Field plate in heterojunction bipolar transistor with improved break-down voltage
US9324846B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 8, 2015 |
| Grant date | Apr 26, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 8, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH10D64/62
- WIPO fieldSemiconductors
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of forming a heterojunction bipolar transistor including a field plate. The method may include forming: a substrate having a selectively implanted collector (SIC) and a collector separated by a shallow trench isolation (STI), a field plate in the STI, the field plate extends below a top surface of the SIC, a base layer directly on the SIC, a heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT) structure above the SIC, the HBT includes an emitter, the emitter is directly on the base layer, a fourth dielectric layer covering the HBT structure, the field plate and the collector, and an emitter contact, a field plate contact and a collector contact extending through the fourth dielectric layer, the emitter contact is in electrical connection with the emitter, the field plate contact is in electrical connection with the field plate and the collector contact is in electrical connection with the collector.
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