Vanguard International Semiconductor Corporation

Chun-Jung Chiu

Jian-Hsing Lee

Wen-Hsin Lin

Yeh-Jen Huang

Shin-Cheng Lin

Hwa-Chyi Chiou

A control circuit applied in a specific element and including a first transistor and an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit is provided. The specific element has a III-V semiconductor material and includes a control electrode, a first electrode and a second electrode. The first transistor is coupled between the first electrode and the second electrode and has the III-V semiconductor material. The ESD protection circuit is coupled to the control electrode, the first transistor and the second electrode. In response to an ESD event, the ESD protection circuit provides a discharge path to release the ESD current from the control electrode to the second electrode.

Control circuit and high electron mobility element

A semiconductor device including a substrate, a seed layer, a buffer layer, a channel layer, a barrier layer, a gate structure, a first source/drain structure, a second source/drain structure, and a contact is provided. The seed layer is disposed on the substrate. The buffer layer is disposed on the seed layer. The channel layer is disposed on the buffer layer. The barrier layer is disposed on the channel layer. The gate structure is disposed on the barrier layer. The first and second source/drain structures are disposed on opposite sides of the gate structure. The contact contacts the first source/drain structure. The distance between the gate structure and the contact is between 0.5 micrometers and 30 micrometers.

Semiconductor device and operation circuit

An electrostatic discharge protection device including a substrate, a first PNP element, a second PNP element, and an isolation region is provided. The substrate has a P-type conductivity. The first and second PNP elements are formed in the substrate. The isolation region isolates the first and second PNP elements.

Electrostatic discharge protection device

A semiconductor device structure is provided. The semiconductor device structure includes a semiconductor substrate and a first well region that has first conductive type therein. The semiconductor device structure also includes a first doped region embedded in the first well region, and having a second conductive type that is different from the first conductive type. The semiconductor device structure further includes a second well region that has the second conductive type. In addition, the semiconductor device structure includes a first metal electrode disposed on the first doped region of the semiconductor substrate and a second metal electrode disposed on the second well region of the semiconductor substrate.

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Tainan, Taiwan

Chun-Jung Chiu