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Cell density improvement in planar DMOS with farther-spaced body regions and novel gates

US5894150A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 8, 1997
Grant dateApr 13, 1999
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Expiry dateDec 8, 2017

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D62/151

Abstract

This invention discloses a DMOS planar power device having a plurality of transistor cells formed in a semiconductor substrate with a drain region of a first conductivity type disposed at a bottom surface of the substrate. Each of the DMOS transistor cells includes a polysilicon segment constituting a gate supported on a top surface of the substrate wherein the gate being disposed substantially in a center portion of the transistor cell. The DMOS transistor cell further includes a source region of the first conductivity type disposed in the substrate surrounding edges of the gate with a portion extends underneath the gate. The DMOS transistor cell further includes a body region doped with a body dopant of a second conductivity type disposed in the substrate encompassing the source region. The body region has a portion extending underneath the gate having a under-the-gate distance less than a lateral diffusion of the body dopant and the body region having outer edges extending outwardly to neighboring transistor cells. The DMOS transistor cell further includes a shallow low-concentration first-conductivity-type region under the gate wherein the shallow low-concentration first-conduc…

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