-to-back doped regions in a polysilicon layer doped with dopant ions of a first conductivity type next to a second conductivity type disposed on an insulation layer above the MOSFET device, having an avalanche voltage lower than a source/drain avalanche voltage of the MOSFET device wherein the Zener diode is insulated from a doped region of the MOSFET device for preventing a channeling effect. The MOSFET device further includes a second Zener diode connected between a gate metal and a source metal of the MOSFET device for functioning as a gate-source (GS) clamp diode, wherein the GD clamp diode includes multiple back-to-back doped regions in the polysilicon layer doped with dopant ions of a first conductivity type next to a second conductivity type disposed on the insulation layer above the MOSFET device having a lower breakdown voltage than a gate oxide rupture voltage of the MOSFET device. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20090001473 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - At least a laminate of a gate insulating film | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090057766 | INTEGRATION OF SILICON BORON NITRIDE IN HIGH VOLTAGE AND SMALL PITCH SEMICONDUCTORS - Integration of silicon boron nitride in high voltage semiconductors is generally described. In one example, a microelectronic apparatus includes a semiconductor substrate upon which transistors of an integrated circuit are formed, a plurality of transistor gates formed upon the semiconductor substrate, a gate spacer dielectric disposed between the gates, and a contact etch stop dielectric disposed upon the gates and gate spacer dielectric, the contact etch stop dielectric comprising silicon boron nitride (SiBN) to reduce breakdown of the contact etch stop dielectric in high voltage applications. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090072315 | Semiconductor Manufacturing Process Charge Protection Circuits - Embodiments of the invention relate to semiconductor manufacturing process charge protection circuits, integrated circuits and to methods for manufacturing a semiconductor manufacturing process charge protection circuit. In an embodiment of the invention, a charge protection circuit includes a first terminal coupled to a charge receiving region, a second terminal providing a discharge path, and a rectifying circuit coupled between the first terminal and the second terminal, the rectifying circuit including at least two anti-parallel coupled rectifying components. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090096027 | Power Semiconductor Device - A power semiconductor device comprising a first group of power transistor cells arranged in a first area of the power semiconductor device and a second group of power transistor cells arranged in a second area of the power semiconductor device. The first group of power transistor cells has an overall cell density different from that of the second group of power transistor cells such that the first and second groups of power transistor cells have different charge carrier densities. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090121290 | Semiconductor device with high-breakdown-voltage transistor - A semiconductor device includes a high-breakdown-voltage transistor having a semiconductor layer. The semiconductor layer has an element portion and a wiring portion. The element portion has a first wiring on a front side of the semiconductor layer and a backside electrode on a back side of the semiconductor layer. The element portion is configured as a vertical transistor that causes an electric current to flow in a thickness direction of the semiconductor layer between the first wiring and the backside electrode. The backside electrode is elongated to the wiring portion. The wiring portion has a second wiring on the front side of the semiconductor layer. The wiring portion and the backside electrode provide a pulling wire that allows the electric current to flow to the second wiring. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090250759 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A breakdown voltage of a clamp diode can be reduced while a leakage current is suppressed. A P | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090261418 | INSULATED GATE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A protection diode group includes multiple protection diodes connected to each other in parallel. A total junction area average of the protection diode group is set to a value large enough to guarantee a desired electrostatic discharge tolerance. By setting the total junction area average to be equal to a junction area average of a conventional structure, the occupation area of the protection diode group on the chip is reduced while the ESD tolerance is made equal to a conventional ESD tolerance. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090278204 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - There is provided a technology which allows improvements in manufacturing yield and product reliability in a semiconductor device having a triple well structure. A shallow p-type well is formed in a region different from respective regions in a p-type substrate where a deep n-type well, a shallow p-type well, and a shallow n-type well are formed. A p-type diffusion tap formed in the shallow p-type well is wired to a p-type diffusion tap formed in a shallow n-type well in the deep n-type well using an interconnection in a second layer. The respective gate electrodes of an nMIS and a pMIS each formed in the deep n-type well are coupled to the respective drain electrodes of an nMIS and a pMIS each formed in the substrate using an interconnection in a second or higher order layer. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20100308407 | Recessed Gate Dielectric Antifuse - A recessed dielectric antifuse device includes a substrate and laterally spaced source and drain regions formed in the substrate. A recess is formed between the source and drain regions. A gate and gate oxide are formed in the recess and lightly doped source and drain extension regions contiguous with the laterally spaced source and drain regions are optionally formed adjacent the recess. Programming of the recessed dielectric antifuse is performed by application of power to the gate and at least one of the source region and the drain region to breakdown the dielectric, which minimizes resistance between the gate and the channel. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20110018062 | FABRICATION OF SINGLE OR MULTIPLE GATE FIELD PLATES - A process for fabricating single or multiple gate field plates using consecutive steps of dielectric material deposition/growth, dielectric material etch and metal evaporation on the surface of a field effect transistors. This fabrication process permits a tight control on the field plate operation since dielectric material deposition/growth is typically a well controllable process. Moreover, the dielectric material deposited on the device surface does not need to be removed from the device intrinsic regions: this essentially enables the realization of field-plated devices without the need of low-damage dielectric material dry/wet etches. Using multiple gate field plates also reduces gate resistance by multiple connections, thus improving performances of large periphery and/or sub-micron gate devices. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110227160 | Semiconductor Device and Method of Manufacturing the Same - A semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The semiconductor device has a metal sidewall spacer on the sidewall of a gate electrode on the drain region side. The metal sidewall spacer is made of such metals as Ta, which has an oxygen scavenging effect and can effectively reduce EOT on the drain region side, and thus the ability to control the short channel is effectively increased. In addition, since EOT on the source region side is larger, the carrier mobility of the device will not be degraded. Moreover, such asymmetric device may have a better driving performance. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110284964 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A standard cell has gate patterns extending in Y direction and arranged at an equal pitch in X direction. End portions of the gate patterns are located at the same position in Y direction, and have an equal width in X direction. A diode cell is located next to the standard cell in Y direction, and includes a plurality of opposite end portions formed of gate patterns that are opposed to the end portions, in addition to a diffusion layer which functions as a diode. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20120104499 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE FOR PREVENTING PLASMA INDUCED DAMAGE - A semiconductor device including a well, at least a first transistor region formed over the well, a gate electrode formed over the transistor region, a well guard disposed to include an open region while surrounding the transistor region, a diode disposed in the open region, and a metal line configured to electrically connect the gate electrode and the diode. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20130264648 | PROTECTION DIODE - A protection diode includes: a semiconductor substrate; a well region of a first conductivity type in the semiconductor substrate; a gate side diffusion region of a second conductivity type in the semiconductor substrate and joined to the well region; a grounding side diffusion region of the second conductivity type in the semiconductor substrate, separated from the gate side diffusion region, and joined to the well region; a gate side electrode connected between a gate of a transistor and the gate side diffusion region; and a grounding electrode connected to the grounding side diffusion region. Dopant impurity concentration in the grounding side diffusion region is lower than dopant impurity concentration in the gate side diffusion region. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20140183639 | ESD PROTECTION STRUCTURE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE COMPRISING THE SAME - An ESD protection structure and a semiconductor device having an ESD protection structure with the ESD protection structure including a patterned conductive ESD protection layer. The ESD protection layer is patterned to have a first portion of a substantially closed ring shape having an outer contour line and an inner contour line parallel with each other. The outer and the inner contour lines are waved lines. The first portion further has a midline between and parallel with the outer and the inner contour lines. The midline is a waved line having a substantially constant curvature at each point of the midline. Therefore the ESD protection layer has a substantially uniform curvature and an increased perimeter which advantageously improve the breakdown voltage and the current handling capacity of the ESD protection structure. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20150303182 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - The semiconductor device of the present invention includes: a MOSFET having a gate electrode formed via a gate insulating film over a semiconductor layer and source and drain regions formed in the semiconductor layer on both sides of the gate electrode; and a diode. The diode has an n | 10-22-2015 |
| 20160035905 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES - Provided are semiconductor devices. A semiconductor device includes a first well formed in a substrate; an element isolation layer formed on the first well; a second well formed in the first well on a first side of the element isolation layer; a third well formed in the second well, the third well has a higher concentration of impurities than the second well; a first electrode electrically connected to the third well; a fourth well formed in the first well on a second side of the element isolation layer; a fifth well formed in the fourth well, the fifth well has a different conductivity type from the fourth well; a second electrode electrically connected to the fifth well; and a sixth well overlapping the fourth well, the sixth well has a lower concentration of impurities than the fourth well. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160079232 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes a first electrode, a first semiconductor layer of a first dopant type on the first electrode. A first region of the semiconductor device includes a second semiconductor layer of the second dopant type on the first semiconductor layer, a third semiconductor layer of the first dopant type on the second semiconductor layer, and a second electrode extending though the second and third semiconductor layers and inwardly of the first semiconductor layer. A second region of the semiconductor device includes an insulating layer over the first semiconductor layer, a fourth semiconductor layer of the first or second dopant type on the insulating layer, a fifth semiconductor layer of a different dopant type on the insulating layer and surrounding the fourth semiconductor layer, and a sixth semiconductor layer of the same dopant type on the insulation layer and surrounding the fifth semiconductor layer. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20190148356 | PROTECTION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE PROTECTION DEVICE | 05-16-2019 |
