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:
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:
The device comprises a chip of semiconductor material (10), a plate (14) of insulating material on the chip, a conducting strip of doped semiconductor material which has a portion (15) which extends over the plate (14), a portion (16) of a layer of semiconductor material which extends over the plate (14) and contains active regions and a metallic element (17) which is in contact with the portion (15) of conducting strip which extends over the plate (14) and has an area (20) designed to be used for electrical connection to a terminal, outside the chip, of the electronic device. To increase the useful area of the chip, the metallic element (17) extends in large part over the portion (16) of the layer of semiconductor material containing active regions, and is separated from this portion (16) by a layer of insulating material.