Abstract:
An apparatus and method for high-voltage transient blocking employing a transient blocking unit (TBU) that has at least one depletion mode n-channel device interconnected with at least one depletion mode p-channel device such that a transient alters a bias voltage Vp of the p-channel device and a bias voltage Vn of the n-channel device in concert. Specifically, the bias voltages are altered such that the p-channel device and n-channel device mutually switch off to block the transient. The depletion mode n-channel device employs a set of cascaded low-voltage depletion mode field effect transistors (FETs) such as metal-oxide-silicon field effect transistors (MOSFETs) connected source-to-drain to achieve the desired high-voltage operation of the TBU.
Abstract:
This invention discloses a method to form a bottom-source lateral diffusion MOS (BS-LDMOS) device with a source region disposed laterally opposite a drain region near a top surface of a semiconductor substrate supporting a gate thereon between the source region and a drain region. The method includes a step of applying a sinker-channel mask for carrying out a deep sinker multiple energy implant to form a combined sinker-channel region in lower portion of an epitaxial layer to function as a buried source-body contact extending to and contacting a bottom of the substrate functioning as a bottom source electrode.
Abstract:
This invention discloses a semiconductor power device disposed in a semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor power device includes trenched gates each having a stick-up gate segment extended above a top surface of the semiconductor substrate surrounded by sidewall spacers. The semiconductor power device further includes slots opened aligned with the sidewall spacers substantially parallel to the trenched gates. The stick-up gate segment further includes a cap composed of an insulation material surrounded by the sidewall spacers. A layer of barrier metal covers a top surface of the cap and over the sidewall spacers and extends above a top surface of the slots. The slots are filled with a gate material same as the gate segment for functioning as additional gate electrodes for providing a depletion layer extends toward the trenched gates whereby a drift region between the slots and the trenched gate is fully depleted at a gate-to-drain voltage Vgs=0 volt.
Abstract:
This invention discloses an improved semiconductor power device includes a plurality of power transistor cells wherein each cell further includes a planar gate padded by a gate oxide layer disposed on top of a drift layer constituting an upper layer of a semiconductor substrate wherein the planar gate further constituting a split gate including a gap opened in a gate layer whereby the a total surface area of the gate is reduced. The transistor cell further includes a JFET (junction field effect transistor) diffusion region disposed in the drift layer below the gap of the gate layer wherein the JFET diffusion region having a higher dopant concentration than the drift region for reducing a channel resistance of the semiconductor power device. The transistor cell further includes a shallow surface doped regions disposed near a top surface of the drift layer under the gate adjacent to the JFET diffusion region wherein the shallow surface doped region having a dopant concentration lower than the JFET diffusion region and higher than the drift layer.
Abstract:
A method for making back-to-front electrical connections in a wafer level chip scale packaging process is disclosed. A wafer containing a plurality of semiconductor chips is mounted on a package substrate. Each semiconductor chip in the plurality includes one or more electrodes on an exposed back side. Scribe lines between two or more adjacent chips on the wafer are removed to form relatively wide gaps. A conductive material is applied to the back side of the semiconductor chips and in the gaps. The conductive material in the gaps between two or more of the chips is then cut through leaving conductive material on the back side and on side walls of the two or more chips. As a result, the conductive material provides an electrical connection from the electrode on the back side of the chip to the front side of the chip.
Abstract:
A circuit package assembly is disclosed. The assembly includes a conductive substrate; a high-side n-channel metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (NMOSFET) having a source on a side facing a surface of the conductive substrate and in electrical contact therewith and a low-side standard n-channel metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (NMOSFET) having a drain on a side facing the conductive substrate and in electrical contact therewith. Co-packaging of high-side and low-side NMOSFETs in this manner may reduce package size and parasitic inductance and capacitance compared to conventional packaging.
Abstract:
A power device includes a discrete inductor having contacts formed on a first surface of the discrete inductor and at least one semiconductor component mounted on the first surface of the discrete inductor and coupled to the contacts. The discrete inductor further includes contacts formed on a second surface opposite the first surface and routing connections connecting the first surface contacts to corresponding second surface contacts. The semiconductor components may be flip chip mounted onto the discrete inductor contacts or wire bonded thereto.
Abstract:
A vertical semiconductor power device includes a top surface and a bottom surface of a semiconductor substrate constituting a vertical current path for conducting a current there through. The semiconductor power device further includes an over current protection layer composed of a material having a resistance with a positive temperature coefficient (PTC) and the over current protection layer constituting as a part of the vertical current path connected to a source electrode and providing a feedback voltage a gate electrode of the vertical semiconductor power device for limiting a current passing there through for protecting the semiconductor power device at any voltage.
Abstract:
This invention discloses an improved semiconductor power device includes a plurality of power transistor cells wherein each cell further includes a planar gate padded by a gate oxide layer disposed on top of a drift layer constituting an upper layer of a semiconductor substrate wherein the planar gate further constituting a split gate including a gap opened in a gate layer whereby the a total surface area of the gate is reduced. The transistor cell further includes a JFET (junction field effect transistor) diffusion region disposed in the drift layer below the gap of the gate layer wherein the JFET diffusion region having a higher dopant concentration than the drift region for reducing a channel resistance of the semiconductor power device. The transistor cell further includes a shallow surface doped regions disposed near a top surface of the drift layer under the gate adjacent to the JFET diffusion region wherein the shallow surface doped region having a dopant concentration lower than the JFET diffusion region and higher than the drift layer.
Abstract:
This invention relates to an apparatus and method for achieving high breakdown voltage and low on-resistance in semiconductor devices that have top, intermediate and bottom regions with a controllable current path traversing any of these regions. The device has an insulating trench that is coextensive with the top and intermediate regions and girds these regions from at least one side and preferably from both or all sides. A series capacitive structure with a biased top element and a number of floating elements is disposed in the insulating trench, and the intermediate region is endowed with a capacitive property that is chosen to establish a capacitive interaction or coupling between the series capacitive structure and the intermediate region so that the breakdown voltage VBD is maximized and on-resistance is minimized. The capacitive property of the intermediate region is established by an appropriately chosen material constitution and is further controlled by a predetermined constitution of the insulating trench. The apparatus and method of invention are useful in any number of semiconductor devices including, among other, transistors, bipolar transistors, MOSFETs, JFETs, thyristors and diodes.