IP Library Granted Patent US 9,099,557
Granted Patent B2
US 9,099,557 · App. 14/038,719 · Granted Aug 4, 2015

Semiconductor device

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Patent No.
US 9,099,557
App. No.
14/038,719
Granted
Aug 4, 2015
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 (45)

1. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a well region formed in a substrate;

a gate electrode formed over the well region;

a first body region having a channel region formed in the well region and having an opposite conductive type to the well region and partially overlapping the gate electrode;

a second body region having a channel extension region formed in the well region and being spaced apart from the first body region and having an opposite conductive type to the well region and fully overlapping the gate electrode,

wherein the well region comprises a first region and a second region,

wherein the first region and the second region are spaced apart from each other and overlap the gate electrode,

wherein the second body region is disposed between the first region and the second region.

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

a first channel; and

a second channel,

wherein the first channel is formed by overlap of the gate electrode and the first body region; and

the second channel is formed by overlap of the gate electrode and the second body region.

3. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the channel extension region has a smaller threshold voltage than the channel region.

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

a gate insulation layer formed over the well region;

a drain region disposed in the well region; and

a source region and a pickup region disposed in the first body region.

5. The semiconductor device of claim 4 ,

wherein the second body region has a greater depth than the source region, and

the second body region has a smaller depth than the first body region from an upper surface of the substrate.

6. The semiconductor device of claim 4 , further comprising:

a isolation layer between the gate electrode and the drain region,

wherein the device isolation layer partially overlaps a portion of the gate electrode.

7. The semiconductor device of claim 4 ,

wherein the channel extension region is spaced apart from the source region.

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

a buried impurity region formed under the well region and having a higher impurity doping concentration than the well region.

9. The semiconductor device of claim 1 ,

wherein the channel region has a first threshold voltage and the channel extension region has a second threshold voltage,

wherein an off-current and on-current of the semiconductor device is controlled by the first threshold voltage and the second threshold voltage, respectively.

10. The semiconductor device of claim 1 ,

wherein the first body region has a longer width than the second body region.

11. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a well region formed in a substrate;

a gate electrode formed over the well region;

a first body region having a channel region formed in the well region and having an opposite conductive type to the well region and partially overlapping the gate electrode;

a second body region having a channel extension region formed in the well region and being spaced apart from the first body region and having an opposite conductive type to the well region and fully overlapping the gate electrode,

wherein the first body region has a higher doping concentration than the second body region.

12. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a well region formed in a substrate;

a gate electrode formed over the well region;

a first body region having a channel region formed in the well region and having an opposite conductive type to the well region and partially overlapping the gate electrode;

a second body region having a channel extension region formed in the well region and being spaced apart from the first body region and having an opposite conductive type to the well region and fully overlapping the gate electrode,

wherein the channel extension region has a longer width than the channel region.

Assignments (3)
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 Feb 21, 2024
From: CHA, JAE-HAN; LEE, KYUNG-HO; KIM, SUN-GOO; CHOI, HYUNG-SUK; KIM, JU-HO; CHAE, JIN-YOUNG; OH, IN-TAEK
To: MAGNACHIP SEMICONDUCTOR, LTD.
Reel/Frame 066512/0621 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 3, 2020
From: MAGNACHIP SEMICONDUCTOR, LTD.
To: KEY FOUNDRY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 053703/0227 →