Abstract:
The invention relates to a semiconductor power device (20) with insulated gate and improved trench-gate structure, of the type wherein the trench-gate structure is realised on a semiconductor substrate (1) covered by at least an epitaxial layer (3) and by means of a trench (29) realised in the semiconductor to form the device gate region (27); a dielectric coating (28) being provided on the inner and bottom walls of the trench (29), characterised in that said gate region (27) comprises a conductive spacer layer (30) on said coating layer (28) only in correspondence with the inner walls of the trench (29).
Abstract:
A process for integrating a Schottky contact to the drain inside the apertures of the elementary cells that constitute the integrated structure of an insulated gate power device in a totally self-alignment manner comprises the formation of a trench in said apertures by anisotropic etching using dielectric spacers. Therefore this process does not require a dedicated masking step. This overcomes the limits to the possibility of increasing the packing density of the cellular structure of the integrated power device, while permitting improved performances of the co-integrated Schottky diode under inverse polarization of the device and producing other advantages. A planar integrated insulated gate power device with high packing density of the elementary cells that compose it, having a Schottky diode electrically in parallel to the device, is also disclosed. In all devices the drain region under the Schottky contact is bounded by oppositely doped diffusion regions to shield electrical fields. A specific device includes an implanted buried region having a high resistivity located in the drain under the Schottky contact and at a greater depth than the trench.
Abstract:
A method of manufacturing an electronic structure, which structure comprises a first power device (1) and a second unidirectional device (120), both integrated in the same protective package; the first device (1) having at least first and second electrodes (8,9) of the first device (1), with said first electrode (8) of the first device (1) being attached to the package; and the second device (120) having first and second electrodes (170,160) of the second device (120); wherein the first electrode (170) of the second device (120) is superposed on the second electrode (9) of the first device (1) and connected electrically to the second electrode (9) of the first device (1).
Abstract:
A process for manufacturing a MOS device (30) envisages the steps of: forming a gate structure (24) on a top surface (20a) of a semiconductor layer (20); forming a doped source/drain region (28) within a surface portion of the semiconductor layer (20) in a position adjacent to the gate structure (24); and irradiating the doped source/drain region (28) with an electromagnetic radiation (12a, 12b). The electromagnetic radiation (12a, 12b) is directed towards the top surface (20a) with a propagation direction having an incidence angle (+α,-α) non-zero with respect to the normal (n) to the top surface (20a). In particular, the electromagnetic radiation (12) is an excimer-laser radiation and comprises a first beam (12a) and a second beam (12b) having incidence angles (+α, -α) opposite to one another with respect to the normal (n).
Abstract:
A trench (5) is formed in a semiconductor body (2); the side walls and the bottom of the trench are covered with a first dielectric material layer (9); the trench (5) is filled with a second dielectric material layer (10); the first and the second dielectric material layers (9, 10) are etched via a partial, simultaneous and controlled etching such that the dielectric materials have similar etching rates; a gate-oxide layer (13) having a thickness smaller than the first dielectric material layer (9) is deposited on the walls of the trench (5); a gate region (14) of conductive material is formed within the trench (5); and body regions (7) and source regions (8) are formed within the semiconductor body (2), at the sides of and insulated from the gate region (14). Thereby, the gate region (14) extends only on top of the remaining portions of the first and second dielectric material layers (9, 10).