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Processes for manufacturing MOSFET devices with excessive round-hole shielded gate trench (SGT)

US7932148B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 9, 2009
Grant dateApr 26, 2011
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Expiry dateApr 10, 2029

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D64/518
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

This invention discloses an improved trenched metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET) device that includes a trenched gate surrounded by a source region encompassed in a body region above a drain region disposed on a bottom surface of a substrate. The MOSFET cell further includes a shielded gate trench (SGT) structure below and insulated from the trenched gate. The SGT structure is formed substantially as a round hole having a lateral expansion extended beyond the trench gate and covered by a dielectric liner layer filled with a trenched gate material. The round hole is formed by an isotropic etch at the bottom of the trenched gate and is insulated from the trenched gate by an oxide insulation layer. The round hole has a lateral expansion beyond the trench walls and the lateral expansion serves as a vertical alignment landmark for controlling the depth of the trenched gate. The MOSFET device has a reduced gate to drain capacitance Cgd depending on the controllable depth of the trenched gate disposed above the SGT structure formed as a round hole below the trenched gate.

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