Apparatus for confining inductively coupled surface currents
US7285840B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 12, 2004 |
| Grant date | Oct 23, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 20, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01L21/76224
- WIPO fieldSemiconductors
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A deep n-well is formed beneath the area of an inductor coil. The use of a deep n-well lessens the parasitic capacitance by placing a diode in series with the interlayer dielectric cap. The deep n-well also reduces substrate noise. Once the n-well is implanted and annealed, a cross hatch of shallow trench isolation is patterned over the n-well. The shallow trench isolation reduces and confines the inductively coupled surface currents to small areas that are then isolated from the rest of the chip.
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