Abstract:
Process for integrating in a same MOS technology devices with different threshold voltages, characterized by comprising the steps of: simultaneously forming on a semiconductor material layer (2,2') of at least two gate electrodes (5,5';10,10') for at least two MOS devices, said gate electrodes comprising substantially rectilinear portions and corners, each gate electrode having a respective corner density for unit area; selectively introducing in the semiconductor material layer a dopant for the simultaneous formation of respective channel regions (7;7') for said at least two MOS devices, said channel regions extending under the respective gate electrode, said selective introduction using as a mask the respective gate electrodes so that said channel regions have, at the corners of the respective gate electrode, a dopant concentration lower than that at the substantially rectilinear portions, and said two MOS devices consequently have respective threshold voltages that depend on the corner density for unit area and on the aperture angles of the corner of the respective gate electrodes.
Abstract:
An insulated gate planar power device with a Schottky diode in parallel thereto, said Schottky diode being realized by contacting with a metal layer a semiconductor substrate of a first type of conductivity and the contact zone being laterally surrounded by one or more diffused regions of opposite type of conductivity formed in said substrate for shielding the electric field under conditions of reverse bias of the diode, characterized in that it comprises, in said semiconducting substrate, a buried region doped with a dopant of opposite type of conductivity to that of said semiconductor substrate, geometrically located under said Schottky contact zone and at a greater depth than the depth of said diffused regions. A relative process of fabrication is also disclosed.
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:
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.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a Schottky barrier diode comprising a substrate region (9) of a first conductivity type formed in a semiconductor material layer (10) of same conductivity type and a metal layer (12), characterized in that at least a doped region (13) of a second conductive type is formed in said semiconductor layer (10), each one of said doped regions (13) being disposed under said material layer (10) and being separated from other doped regions (13) by portions of said semiconductor layer (10).