Abstract:
The invention relates to a vertical-conduction and planar-structure MOS device having a double thickness of gate oxide comprising
a first portion (5a) of gate oxide having a lower thickness in a channel area close to the active areas (4), and a second portion (5b) of thicker gate oxide in a central area (11) on a JFET area and an enrichment region (9) in the JFET area under the second . portion (5b) of thicker gate oxide (11).
The invention also relates to a method for realising on a semiconductor substrate (2) MOS transistor electronic devices (1) with improved static and dynamic performances and high scaling down density, these transistors having traditional active areas (4) defined in the substrate (2) at the periphery of a channel region whereon a gate region is realised. The method provides at least the following steps:
realising the MOS transistor starting from a planar structure with a double thickness of gate oxide comprising a thin layer in the channel area close to the active areas (4) and a thicker layer in the central area (11) on the channel; and realising an enrichment region (9) in the JFET area below the thicker layer.
Abstract:
A MOS power device such as a power MOSFET (eg. VDMOS) or an insulated gate bipolar transistor (ie. IGBT) with a high dynamic ruggedness, which comprises a parasitic bipolar transistor having its base in a base region (3,5) of the power device and means for counter-biasing the parasitic bipolar transistor. The counter-biasing means are resistive means inserted between a source region (4) of the power device and an emitter (E1) of the parasitic bipolar transistor (NPN). Said resistive means may consist of a lightly doped region (12) of the same conductivity type as that of the source region (4) of the power device and disposed in the base region (3,5) of the power device, under said source region (4).
Abstract:
Method for manufacturing electronic devices on a semiconductor substrate (1,1a;10,11) with wide band gap comprising the steps of: - forming a screening structure (3a,20) on said semiconductor substrate (1,1a;10,11) comprising at least a dielectric layer (2,20) which leaves a plurality of areas of said semiconductor substrate (1,1a;10,11) exposed, - carrying out at least a ion implantation of a first type of dopant in said semiconductor substrate (1,1a;10,11) to form at least a first implanted region (4,40), carrying out at least a ion implantation of a second type of dopant in said semiconductor substrate (1,1a;10,11) to form at least a second implanted region (6,6c;60,61) inside said at least a first implanted region (4,40), - carrying out an activation thermal process of the first type and second type of dopant with low thermal budget suitable to complete said formation of said at least first and second implanted regions (4,40;6,60).
Abstract:
Power electronic MOS device of the type comprising a plurality of elementary power MOS transistors (2) and a gate structure (12) comprising a plurality of conductive strips (8) realised with a first conductive material such as polysilicon, a plurality of gate fingers or metallic tracks (11) connected to a gate pad (30) and at least a connection layer (20) arranged in series to at least one of said conductive strip (8). Such gate structure (12) comprising at least a plurality of independent islands (10) formed on the upper surface (9) of the conductive strips (8) and suitably formed on the connection layers (20). Said islands (10) being realised with at least one second conductive material such as silicide.
Abstract:
A MOS technology power device comprises: a semiconductor material layer (2) of a first conductivity type; a conductive insulated gate layer (7,8,9) covering the semiconductor material layer (2); a plurality of elementary functional units, each elementary functional unit comprising a body region (3) of a second conductivity type formed in the semiconductor material layer (2), the body region (3) having the form of an elongated body stripe, each elementary functional unit further comprising an elongated window (12) in the insulated gate layer (7,8,9) extending above the elongated body stripe (3). Each body stripe (3) includes at least one source portion (60;61;62) doped with dopants of the first conductivity type, intercalated with a body portion (40;41;3') of the body stripe (3) wherein no dopant of the first conductivity type are provided. The conductive insulated gate layer (7,8,9) comprises a first insulating material layer (7) placed above the semiconductor material layer (2), a conductive material layer (8) placed above the first insulating material layer (7), and a second insulating material layer (9) placed above the conductive material layer (8). Insulating material sidewall spacers (13) are provided to seal edges of the elongated window (12) in the insulated gate layer (7,8,9).
Abstract:
A MOS power device having: a body (10); gate regions (34) on top of the body (10) and delimiting therebetween a window (40); a body region (35), extending in the body underneath the window; a source region (36), extending inside the body region (35) throughout the width of the window; body contact regions (43), extending through the source region up to the body region; source contact regions (46), extending inside the source region, at the sides of the body contact regions; a dielectric region (41) on top of the source region; openings (42, 45) traversing the dielectric region on top of the body and source contact regions (43, 46); and a metal region (50) extending above the dielectric region (41) and through the first and second openings (42, 45).
Abstract:
A MOS technology power device comprises a plurality of elementary functional units which contribute for respective fractions to an overall current of the power device and which are formed in a semiconductor material layer (2) of a first conductivity type. Each elementary functional unit comprises a body region (3) of a second conductivity type formed in the semiconductor material layer (2), the body region (3) having the form of a body stripe (3) elongated in a longitudinal direction on a surface of the semiconductor material layer (2). Each body stripe (3) includes at least one source portion (60) doped with dopants of the first conductivity type which is intercalated with a body portion (40) of the body stripe (3) wherein no dopants of the first conductivity type are provided.
Abstract:
The invention relates to an electronic power device (1) of improved structure and fabricated with MOS technology to have at least one gate finger region (3) and corresponding source regions (4) on opposite sides of the gate region (3). This device (1) has at least one first-level metal layer (3',4') arranged to independently contact the gate region (3) and source regions, and has a protective passivation layer (5) arranged to cover the gate region (3). Advantageously, a wettable metal layer (7), deposited onto the passivation layer (5) and the first-level metal layer (4'), overlies said source regions (4). In this way, the additional wettable metal layer (7) is made to act as a second-level metal.