IP Library Granted Patent US 8,981,476
Granted Patent B2
US 8,981,476 · App. 13/710,837 · Granted Mar 17, 2015

Semiconductor device with high breakdown voltage and manufacture thereof

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Patent No.
US 8,981,476
App. No.
13/710,837
Granted
Mar 17, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device includes: first and second n-type wells formed in p-type semiconductor substrate, the second n-type well being deeper than the first n-type well; first and second p-type backgate regions formed in the first and second n-type wells; first and second n-type source regions formed in the first and second p-type backgate regions; first and second n-type drain regions formed in the first and second n-type wells, at positions opposed to the first and second n-type source regions, sandwiching the first and the second p-type backgate regions; and field insulation films formed on the substrate, at positions between the first and second p-type backgate regions and the first and second n-type drain regions; whereby first transistor is formed in the first n-type well, and second transistor is formed in the second n-type well with a higher reverse voltage durability than the first transistor.

Claims (27)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

a p-type semiconductor substrate;

a first n-type well formed in the p-type semiconductor substrate with a first depth from a surface of the p-type semiconductor substrate;

a second n-type well formed in the p-type semiconductor substrate with a second depth from the surface of the p-type semiconductor substrate, the second depth being smaller than the first depth;

a first and a second p-type backgate regions formed in the first and the second n-type wells, respectively;

a first and a second n-type source regions formed in the first and the second p-type backgate regions, respectively;

a first and a second n-type drain regions formed in the first and the second n-type wells, respectively, at positions opposing to the first and the second n-type source regions, with the first and the second p-type backgate regions located in between; and

field insulation films formed on the p-type semiconductor substrate, at positions between the first and the second p-type backgate regions and the first and the second n-type drain regions, respectively;

wherein a first transistor with a low reverse voltage durability is formed in the first n-type well and a second transistor with a reverse voltage durability higher than that of the first transistor is formed in the second n-type well.

2. A semiconductor device as defined in claim 1 , wherein the first transistor has a smaller in-plane area than that of the second transistor.

3. A semiconductor device as defined in claim 1 , further comprising a first Zener diode which includes:

a third n-type well formed with substantially same depth from the surface of the p-type semiconductor substrate and substantially same impurity concentration distribution as those of the second n-type well;

a first p-type anode region formed in the third n-type well with substantially same depth and impurity concentration distribution as those of the second p-type backgate region; and

a first n-type cathode region formed in the first p-type anode region with substantially same depth and impurity concentration distribution as those of the second source region.

4. A semiconductor device as defined in claim 3 , further comprising a second Zener diode which includes:

a fourth n-type well formed with substantially same depth from the surface of the p-type semiconductor substrate and substantially same impurity concentration distribution as those of the first n-type well;

a second p-type anode region formed in the fourth n-type well with substantially the same depth and impurity concentration distribution as those of the first p-type backgate region; and

a second n-type cathode region formed in the second p-type anode region with substantially same depth and impurity concentration distribution as those of the first source region.

5. A CAN system including a plurality of communications modules, and a reverse current blocking circuit, the reverse current blocking circuit comprising:

a p-type semiconductor substrate;

a first n-type well formed in the p-type semiconductor substrate with a first depth from a surface of the p-type semiconductor substrate;

a second n-type well formed in the p-type semiconductor substrate with a second depth from the surface of the p-type semiconductor substrate, the second depth being smaller than the first depth;

a first and a second p-type backgate regions formed in the first and the second n-type wells, respectively;

a first and a second n-type source regions formed in the first and the second p-type backgate regions, respectively;

a first and a second n-type drain region formed in the first and the second n-type wells, respectively, at positions opposing to the first and the second n-type source regions, with the first and the second p-type backgate regions located in between; and

field insulation films formed on the p-type semiconductor substrate, at positions between the first and the second p-type backgate regions and the first and the second n-type drain regions, respectively;

wherein a first transistor with a reverse voltage durability is formed in the first n-type well and a second transistor with a reverse voltage durability lower than that of the first transistor is formed in the second n-type well.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 17, 2015
From: FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED
To: SOCIONEXT INC.
Reel/Frame 035453/0904 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 12, 2012
From: TAKADA, KAZUHIKO
To: FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED
Reel/Frame 029452/0562 →