Low trigger and holding voltage silicon controlled rectifier (SCR) for non-planar technologies

    公开(公告)号:US10211200B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-02-19

    申请号:US15883591

    申请日:2018-01-30

    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a Silicon Controlled Rectifier (SCR) in non-planar technology to provide a robust ESD protection in System on Chip employing non-planar technologies. The disclosed SCR incorporates wire or fin shaped nanostructures extending from p-type tap to cathode, from the cathode to anode, and from the anode to n-type tap to provide parallel trigger paths to prevent problem of current crowding at the base emitter junction that limits efficient turn-on in conventional SCRs. The proposed structure helps in offering lower trigger and holding voltage, and therefore very high failure currents. The disclosed SCR has sub-3V trigger and holding voltage to provide an efficient and robust ESD protection in SOCs. The proposed device also offers three times better ESD robustness per unit area. Further the proposed SCR has no added capacitive loading and is compatible with standard process flow and design rules.

    Non-planar electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection devices with nano heat sinks

    公开(公告)号:US10319662B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-11

    申请号:US15883749

    申请日:2018-01-30

    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a thermal management solution for ESD protection devices in advanced Fin- and/or Nanowire-based technology nodes, by employing localized nano heat sinks, which enable heat transport from local hot spots to surface of chip, which allows significant reduction in peak temperature for a given ESD current. In an aspect, the proposed semiconductor device can include at least one fin having a source and a drain disposed over a p-well or a n-well in a substrate; an electrically floating dummy metal gate disposed close to drain or hot spot over at least a portion of the at least one fin, and an electrical metal gate is disposed close to the source; and a nano-heat sink operatively coupled with the dummy metal gate and terminating at the surface of chip in which the semiconductor device is configured so as to enable transfer of heat received from the at least one fin through the dummy metal gate to the surface of the chip.

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