Vanguard International Semiconductor Corporation

Novatek Microelectronics Corp.

Chia-Hao Lee

Manoj Kumar

Chih-Cherng Liao

Pei-Heng Hung

Shang-Hui Tu

Jui-Chun Chang

Hsiung-Shih Chang

Jun-Wei Chen

Ankit Kumar

Chih-Hung Lin

Rudy Octavius Sihombing

Priyono Tri Sulistyanto

Chang-Xiang Hung

Tsung-Hsiung Lee

Syed-Sarwar Imam

Hsin-Chih Lin

Li-Che Chen

Yung-Hao Lin

Chia-Ching Huang

Yung-Lung Chou

Gene Sheu

Chung-Hsuan Wang

Sing-Lin Wu

Shin-Cheng Lin

Wen-Hsin Lin

Ching-Yi Hsu

Yun-Chou Wei

Karuna Nidhi

Hung-Wei Wang

Po-Heng Lin

Tse-Hsiao Liu

Kan-Sen Chen

Chung-Te Chou

Ya-Han Liang

Chueh-An Tsai

Rahul Kumar

Shao-Ming Yang

Neelam Agarwal

Kun-Han Lin

Chen-Dong Tzou

Yu-Hsuan Huang

A semiconductor device includes a trench disposed in an epitaxial layer on a substrate. A gate structure is disposed in the trench and includes upper and lower conductive portions. A dielectric isolation portion is disposed between the upper and lower conductive portions. A dielectric liner is disposed in the trench and has an opening on the bottom surface of the trench. The opening is filled up with a part of the lower conductive portion. A portion of the epitaxial layer and the lower conductive portion construct a Schottky barrier diode. A doped region is disposed in the epitaxial layer, under the bottom surface of the trench and on one side of the lower conductive portion. The portion of the epitaxial layer and a portion of the doped region are in contact with the lower conductive portion.

Semiconductor device and fabrication method thereof

A semiconductor device, which comprises a semiconductor substrate, an epitaxial layer, first metal structures, first doped regions, second metal structures, second doped regions, a conductive layer and a Schottky layer. The epitaxial layer is disposed on the semiconductor substrate. The first metal structures are disposed in the epitaxial layer. The first metal structures extend along a first direction and have a first width in a second direction. The first doped regions are disposed in the epitaxial layer and extend from below each first metal structure to the sidewall of each first metal structure. The second metal structure is disposed in the epitaxial layer. The second metal structures extend along the first direction and have a second width in the second direction, wherein the first width is larger than the second width. The conductive layer is disposed under the semiconductor substrate, and the Schottky layer is disposed on the epitaxial layer.

Semiconductor device

A semiconductor device includes an epitaxial layer, at least one gate trench, and at least one trench gate structure. The gate trench includes a lower gate trench and an upper gate trench, and a width of the lower gate trench is less than a width of the upper gate trench. The trench gate structure is disposed in the gate trench, and the trench gate structure includes a bottom gate structure, a middle gate structure, and a top gate structure. The thickness of the second gate dielectric layer of the middle gate structure is less than the thickness of the first gate dielectric layer of the bottom gate structure. The thickness of the third gate dielectric layer of the top gate structure is less than the thickness of the second gate dielectric layer of the middle gate structure. The first, second, and third gate electrodes are separated from each other.

Semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same

A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a gate dielectric layer, a gate electrode, a field plate, a source electrode and a drain electrode. The gate dielectric layer is disposed on the substrate and includes a first portion having a first thickness, a second portion having a second thickness, and a third portion having a third thickness. The first, second and third thicknesses are different from each other, and the first thickness is smaller than the second and third thicknesses. The gate electrode is disposed on the first portion of the gate dielectric layer. The field plate is separated from and electrically coupled to the gate electrode, and is disposed on the second and third portions of the gate dielectric layer. The source and drain electrodes are disposed on the sides of the gate electrode and the field plate, respectively.

A semiconductor device includes a compound semiconductor layer disposed on a substrate, a protection layer disposed on the compound semiconductor layer, and a source electrode, a drain electrode and a gate electrode penetrating the protection layer and on the compound semiconductor layer, wherein the gate electrode is disposed between the source electrode and the drain electrode. The semiconductor device also includes a plurality of field plates disposed over the protection layer and between the gate electrode and the drain electrode, wherein the plurality of field plates are separated from each other.

A semiconductor device includes a substrate, an epitaxial layer, an emitter region, and a collector region. The epitaxial layer is disposed over the substrate and has a first conductivity type. The drift region is disposed in the epitaxial layer and has a second conductivity type that is the opposite of the first conductivity type. The emitter region is disposed in the epitaxial layer outside the drift region. The collector region is disposed in the drift region. The semiconductor device also includes a doped region. The doped region is disposed adjacent to the bottom surface of the drift region and has the first conductivity type.

Semiconductor devices and methods for fabricating the same

A semiconductor structure is provided. The semiconductor structure includes a substrate, a first well region, a second well region, an isolation structure, and a gate structure. The first well region is disposed in the substrate. The second well region is disposed in the substrate. The second well region is adjoining the first well region. The isolation structure is disposed in the first well region. The gate structure is disposed on the substrate. The gate structure includes a first gate portion and a second gate portion. The first gate portion overlaps the first well region and the second well region. There is an opening between the first gate portion and the second gate portion exposing a portion of the isolation structure.

Semiconductor structure and method of forming the same

A semiconductor device includes a compound semiconductor layer disposed over a substrate, a protection layer disposed over the compound semiconductor layer, and a source electrode, a drain electrode and a gate electrode which penetrate through the protection layer and are disposed on the compound semiconductor layer. The semiconductor device also includes a gate field plate connecting the gate electrode and disposed over a portion of the protection layer between the gate electrode and the drain electrode. The gate field plate has an extension portion extending into the protection layer.

Semiconductor devices having a gate field plate including an extension portion and methods for fabricating the semiconductor device

A semiconductor device includes a compound semiconductor layer disposed on a substrate, a protection layer disposed on the compound semiconductor layer, and a source electrode, a drain electrode and a gate electrode penetrating the protection layer and on the compound semiconductor layer, wherein the gate electrode is disposed between the source electrode and the drain electrode. The semiconductor device also includes a plurality of field plates disposed over the protection layer and between the gate electrode and the drain electrode, wherein the plurality of field plates are separated from each other. A method for fabricating the semiconductor device is also provided.

A semiconductor device, including an insulator formed on a top surface of a semiconductor substrate, a semiconductor layer, containing a first region of a first conductivity type, formed on the insulator layer, wherein the first region is a P+ region or an N+ region, a second region of a second conductivity type in direct contact with the first region and forming a P-N junction with the first region, wherein the P-N junction comprises a first portion parallel to the top surface of the semiconductor substrate, and the second region is the semiconductor substrate and partially covered by the semiconductor layer, a first metallization region in electrical contact with the first region and a second metallization region in electrical contact with the second region.

Semiconductor device including zener diode and method of manufacturing thereof

The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a gate structure disposed on a semiconductor substrate, a sidewall spacer disposed on sidewalls of the gate structure, a lightly-doped source/drain region formed in the semiconductor substrate on opposite sides of the gate structure, a source/drain region formed in the semiconductor substrate on opposite sides of the sidewall spacer, a halo implant region formed in the semiconductor substrate below the gate structure and adjacent to the lightly-doped source/drain region, and a counter-doping region formed in the semiconductor substrate below the gate structure and between the lightly-doped source/drain region and the halo implant region. The dopant concentration of the counter-doping region is lower than the dopant concentration of the halo implant region.

Semiconductor device and method for forming the same

A semiconductor device includes a first gallium nitride layer disposed on a semiconductor substrate, and an aluminum gallium nitride layer disposed on the first gallium nitride layer. The semiconductor device also includes an upper recess and a lower recess disposed in the aluminum gallium nitride layer, wherein the upper recess adjoins the lower recess, and the upper recess has a width that is greater than that of the lower recess. The semiconductor device further includes a second gallium nitride layer disposed in the first recess and the second recess, and a gate structure disposed on the second gallium nitride layer. In addition, the semiconductor device includes a source electrode and a drain electrode disposed on the aluminum gallium nitride layer.

Semiconductor devices and methods for manufacturing the same

A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, an oxide layer disposed over the substrate, and a first epitaxial layer disposed over the oxide layer. The first epitaxial layer has the first conductivity type. The semiconductor device also includes a second epitaxial layer disposed over the first epitaxial layer and a third epitaxial layer disposed over the second epitaxial layer. The second epitaxial layer has a second conductivity type that is opposite to the first conductivity type. The third epitaxial layer has the first conductivity type.

Semiconductor substrate structure and semiconductor device and methods for forming the same

A split-gate flash memory cell is provided. The split-gate flash memory cell includes a semiconductor substrate, a floating gate dielectric on the semiconductor substrate, and a floating gate. The floating gate includes a conductive layer on the floating gate dielectric, and a pair of conductive spacers on a top surface of the conductive layer. The split-gate flash memory cell also includes an inter-gate dielectric covering the floating gate, including sidewalls of the conductive layer and the conductive spacers. The split-gate flash memory cell also includes a control gate on the inter-gate dielectric.

Split-gate flash memory cell and method for forming the same

A semiconductor device includes an epitaxial layer disposed over a semiconductor substrate, a drift region disposed in the epitaxial layer and adjacent to an upper surface of the epitaxial layer, a gate structure disposed over the epitaxial layer, a source region disposed in the epitaxial layer outside the drift region, and a drain region disposed in the drift region. The epitaxial layer and the drift region have a first conductivity type. The semiconductor device also includes a plurality of doped region pairs disposed in the drift region and arranged in a direction from the drain region toward the source region. Each of the plurality of doped region pairs includes a first doped region having a second conductivity type opposite to the first conductivity type, and a second doped region disposed over the first doped region. The second doped region has the first conductivity type.

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