IP Library Granted Patent US 8,546,881
Granted Patent B2
US 8,546,881 · App. 12/875,021 · Granted Oct 1, 2013

Semiconductor device

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Patent No.
US 8,546,881
App. No.
12/875,021
Granted
Oct 1, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device includes a second conductive-type well configured over a substrate, a first conductive-type body region configured over the second conductive-type well, a gate electrode which overlaps a portion of the first conductive-type body region, and a first conductive-type channel extension region formed over the substrate and which overlaps a portion of the gate electrode.

Claims (22)

1. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a second conductive-type well configured in a substrate;

a first conductive-type body region configured over the second conductive-type well;

a gate electrode which overlaps a portion of the first conductive-type body region; and

a first conductive-type channel extension region formed in the substrate and which overlaps a portion of the gate electrode,

wherein a depth of the first conductive-type channel extension region is greater than that of a second conductive-type source region, and the depth of the first conductive-type channel extension region is smaller than that of the first conductive-type body region from a top surface of the substrate.

2. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the first conductive-type channel extension region extends over both a portion of the first conductive-type body region and a portion of the second conductive-type well.

3. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein an impurity doping concentration of the first conductive-type body region is higher than that of the first conductive-type channel extension region.

4. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , further including:

a first channel formed by overlap of the gate electrode and the first conductive-type body region; and

a second channel formed by overlap of the gate electrode and the first conductive-type channel extension region disposed in the substrate.

5. The semiconductor device of claim 4 , wherein a threshold voltage level of the second channel is smaller than a threshold voltage level of the first channel.

6. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a device isolation layer configured in the substrate to define an active region;

a first conductive-type pickup region disposed in the first conductive-type body region;

a second conductive-type source region disposed in the first conductive-type body region on one side of the gate electrode; and

a second conductive-type drain region disposed in the second conductive-type well and spaced apart from one end of another side of the gate electrode.

7. The semiconductor device of claim 6 , wherein an area of an overlap between the first conductive-type channel extension region and the gate electrode is controlled based on a predetermined characteristic of the semiconductor device.

8. The semiconductor device of claim 6 , wherein the device isolation layer between the gate electrode and the second conductive-type drain region partially overlaps a lower portion of the gate electrode.

9. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a second conductive-type buried impurity region configured under the second conductive-type well and having a higher impurity doping concentration than the second conductive-type well.

10. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein a threshold voltage level of the first conductive-type channel extension region and a threshold voltage level of the first conductive-type body region are different from each other.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 12, 2024
From: KEY FOUNDRY CO., LTD.
To: SK KEYFOUNDRY INC.
Reel/Frame 066794/0290 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 3, 2020
From: MAGNACHIP SEMICONDUCTOR, LTD.
To: KEY FOUNDRY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 053703/0227 →