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Granted Patent B2
US 10,985,240 · App. 15/930,390 · Granted Apr 20, 2021

Semiconductor device having diode devices with different barrier heights and manufacturing method thereof

Inventors: Wen-Shun Lo (Hsinchu County, TW); Yu-Chi Chang (Kaohsiung, TW); Felix Ying-Kit Tsui (Cupertino, CA)
Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
H01L29/0619H01L21/2253H01L21/266H01L21/28537H01L21/426H01L27/0814H01L29/0649H01L29/66143H01L29/872H01L27/0629H01L29/665H01L29/6659
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Patent No.
US 10,985,240
App. No.
15/930,390
Granted
Apr 20, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A Schottky diode device includes a substrate having a first conductivity type, a first well region having a second conductivity type disposed in the substrate, and a first doped region having the second conductivity type in the first well region, wherein the first doped region includes a first portion and a second portion, and the first portion and the second portion have different doping concentrations. The first portion includes a region having at least four sides, from a top-view perspective, abutting the second portion.

Claims (38)

1. A Schottky diode device, comprising:

a substrate having a first conductivity type;

a first well region having a second conductivity type disposed in the substrate; and

a first doped region having the second conductivity type in the first well region, the first doped region comprising a first portion and a second portion, and the first portion and the second portion having different doping concentrations,

wherein the first portion comprises a region having at least four sides, from a top-view perspective, abutting the second portion.

2. The Schottky diode device according to claim 1 , further comprising a metal containing layer on the first doped region.

3. The Schottky diode device according to claim 1 , further comprising an isolation structure disposed in the substrate and at least surrounding the first well region from a top view perspective.

4. The Schottky diode device according to claim 1 , wherein the first conductive type is different from the second conductive type.

5. The Schottky diode device according to claim 1 , wherein the first well region defines an anode zone and a cathode zone, and each of the anode zone and the cathode zone overlaps the first doped region.

6. The Schottky diode device according to claim 5 , further comprising a second doped region disposed in the cathode zone and exposed from an upper surface of the substrate.

7. The Schottky diode device according to claim 5 , further comprising a third doped region on an upper surface of the substrate at a periphery of the anode zone and having the first conductive type.

8. The Schottky diode device according to claim 5 , wherein the first portion and the second portion extends through the anode zone and the cathode zone.

9. The Schottky diode device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a gate layer on the substrate;

source/drain regions in the substrate on two sides of the gate layer; and

a lightly doped region (LDD) in the substrate between the gate layer and the respective source/drain regions.

10. The Schottky diode device according to claim 1 , wherein the first portion comprises concentric rings alternatingly arranged with concentric rings of the second portion.

11. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a substrate;

a first well region in the substrate; and

a first doped region in the first well region, wherein the first doped region comprises a first portion and a second portion alternating with each other, and the first portion and the second portion have different doping concentrations,

wherein the first portion comprises a plurality of first concentric rings and the second portion comprises a plurality of second concentric rings.

12. The semiconductor device according to claim 11 , wherein the first concentric rings are alternatively arranged with the second concentric rings.

13. The semiconductor device according to claim 11 , wherein each of the first concentric rings has a first width, and each of the second concentric rings has a second width different from the first width.

14. The semiconductor device according to claim 11 , wherein the first doped region is doped with an N-type dopant.

15. The semiconductor device according to claim 11 , further comprising:

a second well region in the substrate; and

a second doped region within the second well region, wherein the second doped region comprises a third portion and a fourth portion alternating with the third portion, wherein a first area ratio between the first portion and the second portion is different from a second area ratio between the third portion and the fourth portion.

16. The semiconductor device according to claim 11 , further comprising an isolation structure extending in the substrate and defining the first well region, wherein the first doped region has a depth less than the isolation structure.

17. The semiconductor device according to claim 16 , wherein the first well region extends below the isolation structure.

18. The semiconductor device according to claim 11 , further comprising a metal-containing layer on the first doped region.

19. A Schottky diode device, comprising:

a substrate having a first conductivity type;

a first well region having a second conductivity type disposed in the substrate;

a first doped region having the second conductivity type in the first well region, the first doped region comprising a first portion and a second portion, and the first portion and the second portion having different doping concentrations; and

a second doped region having the second conductivity type over the first doped region in the first well region,

wherein the first doped region defines a first zone and a second zone separated from the first zone, and the second doped region is disposed in the second zone.

20. The Schottky diode device according to claim 19 , wherein both of the first portion and the second portion extends across the first zone and the second zone.

Continuity (3)
Continuation 16222464 · Dec 17, 2018
Continuation 15793439 · Oct 25, 2017
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