LDMOS structure
View Patent ↗A LDMOS structure includes a gate, a source, a drain and a bulk. The gate includes a polycrystalline silicon layer, the source includes a P-implanted layer, the drain includes the P-implanted layer, a P-well layer, and a deep P-well layer. A bulk terminal is connected through the P-implanted layer, the P-well layer, the deep P-well layer, and a P-type buried layer to the bulk. The LDMOS structure is able to be produced without any extra masking step, and it has compact structure, low on-resistance, and is able to withstand high current and high voltage.
1. A Laterally Diffused Metal Oxide Semiconductor (LDMOS) structure, comprising a gate, a source, a drain and a bulk, wherein the gate comprises a polycrystalline silicon layer, the source comprises a P-implanted layer, and the drain comprises the P-implanted layer, a P-well layer, and a deep P-well layer, wherein the P-implanted layer is located within the P-well layer, and the P-well layer is located within the deep P-well layer, wherein a bulk terminal is connected through the P-implanted layer, the P-well layer, the deep P-well layer, and a P-type buried layer to the bulk,
wherein the drain has a plurality of drain regions, the source has a plurality of source regions, the gate has a plurality of gate regions, wherein each source region is surrounded by four drain regions, each drain region is surrounded by four source regions, and each gate region is located between a source region and a drain region.
2. The LDMOS structure, as recited in claim 1 , further comprising a back gate having a plurality of back gate regions, and comprising a N-implanted layer, a N-well layer, a deep N-well layer, a N-epitaxial layer, and a N-type buried layer, wherein the N-implanted layer is next to the P-implanted layer, the N-implanted layer and the P-implanted layer are both located within the N-well layer, the N-well layer is semi-enclosed by the deep N-well layer, the N-well layer and the deep N-well layer are both located within the N-epitaxial layer, the N-epitaxial layer is located on the N-type buried layer, and the N-type buried layer is located on the bulk, wherein each source region is located near a back gate region.
3. The LDMOS structure, as recited in claim 2 , further comprising a field-oxide layer located below the polycrystalline silicon layer.
4. The LDMOS structure, as recited in claim 3 , wherein the bulk is a P-type bulk, the bulk terminal is a P-type bulk terminal.
5. The LDMOS structure, as recited in claim 4 , wherein the LDMOS is a P-channel LDMOS.
6. The LDMOS structure, as recited in claim 3 , wherein the LDMOS is a P-channel LDMOS.
7. The LDMOS structure, as recited in claim 2 , wherein the bulk is a P-type bulk, the bulk terminal is a P-type bulk terminal.
8. The LDMOS structure, as recited in claim 7 , wherein the LDMOS is a P-channel LDMOS.
9. The LDMOS structure, as recited in claim 2 , wherein the LDMOS is a P-channel LDMOS.
10. The LDMOS structure, as recited in claim 1 , wherein the bulk is a P-type bulk, the bulk terminal is a P-type bulk terminal.
11. The LDMOS structure, as recited in claim 1 , wherein the LDMOS is a P-channel LDMOS.