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LDMOS transistor with reduced projective area of source region

US5508547A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 18, 1994
Grant dateApr 16, 1996
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Expiry dateOct 18, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S148/168

Abstract

Reduced-size LDMOS transistor having reduced leakage and a reduced propensity to latch-up. The LDMOS transistor has a trench with vertical sidewalls adjacent to a source region to help reduce a vertical projective area of the source region.

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