IP Library Granted Patent US 8,836,026
Granted Patent B2
US 8,836,026 · App. 13/505,970 · Granted Sep 16, 2014

High-voltage transistor having multiple dielectrics and production method

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Patent No.
US 8,836,026
App. No.
13/505,970
Granted
Sep 16, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

On a doped well ( 2 ) for a drift section, at least two additional dielectric regions ( 7,9 ) having different thicknesses are present between a first contact region ( 4 ) for a drain and a second contact region ( 5 ) for source on the upper face ( 10 ) of the substrate ( 1 ), and the gate electrode ( 11 ) or an electric conductor, which is electrically conductively connected to the gate electrode, covers each of said additional dielectric regions at least partially.

Claims (28)

1. A high-voltage transistor comprising:

a substrate made of semiconductor material with an upper side,

doped wells at the upper side, which comprise at least a first well provided for a drift section and a second well provided for a channel region;

a first contact area for a drain terminal in the first well;

a second contact area for a source terminal in the second well;

a gate dielectric on a region of the second well between the first contact area and the second contact area, a gate electrode on the gate dielectric; and

at least two additional dielectric regions, each of whose thicknesses is different from one another and from a thickness of the gate dielectric, the at least two additional dielectric regions being disposed on the upper side on the first well between the first contact area and the second contact area,

wherein at least one of the at least two dielectric regions is a capacitor dielectric, and

wherein an electrical conductor made of polysilicon and electroconductively connected to the gate electrode is arranged on the capacitor dielectric.

2. A high-voltage transistor comprising:

a substrate made of semiconductor material with an upper side,

doped wells at the upper side, which comprise at least a first well provided for a drift section and a second well provided for a channel region;

a first contact area for a drain terminal in the first well;

a second contact area for a source terminal in the second well;

a gate dielectric on a region of the second well between the first contact area and the second contact area, a gate electrode on the gate dielectric; and

at least two additional dielectric regions, each of whose thicknesses is different from one another and from a thickness of the gate dielectric, the at least two additional dielectric regions being disposed on the upper side on the first well between the first contact area and the second contact area,

wherein the gate electrode completely covers the gate dielectric and at least two of the at least two additional dielectric regions, and

wherein the gate dielectric is disposed on a region of the first well.

3. A method for producing a high-voltage transistor, comprising:

producing a first well of a first conductivity type and a second well of an opposite, second conductivity type on an upper side of a substrate made of semiconductor material;

producing a first contact area in the first well and a second contact area in the second wells;

producing a gate dielectric on a region of the second well between the first contact area and the second contact area; and

producing at least two additional dielectric regions, each of whose thicknesses is different from one another and from the thickness of the gate dielectric, such that the at least two additional dielectric regions are disposed on the upper side on the first well between the first contact area and the second contact area,

wherein a gate electrode made of polysilicon is applied to the gate dielectric,

wherein an electric conductor is applied to one of the additional dielectric regions, and

wherein the electrical conductor is electroconductively connected to the gate electrode.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein at least one of the at least two additional dielectric regions is applied as an oxide layer to the upper side, and

wherein one of the at least two additional dielectric regions is produced as a field oxide or shallow trench isolator.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 16, 2013
From: AUSTRIAMICROSYSTEMS AG
To: AMS AG
Reel/Frame 030228/0326 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 20, 2012
From: ROEHRER, GEORG
To: AMS AG
Reel/Frame 028596/0080 →