IP Library Granted Patent US 8,124,466
Granted Patent B2
US 8,124,466 · App. 12/132,605 · Granted Feb 28, 2012

Process for manufacturing voltage-controlled transistor

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Patent No.
US 8,124,466
App. No.
12/132,605
Granted
Feb 28, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a self-driven LDMOS which utilizes a parasitic resistor between a drain terminal and an auxiliary region. The parasitic resistor is formed between two depletion boundaries in a quasi-linked deep N-type well. When the two depletion boundaries pinch off, a gate-voltage potential at a gate terminal is clipped at a drain-voltage potential at said drain terminal. Since the gate-voltage potential is designed to be equal to or higher than a start-threshold voltage, the LDMOS is turned on accordingly. Besides, no additional die space and masking process are needed to manufacture the parasitic resistor. Furthermore, the parasitic resistor of the present invention does not lower the breakdown voltage and the operating speed of the LDMOS. In addition, when the two depletion boundaries pinch off, the gate-voltage potential does not vary in response to an increment of the drain-voltage potential.

Claims (15)

1. A process for manufacturing a voltage-controlled transistor, comprising:

providing a substrate;

forming a quasi-linked deep well in said substrate, wherein the quasi-linked deep well is a single and continuous deep well, and is configured with a recess at an interface between the quasi-linked deep well and the substrate, wherein a mouth of the recess at the interface between the quasi-linked deep well and the substrate has a width ranging from 2 μm to 20 μm;

forming a well with complementary doping polarity to that of said quasi-linked deep well in said substrate;

forming an oxide layer over said substrate for serving as isolation structures;

forming a gate-oxide layer over said quasi-linked deep well;

forming heavy doping regions in said well with complementary doping polarity to that of said quasi-linked deep well;

forming a polysilicon gate layer over the gate-oxide layer;

forming an auxiliary region in the quasi-linked deep well;

forming an electrode layer connecting with the auxiliary region and the polysilicon gate layer; and

forming a conduction region in said well with complementary doping polarity to that of said quasi-linked deep well underlying a gate of said voltage-controlled transistor and near said quasi-linked deep well, wherein the conduction region is formed next to one of heavy doping regions.

2. The process as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the step of forming said quasi-linked deep well further comprises a step of performing a thermal driving process at 1000° C.˜1200° C. for 6˜12 hours.

3. The process as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the step of forming said well with complementary doping polarity to that of said quasi-linked deep well further comprises performing a thermal driving process at 900° C.˜1100° C. for 2˜6 hours.

4. The process as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the recess is filled in by the substrate.

5. The process as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the recess is configured with a reverse V-shape.

Assignments (5)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS RECORDED AT RECORDED AT REEL 046410, FRAME 0933 Recorded Jun 22, 2023
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 Jun 22, 2018
From: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
To: DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 25, 2017
From: FAIRCHILD (TAIWAN) CORPORATION (FORMERLY SYSTEM GENERAL CORPORATION)
To: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
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CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 22, 2017
From: SYSTEM GENERAL CORPORATION
To: FAIRCHILD (TAIWAN) CORPORATION
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 15, 2017
From: CHIANG, CHIU-CHIH; HUANG, CHIH-FENG
To: SYSTEM GENERAL CORP.
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