Abstract:
A process for the fabrication of an integrated device in a semiconductor chip envisages: forming a semiconductor layer (5') partially suspended above a semiconductor substrate (2) and constrained to the substrate (2) by temporary anchorages (10, 15'); dividing the layer (5') into a plurality of portions (13) laterally separated from one another; and removing the temporary anchorages (10, 15'; 38), in order to free the portions (13).
Abstract:
High-Q, variable capacitance capacitor (20, 20'), comprising a pocket (22) of semiconductor material; a field insulating layer (23), covering the pocket; an opening (24) in the field insulating layer, delimiting a first active area (24); an access region (25) formed in the active area and extending at a distance from a first edge (24a) of the active area and adjacent to a second edge (24b) of the active area. A portion (26) of the pocket (22) is comprised between the access region (15) and the first edge (24a) and forms a first armature; an insulating region (30) extends above the portion (26) of said body, and a polysilicon region (31) extends above the insulating region (30) and forms a second armature. A portion of the polysilicon region extends above the field insulating layer (23), parallel to the access region (25); a plurality of contacts (32) are formed at a mutual distance along the portion of the polysilicon region (31) extending above the field insulating layer (23).
Abstract:
An MOS electronic device (30) including: a drain region (31); a field insulating layer (33), covering the drain region; an opening (38) in the field insulating layer delimiting an active area (34); a body region (40) housed in the active area; a source region (41) housed in the body region. A portion of the body region comprised between the drain region and the source region forms a channel region (43). A polycrystalline silicon structure (45) extends along the edge of the opening delimiting the active area, partially on top of the field insulating layer and partially on top of the active layer. The polycrystalline silicon structure (45) comprises a gate region (46) extending along a first portion of the edge on top of the channel region (43) and partially surrounding the source region (41) and a non-operative region (47) extending along a second portion of the edge, electrically insulated and at a distance from the gate region, so as to reduce the drain/gate capacity and to increase the cutoff frequency of the MOS device.
Abstract:
A method is proposed for manufacturing an integrated electronic device (500). The method includes the steps of providing an SOI substrate (505) including a semiconductor substrate (510), an insulating layer (515) on the semiconductor substrate, and a semiconductor starting layer (512) on the insulating layer, the substrate and the starting layer being of a first type of conductivity, performing an epitaxial growing process, the epitaxial growing process being applied to the starting layer to obtain a thicker semiconductor active layer (542) of the first type of conductivity embedding the starting layer on the insulating layer, forming at least one insulating trench (558) extending from an exposed surface of the active layer to the insulating layer, the at least one insulating trench partitioning the active layer into insulated regions (560) and at least one further insulated region (561), and integrating components (580) of the device in the insulated regions, the components being insulated from the substrate by the insulating layer; in the solution according to an embodiment of the invention, the method further includes, before the step of performing an epitaxial growing process, forming at least one contact trench (520) extending from an exposed surface of the starting layer to the substrate in correspondence to each further insulated region, each contact trench clearing a corresponding portion (530b,530s) of the starting layer, of the insulating layer and of the substrate, implanting dopants of a second type of conductivity different from the first type into at least part of the cleared portions, wherein the epitaxial growing is further applied to the cleared portions thereby at least partially filling each contact trench with semiconductor material, the dopants diffusing during the epitaxial growing to form an insulating region (545) of the second type of conductivity enclosing the at least one contact trench of each further insulated region, and integrating further components (580) of the device in each further insulated region, the further components being insulated from the substrate by a junction formed by the corresponding insulating region with the active layer and/or the substrate when reverse-biased.
Abstract:
An insulated gate field-effect transistor (100;300) is proposed, including a body region (115) of a first conductivity type formed in a semiconductor material layer (105) in correspondence of the front surface, a gate electrode (112) disposed over the body region with interposition of a gate dielectric (110), and a source region (120,145;320,145) and a drain region (125,150) of second conductivity type opposite to the first conductivity type, respectively formed in the body region and the semiconductor material layer. The source and drain region are provided spaced apart from each other by a channel zone (130) in a portion of the body region underlying the gate electrode, and a drift portion (135) of the semiconductor material layer between the channel zone and the drain region, the insulated gate extending over the drift portion. The drain region is located at a depth compared to a top surface of the semiconductor material layer to move charge carriers in the drift portion away from an interface between the semiconductor material layer and the gate dielectric.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a high-voltage final output stage (1) for driving an electric load, of the type which comprises a complementary pair (3) of transistors connected between first (Vdd) and second (Vss) supply voltage references, and at least one PMOS pull-up transistor (MP1) connected in series with an NMOS pull-down transistor (MN). The stage (1) comprises an additional PMOS transistor (MP2) connected in parallel with the pull-up transistor (MP1) and having the body terminal in common therewith. More particularly, the body terminals of both PMOS transistors (MP1,MP2) are formed in the semiconductor within a common well which can withstand high voltages, and the additional transistor (MP2) is a thick oxide PMOS power transistor.