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Granted Patent B2
US 10,211,196 · App. 15/234,532 · Granted Feb 19, 2019

Electrostatic discharge protection device and electronic device having the same

Inventors: Jae-Hyok Ko (Hwaseong-si, KR); Min-Chang Ko (Hwaseong-si, KR); Han-Gu Kim (Seongnam-si, KR); Jong-Kyu Song (Incheon, KR); Jin Heo (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
H01L27/0248H01L27/0262H01L29/742H01L29/7412H01L29/7436H01L29/7817H01L29/66681
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Patent No.
US 10,211,196
App. No.
15/234,532
Granted
Feb 19, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection device includes an N-type laterally diffused metal oxide semiconductor (LDMOS) transistor including a source electrode, a gate electrode, and a well bias electrode that are connected to a first pad receiving a first voltage, and a drain electrode connected to a middle node. The ESD protection device further includes a silicon controlled rectifier (SCR) connected between the middle node and a second pad receiving a second voltage higher than the first voltage.

Claims (47)

1. An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection device comprising:

an N-type laterally diffused metal oxide semiconductor (LDMOS) transistor comprising a source electrode, a gate electrode, and a well bias electrode that are connected to a first pad receiving a first voltage, the N-type LDMOS transistor further comprising a drain electrode connected to a middle node; and

a silicon controlled rectifier (SCR) connected to the N-type LDMOS transistor in series, the SCR comprising a first end connected to the middle node and the drain electrode of the N-type LDMOS transistor, and the SCR further comprising a second end connected to a second pad receiving a second voltage higher than the first voltage,

wherein the SCR comprises:

a first N-type drift region;

an N-type well region disposed in the first N-type drift region;

a first N-type doping region disposed in the N-type well region, the first N-type doping region being connected to the second pad; and

a first P-type doping region disposed in the first N-type drift region, the first P-type doping region being connected to the second pad.

2. The ESD protection device of claim 1 , wherein the SCR comprises an N-type floating diffusion region disposed in the first N-type drift region, the N-type floating diffusion region being electrically floating.

3. The ESD protection device of claim 2 , wherein a first impurity concentration of the N-type floating diffusion region is higher than a second impurity concentration of the first N-type drift region.

4. The ESD protection device of claim 1 , wherein the N-type LDMOS transistor comprises:

a P-type well region;

a second N-type doping region disposed in the P-type well region, the second N-type doping region being connected to the source electrode;

a second P-type doping region disposed in the P-type well region, the second P-type doping region being connected to the well bias electrode;

a second N-type drift region;

a third N-type doping region disposed in the second N-type drift region, the third N-type doping region being connected to the drain electrode; and

a gate disposed above a first portion of the P-type well region and a second portion of the second N-type drift region, the gate being connected to the gate electrode.

5. The ESD protection device of claim 1 , further comprising a shunting diode comprising an anode electrode connected to the first pad, and a cathode electrode connected to the second pad.

6. An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection device comprising:

an N-type laterally diffused metal oxide semiconductor (LDMOS) transistor comprising a source electrode, a gate electrode, and a well bias electrode that are connected to a first pad receiving a first voltage, and a drain electrode connected to a middle node; and

a silicon controlled rectifier (SCR) connected between the middle node and a second pad receiving a second voltage higher than the first voltage,

wherein the SCR comprises:

an N-type drift region;

a P-type body region contacting the N-type drift region;

a first N-type well region disposed in the N-type drift region;

an N-type floating diffusion region disposed in the N-type drift region, the N-type floating diffusion region being spaced apart from the first N-type well region and being electrically floating;

a first N-type doping region disposed in the first N-type well region, the first N-type doping region being connected to the second pad;

a first P-type doping region disposed in the N-type drift region between the first N-type well region and the N-type floating diffusion region, the first P-type doping region being connected to the second pad;

a second N-type doping region disposed in the P-type body region, the second N-type doping region being connected to the middle node; and

a second P-type doping region disposed in the P-type body region, the second P-type doping region being connected to the middle node.

7. The ESD protection device of claim 6 , wherein the N-type floating diffusion region is spaced apart from the first N-type well region in a direction of the P-type body region.

8. The ESD protection device of claim 6 , wherein the second N-type doping region contacts the second P-type doping region.

9. The ESD protection device of claim 6 , wherein the SCR further comprises a first gate disposed above the N-type drift region and the P-type body region and between the N-type floating diffusion region and the second N-type doping region, the first gate being connected to the middle node.

10. The ESD protection device of claim 9 , wherein the second N-type doping region surrounds the second P-type doping region in a track pattern.

11. The ESD protection device of claim 10 , wherein the first gate surrounds the second N-type doping region in a first track pattern.

12. The ESD protection device of claim 11 , wherein the N-type floating diffusion region surrounds the first gate in a second track pattern.

13. The ESD protection device of claim 9 , wherein the SCR further comprises:

a diode comprising a cathode electrode connected to the second pad, and an anode electrode connected to the first gate; and

a resistor connected between the first gate and the middle node,

wherein the diode comprises a P-type LDMOS transistor comprising:

a second gate connected to the cathode electrode;

a second N-type well region;

a third N-type doping region disposed in the second N-type well region, the third N-type doping region being connected to the cathode electrode;

a P-type drift region; and

a third P-type doping region disposed in the P-type drift region, the third P-type doping region being connected to the anode electrode.

14. The ESD protection device of claim 13 , wherein the third P-type doping region corresponds to a drain region of the P-type LDMOS transistor, and

the third N-type doping region corresponds to a well bias region of the P-type LDMOS transistor.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 11, 2016
From: KO, JAE-HYOK; KO, MIN-CHANG; KIM, HAN-GU; SONG, JONG-KYU; HEO, JIN
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2015-0122481 · Aug 31, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170062406A1 · Mar 2, 2017