摘要:
A transistor (30) constructed in accordance with our invention includes a substrate (31) of a first conductivity type and first and second regions (32, 33) of a second conductivity type formed within the substrate. A gate (30g1) is formed over the portion of the substrate between the first and second regions. The transistor can operate in either a first mode, in which the first region serves as a source and the second region serves as a drain, or a second mode, in which the first region serves as a drain and the second region serves as a source. During the first mode, the substrate is coupled to the first region and during the second mode, the second region is coupled to the substrate, thereby permitting the transistor to operate in forward or reverse mode, while still biasing the substrate.
摘要:
A process for manufacturing a vertical DMOS transistor minimizes the number of steps requiring alignment. The processing includes the steps of forming a polycrystalline silicon gate structure (108) on a wafer of N type silicon (102), using the gate structure to define a P region (114) and an N+ region (116) within the P region, etching through a portion of the N region to expose the underlying P region, and then forming a metal layer (124) which contacts the P region and the remaining portion of the N region. Prior to the formation of the metal contacts, the method of the present invention requires no alignment steps.
摘要:
A power MOS transistor includes a polycrystalline silicon layer (18) which provides connection to act as a resistor between the first portion (26) of gate metallization disposed above the gate of the device, and a second portion (28) of gate metallization adjacent to the active source/gate region of the device.
摘要:
A semiconductor device has a substrate with regions (54, 56) of first and second conductivity types forming a junction (58) extending to a surface (60) of the substrate, an oxide layer (66, 68) on the surface and covering the junction and a charged ion region in the oxide layer extending from adjacent the junction at the surface of the substrate over part of the region (54) of first conductivity type, the polarity of the ions in the ion region being that of the region of first conductivity type, whereby the breakdown voltage of the device is increased.
摘要:
An insulated gate transistor (70) modified to increase its latching current density. On one side of gate (22), a high conductivity collector well (76) is provided to divert current which would otherwise flow through collector well (24) in a critical path (50) along source-collector junction (27), tending to forward bias the junction and cause the transistor to latch.
摘要:
An insulated gate transistor (70) modified to increase its latching current density. On one side of gate (22), a high conductivity collector well (76) is provided to divert current which would otherwise flow through collector well (24) in a critical path (50) along source-collector junction (27), tending to forward bias the junction and cause the transistor to latch.
摘要:
A semiconductor device capable of handling high voltages includes a relatively thick epitaxial layer (42) the top surface of which defines a plurality of generally V-shaped grooves (50,52,54,56), a pair of the grooves (50,56) having positioned therebetwen active device regions (64, 72; 66, 74, 76; 68, 78), such pair of grooves acting as isolation regions including impurity regions (60,62) extending on both sides of the groove through the epitaxial layer to a lower layer (40). A pair of grooves (52, 54) inward of the first-mentioned grooves contact active regions of the device into which the V-shaped portions extend, again with each such V-shaped portion having impurity regions 80, 82 extending on both sides thereof. The impurity regions associated with the V-shaped grooves are formed simultaneously with other active regions of the device.
摘要:
A process for manufacturing a DMOS transistor in accordance with the present invention including the steps of forming a layer of gate insulation (12, 14) on an N type substrate (10). A layer of polycrystalline silicon (16) is formed on the gate insulation layer. A first mask is used to define the polycrystalline silicon gate. A layer of silicon dioxide (20) is then formed on the polycrystalline silicon gate. A second photolithographic mask is formed on the wafer. The second photolithographic mask defines the region where electrical contact is to be made to the polycrystalline silicon gate as well as where a deep body region (24) is to be formed in the semiconductor substrate. The deep body region is then formed. Thereafter, portions of the gate insulation layer not covered by the polycrystalline silicon gate are removed. The P type body region (26) and N+ source region (28) are then formed having a lateral extent defined by the edge of the polycrystalline silicon gate. A conductive layer 30 is formed on the wafer and photolithographically patterned, thereby leaving a gate contact and a source and body contact. A passivation layer 34 is then formed on the wafer, portions of which are photolithographically removed, thereby defining bonding pads. Of importance, the above-described process uses only four photolithographic masking steps.
摘要:
A transistor (30) constructed in accordance with our invention includes a substrate (31) of a first conductivity type and first and second regions (32, 33) of a second conductivity type formed within the substrate. A gate (30g1) is formed over the portion of the substrate between the first and second regions. The transistor can operate in either a first mode, in which the first region serves as a source and the second region serves as a drain, or a second mode, in which the first region serves as a drain and the second region serves as a source. During the first mode, the substrate is coupled to the first region and during the second mode, the second region is coupled to the substrate, thereby permitting the transistor to operate in forward or reverse mode, while still biasing the substrate.