IP Library Granted Patent US 7,492,035
Granted Patent B2
US 7,492,035 · App. 11/397,470 · Granted Feb 17, 2009

Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same

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Patent No.
US 7,492,035
App. No.
11/397,470
Granted
Feb 17, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device has a semiconductor substrate and a high-resistance first conductivity type well region disposed on the semiconductor substrate. A low-resistance second conductivity type source region and a low-resistance second conductivity type drain region are formed in the well region. The well region is formed with trenches having convex and concave portions and that are disposed parallel to a source-drain direction of the source and drain regions. A gate insulating film is disposed on surfaces of the convex and concave portions of the trenches. A gate electrode is disposed on the gate insulating film.

Claims (38)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

a semiconductor substrate;

a high-resistance first conductivity type well region disposed on the semiconductor substrate;

a low-resistance second conductivity type source region and a low-resistance second conductivity type drain region formed in the well region;

a plurality of trenches formed in the well region and disposed parallel to a source-drain direction of the source and drain regions, the trenches having convex and concave portions;

a gate insulating film disposed on surfaces of the convex and concave portions of the trenches; and

a gate electrode disposed on the gate insulating film.

2. A semiconductor device according to claim 1 ; wherein the source region and the drain region are formed in the vicinity of portions of the trenches at opposite ends thereof.

3. A semiconductor device according to claim 1 ; wherein the gate electrode extends across the convex and concave portions of the trenches.

4. A semiconductor device comprising:

a semiconductor substrate;

a well region disposed on the semiconductor substrate;

a source region and a drain region formed in the well region;

a plurality of trenches formed in the well region and disposed parallel to a source-drain direction corresponding to the source region and the drain region;

a gate insulating film disposed on surfaces of the trenches; and

a gate electrode film disposed over the semiconductor substrate, the gate electrode film having a portion extending into the trenches and a surface portion disposed outside of the trenches and extending in a direction away from the semiconductor substrate.

5. A semiconductor device according to claim 4 ; wherein the well region comprises a high-resistance first conductivity type well region; and wherein the source and drain regions comprise low-resistance second conductivity type source and drain regions.

6. A semiconductor device according to claim 4 ; wherein the well region has a first surface disposed on the semiconductor substrate and a second surface opposite to the first surface; and wherein the trenches extend only up to a central portion of the well region from the second surface thereof.

7. A semiconductor device according to claim 4 ; wherein the trenches form a plurality of convex and concave portions; and wherein the gate insulating film is disposed on surfaces of the concave and convex portions of the trenches.

8. A semiconductor device according to claim 4 ; wherein the trenches form a plurality of convex and concave portions; and wherein the gate electrode film extends at least partly across the convex and concave portions of the trenches.

9. A semiconductor device according to claim 4 ; wherein the trenches extend between the source region and the drain region.

10. A semiconductor device according to claim 4 ; wherein the semiconductor device has a double diffusion drain (DDD) structure.

11. A semiconductor device according to claim 4 ; wherein the semiconductor device has a lateral double diffused MOS (LDMOS) structure.

12. A semiconductor device according to claim 4 ; wherein the trenches form a plurality of convex and concave portions, each of the convex portions having a width of approximately 1,000 Å.

13. A semiconductor device according to claim 4 ; wherein the semiconductor device has a twin-well construction.

14. A semiconductor device comprising:

a semiconductor substrate;

a well region having a first conductivity type of high resistance and disposed at a given preselected depth from a surface of the semiconductor substrate;

a plurality of trenches forming a plurality of convex and concave portions, each of the trenches extending from a surface of the well region to approximately a center of the preselected depth;

a gate insulating film disposed on surfaces of the convex and concave portions of the plurality of trenches;

a gate electrode film having a portion embedded into the plurality of trenches and a surface portion disposed on the semiconductor substrate, the gate electrode film extending across the convex and concave portions of the plurality of trenches except for a portion of the gate electrode film in a vicinity of opposite ends of the plurality of trenches; and

a source region and a drain region each having a second conductivity of low resistance and being disposed in the well region, the plurality of trenches extending parallel to a source-drain direction.

15. A semiconductor device according to claim 14 ; wherein the semiconductor device has a double diffusion drain (DDD) structure.

16. A semiconductor device according to claim 14 ; wherein the semiconductor device has a lateral double diffused MOS (LDMOS) structure.

17. A semiconductor device according to claim 14 ; wherein each of the convex portions of the plurality of trenches has a width of approximately 1,000 Å.

18. A semiconductor device according to claim 14 ; wherein an inner portion of each of the convex portions of the plurality of trenches has a width so as to become fully depleted in an ON state of the semiconductor device.

19. A semiconductor device according to claim 14 ; wherein the semiconductor device has a twin-well construction.

20. A semiconductor device according to claim 14 ; wherein the first and second conductivity types are inverted conductivity types.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 12, 2018
From: SII SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
To: ABLIC INC.
Reel/Frame 045567/0927 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 10, 2016
From: SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC.
To: SII SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 038058/0892 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 19, 2006
From: RISAKI, TOMOMITSU
To: SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC.
Reel/Frame 017881/0857 →