MOSFET with substrate source contact
US5134448A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 22, 1991 |
| Grant date | Jul 28, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 22, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH10D64/516
- WIPO fieldSemiconductors
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A MOSFET having a back-side source contact and top-side gate and drain contacts is provided by a structure comprising superposed N.sup.+, N-, P-, N.sup.+ regions arranged between top and bottom surfaces of the semiconductor die. In a preferred implementation, two trenches are etched from the top surface to the P-, N.sup.+ interface. A buried P-, N.sup.+ short is provided in one trench and a gate dielectric and gate electrode are provided over the sidewall P- region exposed in the other trench. This creates a vertical MOSFET in which the N.sup.+ substrate forms the source region shorted to the P- body region in which the channel is created by the gate. Superior performance is obtained in RF grounded-source circuit applications.
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