Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Integrated circuit guard rings
- Patent Title (中): 集成电路保护环
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Application No.: US13316241Application Date: 2011-12-09
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Publication No.: US08614130B2Publication Date: 2013-12-24
- Inventor: Bradley Jensen , Charles Y. Chu
- Applicant: Bradley Jensen , Charles Y. Chu
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: Altera Corporation
- Current Assignee: Altera Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: Treyz Law Group
- Agent Jason Tsai; Chih-Yun Wu
- Main IPC: H01L21/336
- IPC: H01L21/336 ; H01L21/76

Abstract:
Integrated circuits with guard rings are provided. Integrated circuits may include internal circuitry that is sensitive to external noise sources. A guard ring may surround the functional circuitry to isolate the circuitry from the noise sources. The guard ring may include first, second, and third regions. The first and third regions may include p-wells. The second region may include an n-well. Stripes of diffusion regions may be formed at the surface of a substrate in the three regions. Areas in the guard ring that are not occupied by the diffusion regions are occupied by shallow trench isolation (STI) structures. Stripes of dummy structures may be formed over respective STI structures and may not overlap the diffusion regions. The diffusion regions in the first and third regions may be biased to a ground voltage. The diffusion regions in the second section may be biased to a positive power supply voltage.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120083094A1 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT GUARD RINGS Public/Granted day:2012-04-05
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