IP Library Granted Patent US 7,129,542
Granted Patent B2
US 7,129,542 · App. 10/714,607 · Granted Oct 31, 2006

High voltage semiconductor device having high breakdown voltage and method of fabricating the same

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Patent No.
US 7,129,542
App. No.
10/714,607
Granted
Oct 31, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

A high voltage semiconductor device, including: a high concentration collector area of a first conductive type; a low concentration collector area of a first conductive type formed on the high concentration collector area; a base area of a second conductive type formed on the low concentration collector area and having a trench perforating the low concentration collector area in a vertical direction at the edge of the trench; a high concentration emitter area of a first conductive type formed on a predetermined upper surface of the base area; and an emitter electrode, a base electrode, and a collector electrode isolated from one another and connected to the emitter area, the base area, and the collector area, respectively. High breakdown voltage can be obtained with a narrow junction termination area due to the trench.

Claims (9)

1. A high voltage semiconductor device, comprising:

a high concentration collector area of a first conductive type;

a low concentration collector area of a first conductive type formed on the high concentration collector area;

a base area of a second conductive type formed on the low concentration collector area and having a trench which penetrates the low concentration collector area in a vertical direction at a junction termination;

a high concentration emitter area of a first conductive type formed on a predetermined upper surface of the base area; and

an emitter electrode, a base electrode, and a collector electrode isolated from one another and connected to the emitter area, the base area, and the collector area, respectively,

wherein the depth of the trench is 50–150 μm.

2. The high voltage semiconductor device of claim 1 , further comprising an oxide layer which fills the trench.

3. The high voltage semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the width of the trench is about 1/10 the depth of the trench.

Assignments (4)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS RECORDED AT REEL 046530, FRAME 0460 Recorded Jun 23, 2023
From: DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC; FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
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PARTIAL RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS RECORDED AT REEL 038620 FRAME 0087 REEL040075 FRAME 0644 REEL 046410 FRAME 0933 REEL 046530 FRAME 0460 Recorded Sep 18, 2018
From: DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC; FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
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PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jul 11, 2018
From: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC; FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
To: DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 2, 2017
From: FAIRCHILD KOREA SEMICONDUCTOR, LTD.
To: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
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