Vertical DMOS transistor built in an n-well MOS-based BiCMOS process

US5317180A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED · US

Inventors

• Louis N. Hutter · Richardson, US
• John P. Erdeljac · Plano, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 28, 1992
• Grant date: May 31, 1994
• Expiry date: Apr 28, 2012

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H10D84/83
• WIPO field: Semiconductors
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An integrated circuit is provided wherein bipolar, CMOS and DMOS devices are merged together on one chip with fabrication taking place from a CMOS point of view rather than from a bipolar point of view as in the prior art and p-type epitaxial silicon is used as opposed to n-type epitaxial silicon in the prior art. The integrated circuit uses a P+ substrate upon which a P- epitaxial layer is formed. N+ buried regions isolate the DMOS, PMOS and NPN bipolar devices from the P-epitaxial layer. Each of the devices is formed in a N-well with a first level of polysilicon gate layer providing both the gate and masking for the backgate diffusion of the DMOS device and a sidewall oxide later formed on the first level gate layer to control the diffusion of the source and drain regions of the DMOS device to control channel length. A second level of polysilicon layer provides the gate structures for the CMOS devices as well as one plate of a capacitor. The second level of polysilicon acts as a mask for the source and drain region implants of the CMOS devices. A sidewall oxide later formed on the second polysilicon level further controls the channel lengths of the CMOS structures. A third level …