IP Library Granted Patent US 11,251,263
Granted Patent B2
US 11,251,263 · App. 16/515,243 · Granted Feb 15, 2022

Electronic device including a semiconductor body or an isolation structure within a trench

Inventors: Moshe Agam (Portland, OR); Jaroslav Pjencák (Dolní Becva, CZ); Johan Camiel Julia Janssens (Asse, BE)
Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
H01L29/04H01L27/016H01L27/0629H01L27/0647H01L29/73H01L29/7393H01L29/78H01L29/861H01L29/8605
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Patent No.
US 11,251,263
App. No.
16/515,243
Granted
Feb 15, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device can include a substrate defining a trench. In an embodiment, a semiconductor body can be within the trench, wherein the semiconductor body has a resistivity of at least 0.05 ohm-cm and is electrically isolated from the substrate. In an embodiment, an electronic component can be within the semiconductor body. The electronic component can be a resistor or a diode. In a particular embodiment, the semiconductor body has an upper surface, the electronic component is within and along an upper surface and spaced apart from a bottom of the semiconductor body. In a further embodiment, the electronic device can further include a first electronic component within an active region of the substrate, an isolation structure within the trench, and a second electronic component within the isolation structure.

Claims (39)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a substrate defining a trench having a depth of at least 5 microns;

a semiconductor body within the trench, wherein the semiconductor body has an upper surface and a resistivity of at least 0.05 ohm-cm and is electrically isolated from the substrate; and

a first electronic component within and along the upper surface of the semiconductor body, wherein the first electronic component is spaced apart from a bottom of the semiconductor body.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising an insulating layer disposed between the semiconductor body and a sidewall and bottom of the trench.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the substrate includes a monocrystalline semiconductor material, and the semiconductor body includes a polycrystalline semiconductor material.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first electronic component comprises a first doped region within the semiconductor body, wherein the first doped region has a concentration higher than a background concentration of the semiconductor body, and portions of the semiconductor body outside of the first doped region lie vertically below and laterally beside the first doped region.

5. The electronic device of claim 4 , wherein the first electronic component is a diode and further comprises a second doped region having an opposite conductivity type as compared to the first doped region.

6. The electronic device of claim 4 , wherein the first electronic component is a resistor including the first doped region that is a well region extending to a depth that is less than half the depth of the trench.

7. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising a first doped region and a second doped region spaced apart from the first doped region, wherein the first and second doped regions have a same conductivity type, each of the first and second doped regions has a concentration higher than the semiconductor body, and a portion of the semiconductor body having the resistivity of at least 0.05 ohm-cm is disposed between the first and second doped regions.

8. An electronic device comprising:

a substrate defining a trench;

a first electronic component within a first active region of the substrate;

an isolation structure within the trench and surrounding the first electronic component,

wherein the isolation structure comprises:

a semiconductor body within the trench; and

an insulating layer lying along a side and a bottom of the trench and electrically isolating the semiconductor body from the substrate; and

a second electronic component within the trench, wherein at least a portion of the semiconductor body within the trench underlies the second electronic component.

9. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the first active region includes a monocrystalline semiconductor material, and the semiconductor body and all of the second electronic component includes a polycrystalline semiconductor material.

10. The electronic device of claim 8 , further comprising a third electronic component within a second active region of the substrate, wherein the isolation structure is disposed between the first and third electronic components.

11. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein:

the first electronic component is a power transistor or a logic transistor, and

the third electronic component is the other of the power transistor or the logic transistor.

12. The electronic device of claim 11 , wherein the power transistor includes a metal-insulator-semiconductor field-effect transistor, an insulated gate bipolar transistor, or a junction bipolar transistor.

13. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the first electronic component is a transistor, and the second electronic component is a resistor coupled to the transistor.

14. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the first electronic component is a transistor, and the second electronic component is a diode coupled to the transistor.

15. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the first electronic component is a first resistor, the second electronic component is a second resistor, and the first and second resistors are connected in parallel.

16. The electronic device of claim 15 , wherein the first resistor has a body that includes a monocrystalline semiconductor material, and the second resistor has a body that includes a polycrystalline semiconductor material.

17. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the second electronic component is a resistor.

18. An electronic device comprising:

a substrate defining a trench;

a semiconductor body within the trench, wherein the semiconductor body has a resistivity of at least 0.05 ohm-cm and is electrically isolated from the substrate; and

a diode within the semiconductor body.

19. The electronic device of claim 18 , wherein the semiconductor body and the diode include a polycrystalline semiconductor material.

20. The electronic device of claim 19 , further comprising a first electronic component and a second electronic component, wherein:

an isolation structure includes the semiconductor body and an insulating layer that electrically isolates the semiconductor body from the substrate,

the first electronic component is along a first side of the isolation structure,

the second electronic component is along a second side of the isolation structure opposite the first side, and

the first electronic component, the second electronic component, or each of the first and second electronic components is coupled to the diode.

Assignments (4)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS RECORDED AT REEL 051145, FRAME 0062 Recorded Jun 23, 2023
From: DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC; FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 064079/0474 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE EXCLUSION OF FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION OF CONVEYING PARTY PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 051145 FRAME 0062. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE SECURITY INTEREST. Recorded Dec 3, 2019
From: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC; FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
To: DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 051170/0781 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 26, 2019
From: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
To: DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 051145/0062 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 18, 2019
From: AGAM, MOSHE; PJENCAK, JAROSLAV; JANSSENS, JOHAN CAMIEL JULIA
To: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
Reel/Frame 049788/0953 →