Abstract:
A substrate for fabricating a MOSFET device includes a first epitaxial layer disposed on a silicon wafer. The silicon wafer is doped with a first dopant. A second epitaxial layer is disposed on the first epitaxial layer. An ion-implanted capping layer is disposed in the first epitaxial layer. The ion-implanted capping layer is doped with a second dopant. The first dopant has a diffusion coefficient in silicon higher than a diffusion coefficient of the second dopant in silicon. The ion-implanted capping layer is configured to limit up-diffusion of the first dopant from the silicon wafer into the second epitaxial layer.
Abstract:
A device has an active area made of an array of first type of device cells and a gate or shield contact area made of an array of a second type of device cells that are laid out at a wider pitch than the array of first type of device cells. Each device cell in the active area includes a trench that contains a gate electrode and an adjoining mesa that contains the drain, source, body, and channel regions of the device. The second type of device cell includes a trench that is wider than the trench in the first device cell, but a mesa of the second type of device cell has about the same width as the mesa of the first type of device cell. Having about the same width, the mesa in the second type of device cell in the contact area has similar breakdown characteristics as a mesa in the first type of device cell in the active area of the device.
Abstract:
A method includes defining a plurality of trenches of a first type that extend in a longitudinal direction in a semiconductor substrate, and defining a trench of a second type extending in a lateral direction and intersecting the plurality of trenches of the first type. The trench of the second type is in fluid communication with each of the intersected plurality of trenches of the first type. The method further includes disposing a shield poly layer in the plurality of trenches of the first type and the trench of the second type, disposing an inter-poly dielectric layer and a gate poly layer above the shield poly layer in the plurality of trenches of the first type and the trench of the second type, and forming an electrical contact to the shield poly layer through an opening in the inter-poly dielectric layer and the gate poly layer disposed in the trench of the second type.
Abstract:
An electronic device can include a bidirectional HEMT. In an aspect, a packaged electronic device can include the bidirectional HEMT can be part of a die having a die substrate connection that is configured to be at a fixed voltage, electrically connected to drain/source or source/drain depending on current flow through the bidirectional HEMT, or electrically float. In another aspect, the electronic device can include Kelvin connections on both the drain/source and source/drain side of the circuit. In a further embodiment, a circuit can include the bidirectional HEMT, switch transistors, and diodes with breakdown voltages to limit voltage swings at the drain/source and source/drain of the switch transistors.
Abstract:
An electronic device can include a transistor structure, including a patterned semiconductor layer overlying a substrate and having a primary surface, wherein the patterned semiconductor layer defines a first trench and a second trench that extend from the primary surface towards the substrate. The electronic device can further include a first conductive electrode and a gate electrode within the first trench. The electronic device can still further include a second conductive electrode within the second trench. The electronic device can include a source region within the patterned semiconductor layer and disposed between the first and second trenches. The electronic device can further include a body contact region within the patterned semiconductor layer and between the first and second trenches, wherein the body contact region is spaced apart from the primary surface. Processes of forming the electronic device can take advantage of forming all trenches during processing sequence.
Abstract:
An electronic device can include a substrate including an underlying doped region and a semiconductor layer overlying the substrate. A trench can have a sidewall and extend at least partly through the semiconductor layer. The electronic device can further include a first conductive structure adjacent to the underlying doped region, an insulating layer, and a second conductive structure within the trench. The insulating layer can be disposed between the first and second conductive structures, and the first conductive structure can be disposed between the insulating layer and the underlying doped region. Processes of forming the electronic device may be performed such that the first conductive structure includes a conductive fill material or a doped region within the semiconductor layer. The first conductive structure can allow the underlying doped region to be farther from the channel region and allow RDSON to be lower for a given BVDSS.
Abstract:
In an example, a semiconductor device includes an active trench region and an intersecting trench. The active region includes an active shield electrode and the intersecting trench includes an intersecting shield electrode. A coupling trench region connects the active trench region to the intersecting trench region. The coupling trench region includes a coupling shield electrode. The coupling shield electrode and the intersecting shield electrode are provided proximate to a termination mesa region. One or more of the coupling shield electrode or the intersecting shield electrode is thinner than the active shield electrode. The thinner shield electrode reduces depletion in the termination mesa region to improve, among other things, breakdown voltage performance.
Abstract:
An accumulation MOSFET includes a plurality of device cells. Each device cell includes a mesa adjoining a vertical trench is disposed in a doped semiconductor substrate. The mesa has a top mesa portion disposed on a bottom mesa portion. The top mesa portion has a width that is narrower than a width of the bottom mesa portion. The vertical trench adjoining the mesa has a top trench portion and a bottom trench portion. The top trench portion has a width that is wider than a width of the bottom trench portion. A dielectric is disposed on a sidewall of the vertical trench. A gate electrode disposed in the top trench portion forms an accumulation channel region in the top mesa portion and a shield electrode disposed in the bottom trench portion forms a depletion drift region in the bottom mesa portion.
Abstract:
A device has an active area made of an array of first type of device cells and a gate or shield contact area made of an array of a second type of device cells that are laid out at a wider pitch than the array of first type of device cells. Each first type of device cell in the active area includes a trench that contains a gate electrode and an adjoining mesa that contains the drain, source, body, and channel regions of the device. Each second type of device cell in the gate or shield contact area includes a trench that is wider and deeper than the trench in the first type device cell.
Abstract:
A circuit can include a first transistor including a source and a gate; a second transistor including a drain and a gate, wherein the source of the first transistor is coupled to the drain of the second transistor; and a switchable element. In one embodiment, a first current-carrying terminal of the switchable element is coupled to the gate of the first transistor, and a second current-carrying terminal of the switchable element is coupled to the gate of the second transistor. In another embodiment, the switchable element is coupled to the gate of the first transistor and includes a first selectable terminal of the switchable element coupled to a source of the second transistor, and a second selectable terminal of the switchable element coupled to the gate of the second transistor. In a particular embodiment, the circuit can be a cascode circuit