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Trench DMOS power transistor with field-shaping body profile and three-dimensional geometry

US5298442A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 18, 1991
Grant dateMar 29, 1994
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Expiry dateSep 18, 2011

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S148/126

Abstract

Power MOSFET apparatus, and method for its production, that suppresses voltage breakdown near the gate, using a polygon-shaped trench in which the gate is positioned, using a shaped deep body junction that partly lies below the trench bottom, and using special procedures for growth of gate oxide at various trench corners.

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