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Intergrated circuit employable with a power converter

US7015544B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 23, 2004
Grant dateMar 21, 2006
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Expiry dateAug 23, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D84/856
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An integrated circuit employable with a power converter. In one embodiment, the integrated circuit includes a transistor employable as a switch of a power train of the power converter including a gate located over a channel region recessed into a semiconductor substrate. The transistor also includes a source/drain including a lightly doped region located adjacent the channel region and a heavily doped region located adjacent the lightly doped region. The transistor further includes an oppositely doped well located under and within the channel region. The transistor still further includes a doped region, located between the heavily doped region and the oppositely doped well, having a doping concentration profile less than a doping concentration profile of the heavily doped region. The integrated circuit also includes a driver switch of a driver configured to provide a drive signal to the transistor and formed on the semiconductor substrate.

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