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Graded concentration epitaxial substrate for semiconductor device having resurf diffusion

US5861657A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 15, 1997
Grant dateJan 19, 1999
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Expiry dateJan 15, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D62/393
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The epitaxial substrate of a semiconductor chip device has a resurf diffusion in at least one of its isolated wells in the device chip surface. The wells are separated by junction diffusions. The thickness of the epitaxial layer is reduced by placing an increased percentage of its total charge for given a breakdown voltage (punch-through voltage) in the lower portion of the layer.

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