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High power MOSFET with low on-resistance and high breakdown voltage

US5742087A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 26, 1995
Grant dateApr 21, 1998
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Expiry dateOct 26, 2015

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D64/519

Abstract

A high power MOSFET is disclosed in which two laterally spaced sources each supply current through respective channels in one surface of a semiconductor chip which are controlled by the same gate. The channels lead from the source electrodes to a relatively low resistivity epitaxially formed region which is deposited on a high conductivity substrate. The epitaxially deposited semiconductor material immediately adjacent and beneath the gate and in the path from the sources to the drain has a relatively high conductivity, thereby to substantially reduce the on-resistance of the device without effecting the breakdown voltage of the device. The breakdown voltage of the device is substantially increased by forming a relatively deep p-type diffusion with a large radius in the n-type epitaxial layer beneath each of the sources.

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