Abstract:
An LDMOS structure is realized in a region of a first type of conductivity (N-POCKET) of a semiconductor substrate and comprises a gate, a drain region and a source region, the latter being constituted by a body diffusion (PBODY) of a second type of conductivity within said first region (N-POCKET), a source diffusion (N + ) of said first type of conductivity within said body diffusion (PBODY); an electrical connection diffusion (P + ) of said second type of conductivity, in a limited area of said source region, extending through said source diffusion (N + ) and reaching down to said body diffusion (PBODY), at least a source contact on said source diffusion (N + ) and said electrical connection diffusion (P + ), and further comprises a layer of silicide over the whole area of the source region short-circuiting said source diffusion (N + ) and said electrical connection diffusion (P + ); said source contact being established on said silicide layer.
Abstract:
A process for the manufacturing of an integrated circuit comprising lateral DMOS-technology power devices and non-volatile memory cells provides for: forming respective laterally displaced isolated semiconductor regions (R1,R2,R6), electrically insulated from each other and from a common semiconductor substrate (1), inside which the devices will be formed; forming conductive insulated gate regions (33,34,37) for the lateral DMOS-technology power devices and for the memory cells over the respective isolated semiconductor regions (R1,R2,R6); inside the isolated semiconductor regions (R1,R2) for the lateral DMOS-technology power devices, forming deep body regions (25,26) aligned with edges of the insulated gate regions (33,34), and channel regions (29,30) extending under the insulated gate regions (33,34). The deep body regions (25,26) are formed by means of a first implantation of a first dopant in a direction substantially orthogonal to a top surface of the integrated circuit, performed with an energy and with a dopant dose such that the concentration of the first dopant has a peak located at a prescribed distance from the surface of the isolated semiconductor regions (R1,R2). The channel regions (29,30) are formed by means of a second implantation of a second dopant along directions tilted of a prescribed angle with respect to a direction orthogonal to a top surface of the integrated circuit, in a dose and with an energy such that said channel regions (29,30) are formed directly after the implantation of the second dopant without performing a thermal diffusion at a high temperature of the second dopant.
Abstract:
A high voltage lateral MOSFET transistor structure constituted by various interdigitated modular elements formed on a layer of monocrystaline silicon is described together with a process for its fabrication. To save area of silicon and to reduce the specific resistivity RDS on enriched drain regions (16) are formed by implanting doping material (N) in the silicon through apertures in the field oxide (11) obtained with a selective anisotropic etching by utilising as a mask the strips of polycrystaline silicon (14) which serve as gate electrodes and field electrodes.
Abstract:
A RESURF LDMOS integrated structure realized in a first region (drain well) of a first type of conductivity defined in a semiconductor substrate of opposite type of conductivity and comprising a source region of said first type of conductivity formed in a body region of said opposite type of conductivity. Said body region is contained within a surface portion (body buffer region) of the first region that is more heavily doped than the rest of the region to avoid punch-through when the structure operates as a high side driver.