Abstract:
The invention relates to a high integration density power MOS device comprising a substrate (10) of a doped semiconductor with a first type of conductivity whereon a semiconductor layer (11) with lower conductivity is formed, transistor elementary structures Ti (i=l..n) comprising body regions (12), arranged above in said semiconductor (11) inside which the source regions (13) are confined; the power MOS device comprises in each of the transistor elementary structures Ti (i=1..n) a gate structure (14) of the type with dual thickness comprising a first thin layer (15) of gate oxide onto which, at least partially, a dielectric layer (17) is overlapped having thickness greater than said first thin layer (15) and defining a central portion (17) delimited by lateral portions (18) of conductive material, said gate structure (14) further comprising a nitride upper portion (19) above the thick dielectric layer (17) and said lateral portions (18) of conductor material.
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 high-speed MOS-technology power device integrated structure comprises a plurality of elementary functional units formed in a lightly doped semiconductor layer (1) of a first conductivity type, the elementary functional units comprising channel regions (6) of a second conductivity type covered by a conductive insulated gate layer (8) comprising a polysilicon layer (5); the conductive insulated gate layer (8) also comprises a highly conductive layer (9) superimposed over said polysilicon (5) layer and having a resistivity much lower than the resistivity of the polysilicon layer (5), so that a resistance introduced by the polysilicon layer (5) is shunted with a resistance introduced by said highly conductive layer (9) and the overall resistivity of the conductive insulated gate (8) layer is lowered.
Abstract:
A high-speed MOS-technology power device integrated structure comprises a plurality of elementary functional units formed in a lightly doped semiconductor layer (1) of a first conductivity type, the elementary functional units comprising channel regions (6) of a second conductivity type covered by a conductive insulated gate layer (8) comprising a polysilicon layer (5); the conductive insulated gate layer (8) also comprises a highly conductive layer (9) superimposed over said polysilicon (5) layer and having a resistivity much lower than the resistivity of the polysilicon layer (5), so that a resistance introduced by the polysilicon layer (5) is shunted with a resistance introduced by said highly conductive layer (9) and the overall resistivity of the conductive insulated gate (8) layer is lowered.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a high integration density power MOS device comprising a substrate (10) of a doped semiconductor with a first type of conductivity whereon a semiconductor layer (11) with lower conductivity is formed, transistor elementary structures Ti (i=l..n) comprising body regions (12), arranged above in said semiconductor (11) inside which the source regions (13) are confined; the power MOS device comprises in each of the transistor elementary structures Ti (i=1..n) a gate structure (14) of the type with dual thickness comprising a first thin layer (15) of gate oxide onto which, at least partially, a dielectric layer (17) is overlapped having thickness greater than said first thin layer (15) and defining a central portion (17) delimited by lateral portions (18) of conductive material, said gate structure (14) further comprising a nitride upper portion (19) above the thick dielectric layer (17) and said lateral portions (18) of conductor material.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a process for the realisation of a high integration density power MOS device comprising the following steps of:
providing a doped semiconductor substrate (10) with a first type of conductivity (N); forming, on the substrate (10), a semiconductor layer (11) with lower conductivity (N-); forming, on the semiconductor layer (11), a dielectric layer (16) of thickness comprised between 3000 and 13000 A (Angstrom); depositing, on the dielectric layer (16), a hard mask layer; masking the hard mask layer by means of a masking layer; etching the hard mask layers and the underlying dielectric layer (16) for defining a plurality of hard mask portions (19) to protect said dielectric layer (16); removing the masking layer; isotropically and laterally etching said dielectric layer forming lateral cavities in said dielectric layer (16) below said hard mask portions (19); forming a gate oxide (15) of thickness comprised between 150 and 1500 A (Angstrom) depositing a conductor material (24) in said cavities and above the same to form a recess spacer (20), which is totally aligned with a gate structure (14) comprising said thick dielectric layer (16) and said gate oxide (15).