| Patent application number | Description | Published |
| 20080265312 | Enhancing Schottky breakdown voltage (BV) without affecting an integrated MOSFET-Schottky device layout - This invention discloses a semiconductor power device that includes an active cell area having a plurality of power transistor cells. Each of said power transistor cells has a planar Schottky diode that includes a Schottky junction barrier metal covering areas above gaps between separated body regions between two adjacent power transistor cells. The separated body regions further provide a function of adjusting a leakage current of said Schottky diode in each of said power transistor cells. Each of the planar Schottky diodes further includes a Shannon implant region disposed in a gap between the separated body regions of two adjacent power transistor cells for further adjusting a leakage current of said Schottky diode. Each of the power transistor cells further includes heavy body doped regions in the separated body regions next to source regions surrounding said Schottky diode forming a junction barrier Schottky (JBS) pocket region. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080310065 | Methods of achieving linear capacitance in symmetrical and asymmetrical EMI filters with TVS - A transient voltage suppressing (TVS) circuit with uni-directional blocking and symmetric bi-directional blocking capabilities integrated with an electromagnetic interference (EMI) filter supported on a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type. The TVS circuit integrated with the EMI filter further includes a ground terminal disposed on the surface for the symmetric bi-directional blocking structure and at the bottom of the semiconductor substrate for the uni-directional blocking structure and an input and an output terminal disposed on a top surface with at least a Zener diode and a plurality of capacitors disposed in the semiconductor substrate to couple the ground terminal to the input and output terminals with a direct capacitive coupling without an intermediate floating body region. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20090256149 | Structure for Measuring Body Pinch Resistance of High Density Trench MOSFET Array - A structure is disclosed for measuring body pinch resistance Rp of trench MOSFET arrays on a wafer. The trench MOSFET array has a common drain layer of first conductivity type and a 2D-trench MOSFET array atop the common drain layer. The 2D-trench MOSFET array has an interdigitated array of source-body columns and gate trench columns. Each source-body column has a bottom body region of second conductivity type with up-extending finger structures. Each source-body column has top source regions of first conductivity type bridging the finger structures. The structure includes:
| 10-15-2009 |
| 20100105182 | Shallow source MOSFET - Fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming a hard mask on a substrate having a top substrate surface, forming a trench in the substrate through the hard mask, depositing gate material in the trench, where the amount of gate material deposited in the trench extends beyond the top substrate surface, and removing the hard mask to leave a gate having a gate top surface that extends substantially above the top substrate surface at least in center region of the trench opening, the gate having a vertical edge that includes an extended portion, the extended portion extending above the trench opening and being substantially aligned with the trench wall. It further includes implanting a body, implanting a plurality of source regions embedded in the body, forming a plurality of spacers that insulate the source regions from the gate, the plurality of spacers being situated immediately adjacent to the gate and immediately adjacent to respective ones of the plurality of source regions, wherein the plurality of spacers do not substantially extend into the trench and do not substantially extend over the trench, disposing a dielectric layer over the source, the spacers, the gate, and at least a portion of the body, forming a contact opening, and disposing metal to form a contact with the body at the contact opening. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100163846 | Nano-tube mosfet technology and devices - This invention discloses a semiconductor power device disposed in a semiconductor substrate and the semiconductor substrate has a plurality of trenches. Each of the trenches is filled with a plurality of epitaxial layers of alternating conductivity types constituting nano tubes functioning as conducting channels stacked as layers extending along a sidewall direction with a “Gap Filler” layer filling a merging-gap between the nano tubes disposed substantially at a center of each of the trenches. The “Gap Filler” layer can be very lightly doped Silicon or grown and deposited dielectric layer. In an exemplary embodiment, the plurality of trenches are separated by pillar columns each having a width approximately half to one-third of a width of the trenches. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20110140194 | Enhancing Schottky breakdown voltage (BV) without affecting an integrated Mosfet-Schottky device layout - This invention discloses a semiconductor power device that includes an active cell area having a plurality of power transistor cells. Each of said power transistor cells has a planar Schottky diode that includes a Schottky junction barrier metal covering areas above gaps between separated body regions between two adjacent power transistor cells. The separated body regions further provide a function of adjusting a leakage current of said Schottky diode in each of said power transistor cells. Each of the planar Schottky diodes further includes a Shannon implant region disposed in a gap between the separated body regions of two adjacent power transistor cells for further adjusting a leakage current of said Schottky diode. Each of the power transistor cells further includes heavy body doped regions in the separated body regions next to source regions surrounding said Schottky diode forming a junction barrier Schottky (JBS) pocket region. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110147830 | METHOD OF FORMING A SELF-ALIGNED CHARGE BALANCED POWER DMOS - Self-aligned charge balanced semiconductor devices and methods for forming such devices are disclosed. One or more planar gates are formed over a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type. One or more deep trenches are etched in the semiconductor self-aligned to the planar gates. The trenches are filled with a semiconductor material of a second conductivity type such that the deep trenches are charge balanced with the adjacent regions of the semiconductor substrate This process can form self-aligned charge balanced devices with a cell pitch less than 12 microns. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110183499 | Nano-tube MOSFET technology and devices - This invention discloses a semiconductor power device disposed in a semiconductor substrate and the semiconductor substrate has a plurality of trenches. Each of the trenches is filled with a plurality of epitaxial layers of alternating conductivity types constituting nano tubes functioning as conducting channels stacked as layers extending along a sidewall direction with a “Gap Filler” layer filling a merging-gap between the nano tubes disposed substantially at a center of each of the trenches. The “Gap Filler” layer can be very lightly doped Silicon or grown and deposited dielectric layer. In an exemplary embodiment, the plurality of trenches are separated by pillar columns each having a width approximately half to one-third of a width of the trenches. | 07-28-2011 |