United Microelectronics Corp.

Ching-Chung Yang

Shih-Yin Hsiao

Kuan-Liang Liu

Wen-Fang Lee

Nien-Chung Li

Chih-Chung Wang

Ping-Hung Chiang

Chang-Po Hsiung

Kai-Kuen Chang

Shan-Shi Huang

Ssu-I Fu

Chih-Kai Hsu

Yu-Hsiang Lin

Chin-Hung Chen

Chia-Jung Hsu

Chiu-Te Lee

Chun-Ya Chiu

Shin-Hung Li

Chin-Chia Kuo

Tzu-Yun Chang

Ming-Hua Tsai

Hsueh-Chun Hsiao

Jung Han

Ze-Wei Jhou

Liang-An Huang

Tun-Jen Cheng

Chun-Lin Chen

An extended drain metal oxide semiconductor transistor includes a substrate. A gate is disposed on the substrate. A source doped region is disposed in the substrate at one side of the gate. A drain doped region is disposed in the substrate at another side of the gate. A thin gate dielectric layer is disposed under the gate. A thick gate dielectric layer is disposed under the gate. The thick gate dielectric layer extends from the bottom of the gate to contact the drain doped region. A second conductive type first well is disposed in the substrate and surrounds the source doped region and the drain doped region. A deep well is disposed within the substrate and surrounds the second conductive type first well.

EDMOS and fabricating method of the same

A semiconductor structure comprises a substrate having a first well region of a first conductive type, a second well region of a second conductive type, and a junction between the first well region and the second well region. The first conductive type and the second conductive type are complementary. A plurality of first dummy structures and second dummy structures and at least a first active region are defined in the first well region by an isolation structure. The first dummy structures are adjacent to the junction and respectively comprise a first metal silicide region and a first doped region of the first conductive type and between the first metal silicide region and the first well region. The first dummy structures are between the second dummy structures and the junction. The second dummy structures respectively comprise a second metal silicide region that direct contacts the first well region.

Semiconductor structure

A semiconductor device is disclosed. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, an active region in the substrate, a recessed region in the active region, a gate dielectric layer on the recessed region, a gate structure on the gate dielectric layer, and a source/drain region in the active region and at a side of the gate structure. An edge portion of the gate dielectric layer comprises a rounded profile, and the source/drain region directly contacts the edge portion of the gate dielectric layer.

Semiconductor device and method for forming the same

A semiconductor device includes a substrate of first conductivity type; a first heavily doped region and a second heavily doped region of second conductivity type spaced apart from the first heavily doped region, located in the substrate; a channel region in the substrate and between the first heavily doped region and the second heavily doped region; a gate disposed on the channel region; a hard mask layer covering a top surface and a sidewall of the gate; and a spacer disposed on a sidewall of the hard mask layer.

Semiconductor device and fabrication method thereof

A transistor structure includes a source region and a drain region disposed in a substrate, extending along a first direction. A polysilicon layer is disposed over the substrate, extending along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, wherein the polysilicon layer includes a first edge region, a channel region and a second edge region formed as a gate region between the source region and the drain region. The polysilicon layer has at least a first opening pattern at the first edge region having a first portion overlapping the gate region; and at least a second opening pattern at the second edge region having a second portion overlapping the gate region.

Transistor structure

A semiconductor structure is disclosed. The semiconductor structure includes a substrate, a first well region of a first conductive type and a second well region of a second conductive type disposed in the substrate. The first conductive type and the second conductive type are complementary. A plurality of first dummy structures are disposed in the first well region and arranged along a junction between the first well region and the second well region. The first dummy structures respectively include a first conductive region and a first doped region disposed between the first conductive region and the first doped region.

A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a recess, a first gate oxide layer, and a gate structure. The semiconductor substrate includes a first region and a second region adjacent to the first region. The recess is disposed in the first region of the semiconductor substrate, and an edge of the recess is located at an interface between the first region and the second region. At least a part of the first gate oxide layer is disposed in the recess. The first gate oxide layer includes a hump portion disposed adjacent to the edge of the recess, and a height of the hump portion is less than a depth of the recess. The gate structure is disposed on the first region and the second region of the semiconductor substrate, and the gate structure overlaps the hump portion of the first gate oxide layer in a vertical direction.

Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof

A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes: forming a first transistor including: forming a plurality of lightly doped regions in a substrate; forming a first gate structure on the substrate, the first gate structure covering portions of the plurality of lightly doped regions and a portion of the substrate; forming first spacers on sidewalls of the first gate structure; forming doped region in the lightly doped regions; forming an etching stop layer on the substrate; patterning the etching stop layer and the first gate structure to form a second gate structure, and to form a plurality of trenches between the second gate structure and the first spacers; and forming a first dielectric layer on the substrate to cover the etching stop layer and fill the plurality of trenches. The first dielectric layer filled in the trenches is used as virtual spacers.

Semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same

A transistor structure includes a source region and a drain region disposed in a substrate, extending along a first direction. A polysilicon layer is disposed over the substrate, extending along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, wherein the polysilicon layer includes a first edge region, a channel region and a second edge region formed as a gate region between the source region and the drain region in a plane view. The polysilicon layer has at least a first opening pattern at the first edge region having a first portion overlapping with the gate region; and at least a second opening pattern at the second edge region having a second portion overlapping with the gate region.

A high voltage semiconductor device and a manufacturing method thereof are provided in the present invention. A recess is formed in a semiconductor substrate, and a gate dielectric layer and a main gate structure are formed in the recess. Therefore, the high voltage semiconductor device formed by the manufacturing method of the present invention may include the main gate structure lower than a top surface of an isolation structure formed in the semiconductor substrate. Problems about integrated manufacturing processes of the high voltage semiconductor device and other kinds of semiconductor devices when the gate structure is relatively high because of the thicker gate dielectric layer required in the high voltage semiconductor device may be improved accordingly.

High voltage semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof

A high voltage device includes a semiconductor substrate, an ion well, a Schottky diode in the ion well, an isolation structure in the ion well surrounding the Schottky diode, and an assistant gate surrounding the Schottky diode. The assistant gate is disposed only on the isolation structure and is not in direct contact with the ion well.

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Hsinchu, Taiwan

Ching-Chung Yang