摘要:
A semiconductor device including a semiconductor substrate having a main surface. An insulating film is formed on the main surface of the semiconductor substrate. A semiconductor layer is placed on the insulating film. Side insulating regions extending from a surface of the semiconductor layer to the insulating film divide the semiconductor layer into element regions. The element regions are isolated from each other by the side insulating regions and the insulating film. The semiconductor substrate has a resistivity of 1.5 .OMEGA.cm or lower. A voltage at the semiconductor substrate is set to a given voltage.
摘要:
A semiconductor device is provided having a power transistor structure. The power transistor structure includes a plurality of first wells disposed independently at a surface portion of a semiconductor layer; a deep region having a portion disposed in the semiconductor layer between the first wells; a drain electrode connected to respective drain regions in the first wells; a source electrode connected to respective source regions and channel well regions in the first wells, such that either the drain electrode or the source electrode is connected to an inductive load; and a connecting member for supplying the deep region with a source potential, where the connecting member is configurable to connect to the drain electrode when the drain electrode is connected to the inductive load and to connect to the source electrode when the source electrode is connected to said inductive load.
摘要:
A semiconductor device including a reduced surface field strength type LDMOS transistor which can prevent the breakdown of elements at channel formation portions when a reverse voltage is applied to its drain. A P well and an N well are formed in an N-type substrate to produce a double-well structure, with a source electrode being set to be equal in electric potential to the N-type substrate. The drift region of the N well has a dopant concentration to satisfy the so-called RESURF condition, which can provide a high breakdown voltage a low ON resistance. When a reverse voltage is applied to a drain electrode, a parasitic bipolar transistor comprising the N well, the P well and the N-type substrate develops to form a current-carrying path toward a substrate, so that the element breakdown at the channel formation portions is avoidable at the application of the reverse voltage.
摘要:
A semiconductor device including a reduced surface field strength type LDMOS transistor which can prevent the breakdown of elements at channel formation portions when a reverse voltage is applied to its drain. A P well and an N well are formed in an N-type substrate to produce a double-well structure, with a source electrode being set to be equal in electric potential to the N-type substrate. The drift region of the N well has a dopant concentration to satisfy the so-called RESURF condition, which can provide a high breakdown voltage a low ON resistance. When a reverse voltage is applied to a drain electrode, a parasitic bipolar transistor comprising the N well, the P well and the N-type substrate develops to form a current-carrying path toward a substrate, so that the element breakdown at the channel formation portions is avoidable at the application of the reverse voltage.
摘要:
A variable load current supply unit supplies a current to be consumed by a constant voltage output unit to a power source terminal thereof, and supplies a current to be consumed by a load circuit thereto through a reference voltage output terminal. The constant voltage output unit maintains a potential of the power source terminal thereof, i.e., a potential of the reference voltage output terminal, at a fixed potential. A base potential control unit negatively feeds back changes in the potential on the reference voltage output terminal to a base of an emitter follower transistor in the variable load current supply unit. In this way, when the current consumed by the load current is reduced and the potential on the reference voltage output terminal thereby slightly increases the current supplied by the variable load current supply unit decreases.
摘要:
An electronic circuit device decreases dispersion in the output of the circuit caused by changes in the resistance of the resistors resulting from stress. Resistor positions are selected on the circuit board so that a change in the circuit output caused by a change in resistance of a first resistor group becomes equal to a change caused by a change in resistance caused by a second resistor group, these changes being in opposite directions so as to cancel each other. Alternately, a plurality of resistors are connected to form a composite resistor such that the effect upon resistance of the composite resistor caused by the resistor having decreased resistance is cancelled by the effect upon resistance of the composite resistor caused by a resistor having an increased resistance.
摘要:
An operational amplifier charges a charge storage capacitor in response to an input signal supplied to a non-inverting input terminal. When a switching signal is low, NPN transistors disposed in an output open circuit are on. Therefore, output transistors disposed in a push-pull circuit are off and the output signal is cut off. Further, in this situation, the potential of a phase compensation capacitor is held because AC coupling of the phase compensation capacitor does not occur.
摘要:
A semiconductor wafer, having a relatively wide power supply line and ground line, and which can also prevent short-circuiting between these lines. Multiple integrated circuit formation regions, whereon integrated circuits have been formed, are disposed on a semiconductor wafer. A silicon oxide film is formed on a silicon substrate, and a ground line conductor is formed on the silicon oxide film. This ground line conductor is extended over scribe lines. A layer insulation film composed of silicon oxide film is deposited on the silicon oxide film with the ground line conductor interposed therebetween, and a power supply line conductor is formed on the layer insulation film to overlap the ground line conductor. The power supply line conductor is extended over scribe lines. In the integrated circuit formation regions, a power supply pad and the power supply line conductor are electrically connected. A ground pad and the ground line conductor are also electrically connected.
摘要:
An alignment mark for determining a position of a thin film resistor formed on a semiconductor chip. The alignment mark is disposed on a capacitor formation region of the semiconductor chip. Because aluminum wiring members of the semiconductor chip are not disposed adjacent to the alignment mark within the capacitor formation region, the alignment mark can be precisely recognized. As a result, the position of the thin film resistor can be also precisely determined.
摘要:
The present invention is aimed at avoiding noise generation accompanying switching actions in booster circuits for a load such as an air-bag driving circuit. In an air-bag driving circuit, which is designed to actuate an igniting transistor 13 in response to output of a collision detecting signal from a collision detector 7 for detecting a collision condition of a vehicle so as to supply an igniting current to a squib 11 based on a voltage boosted by booster circuits 4 and 5, the boosting operation of the booster circuits 4 and 5 is inhibited while the collision detecting signal is absent and started when the collision detecting signal is output from the collision detector 7.