Patent application number | Description | Published |
20140302660 | LOCAL INTERCONNECT TO A PROTECTION DIODE - Embodiments disclosed describe approaches for providing a local interconnection between a protection diode and a gate transistor in an integrated circuit (IC) device. Specifically, described is an IC device comprising: a protection diode formed in a substrate, a replacement metal gate (RMG) transistor formed over the substrate, a first contact formed over the protection diode (and optional trench silicide layer), a second contact formed over the RMG transistor, wherein the first contact extends to connect directly with the second contact, and a top metal layer (M1) formed over the first contact and the second contact. By extending the first contact from the protection diode directly to the gate transistor as a supplemental interconnect, any charges accumulated during formation of the second contact and the set of vias will be discharged by the protection diode. | 10-09-2014 |
20140361365 | SELF-ALIGNED CHANNEL DRIFT DEVICE AND METHODS OF MAKING SUCH A DEVICE - One illustrative device includes a source region and a drain region formed in a substrate, wherein the source/drain regions are doped with a first type of dopant material, a gate structure positioned above the substrate that is laterally positioned between the source region and the drain region and a drain-side well region positioned in the substrate under a portion, but not all, of the entire lateral width of the drain region, wherein the drain-side well region is also doped with the first type of dopant material. The device also includes a source-side well region positioned in the substrate under an entire width of the source region and under a portion, but not all, of the drain region and a part of the extension portion of the drain region is positioned under a portion of the gate structure. | 12-11-2014 |
20150108580 | METHODS OF FORMING BIPOLAR DEVICES AND AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PRODUCT CONTAINING SUCH BIPOLAR DEVICES - One method disclosed herein includes performing at least one common process operation to form a plurality of first gate structures for each of a plurality of field effect transistors and a plurality of second gate structures above a region where a bipolar transistor will be formed and performing an ion implantation process and a heating process to form a continuous doped emitter region that extends under all of the second gate structures. A device disclosed herein includes a first plurality of field effect transistors with first gate structures, a bipolar transistor that has an emitter region and a plurality of second gate structures positioned above the emitter region, wherein the bipolar transistor comprises a continuous doped emitter region that extends laterally under all of the plurality of second gate structures. | 04-23-2015 |
20150108586 | TRANSISTOR DEVICE WITH IMPROVED SOURCE/DRAIN JUNCTION ARCHITECTURE AND METHODS OF MAKING SUCH A DEVICE - One illustrative device disclosed herein includes a plurality of source/drain regions positioned in an active region on opposite sides of a gate structure, each of the source/drain regions having a lateral width in a gate length direction of the transistor and a plurality of halo regions, wherein each of the halo regions is positioned under a portion, but not all, of the lateral width of one of the plurality of source/drain regions. A method disclosed herein includes forming a plurality of halo implant regions in an active region, wherein an outer edge of each of the halo implant regions is laterally spaced apart from an adjacent inner edge of an isolation region. | 04-23-2015 |