Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Comp. Ltd.

Hsueh-Liang Chou

Ruey-Hsin Liu

Po-Chih Su

Chun-Wai Ng

Chen-Bau Wu

Chi-Chih Chen

Weng-Chu Chu

Tsung-Yi Huang

Jun Cai

Fu-Jier Fan

Yu-Chang Jong

Pei-Lun Wang

Dah-Chuen Ho

Hui-Ting Lu

Chih-Wen Yao

Tung-Yang Lin

Yuichiro Yamashita

Felix Ying-Kit Tsui

Hsiao-Chin Tuan

Kun-Ming Huang

Wen-Shun Lo

Puo-Yu Chiang

De-Fang Huang

Tzu-Yang Wu

Hsiao Chin Tuan

Ya-Wen Lee

Chia-Hung Kao

Sheng-Chieh Liu

Robert S J Pan

Jeffery Chu

Present disclosure provides a transistor structure, including a substrate, a first gate extending along a longitudinal direction over the substrate, the first gate including a gate electrode, a second gate over the substrate and apart from the first gate, a source region of a first conductivity type in the substrate, aligning to an edge in proximity to a side of the first gate, a P-type well surrounding the source region, a drain region of the first conductivity type in the substrate, an N-type well surrounding the drain region, the second gate is entirely within a vertical projection area of the N-type well and a bottom surface of the P-type well and a bottom surface of the N-type well are substantially at a same depth from the first gate.

Transistor structure and manufacturing method of the same

Present disclosure provides a transistor structure, including a substrate, a first gate over the substrate, a second gate over the substrate and laterally in contact with the first gate, a first conductive region of a first conductivity type in the substrate, self-aligning to a side of the first gate, and a second conductive region of the first conductivity type in the substrate, self-aligning to a side of the second gate. A method for manufacturing the transistor structure is also disclosed.

A device includes a vertical transistor comprising a first gate in a first trench, wherein the first gate comprises a dielectric layer and a gate region over the dielectric layer, and a second gate in a second trench, a high voltage lateral transistor immediately adjacent to the vertical transistor and a low voltage lateral transistor, wherein the high voltage lateral transistor is between the vertical transistor and the low voltage lateral transistor.

Integrated circuit having a vertical power MOS transistor

A method includes forming a first semiconductor layer over a substrate, forming a second semiconductor layer over the first semiconductor layer, forming a first trench and a second trench through in the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer, wherein a width of the second trench is different from a width of the first trench, forming a dielectric region in the first trench and forming a first gate region in the first trench and over the dielectric region, and a second gate region in the second trench.

Apparatus and method for power MOS transistor

The present disclosure, in some embodiments, relates to a method of forming an integrated chip. The method may be performed by forming a source region and a drain region within a substrate. A gate structure is formed over the substrate and between the source region and the drain region. One or more dielectric layers are formed over the gate structure, and a first inter-level dielectric (ILD) layer is formed over the one or more dielectric layers. The first ILD layer laterally surrounds the gate structure. The first ILD layer is etched to define contact openings and a field plate opening. The contact openings and the field plate opening are filled with a conductive material.

Methodology and structure for field plate design

An LDMOS transistor with a dummy gate comprises an extended drift region over a substrate, a drain region in the extended drift region, a channel region in the extended drift region, a source region in the channel region, a first dielectric layer with a first thickness formed over the extended drift region, a second dielectric layer with a second thickness formed over the extended drift region and the channel region, wherein the first thickness is greater than the second thickness, and wherein the first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer form two steps, a first gate formed over the first dielectric layer and a second gate formed above the second dielectric layer.

Lateral DMOS device with dummy gate

The present disclosure relates to a high voltage transistor device having a field structure that includes at least one conduction unit, and a method of formation. In some embodiments, the high voltage transistor device has a gate electrode disposed over a substrate between a source region and a drain region located within the substrate. A dielectric layer laterally extends from over the gate electrode to over a drift region between the gate electrode and the drain region. A field structure is located within the first ILD layer. The field structure includes a conduction unit having a vertically elongated shape and vertically extending from a top surface of the dielectric layer and a top surface of the first ILD layer.

Field structure and methodology

The present disclosure, in some embodiments, relates to a transistor device having a field plate. The transistor device has a gate electrode disposed over a substrate between a source region and a drain region. One or more dielectric layers are arranged over the gate electrode, and a field plate is arranged over the one or more dielectric layers. The field plate extends from a first outermost sidewall that is directly over an upper surface of the gate electrode to a second outermost sidewall that is between the gate electrode and the drain region and that extends to below the upper surface of the gate electrode.

A device includes a semiconductor region of a first conductivity type, a trench extending into the semiconductor region, and a conductive field plate in the trench. A first dielectric layer separates a bottom and sidewalls of the field plate from the semiconductor region. A main gate is disposed in the trench and overlapping the field plate. A second dielectric layer is disposed between and separating the main gate and the field plate from each other. A Doped Drain (DD) region of the first conductivity type is under the second dielectric layer, wherein an edge portion of the main gate overlaps the DD region. A body region includes a first portion at a same level as a portion of the main gate, and a second portion at a same level as, and contacting, the DD region, wherein the body region is of a second conductivity type opposite the first conductivity type.

Trench power MOSFET

A device includes a vertical transistor and a lateral transistor on a substrate, wherein the vertical transistor comprises a first gate in a first trench, a second gate in a second trench, a source and a drain, wherein the source and the drain are on opposite sides of the first trench and the lateral transistor and the drain are on opposite sides of the second trench.

The present disclosure provides a photodiode device, which includes a semiconductor substrate, a well region in the semiconductor substrate of a first dopant type, a first doped region of the first dopant type in the well region, and a second doped region of a second dopant type disposed in the well region and over the first doped region. The second doped region comprises first recesses exposed through a surface of the second doped region, and a first portion of the second doped region on the surface comprises a first doping concentration of the second dopant type greater than a second doping concentration of a second portion of the second doped region away from the first recesses.

Photodiode device and manufacturing method thereof

A device includes a semiconductor region in a semiconductor chip, a gate dielectric layer over the semiconductor region, and a gate electrode over the gate dielectric. A drain region is disposed at a top surface of the semiconductor region and adjacent to the gate electrode. A gate spacer is on a sidewall of the gate electrode. A dielectric layer is disposed over the gate electrode and the gate spacer. A conductive field plate is over the dielectric layer, wherein the conductive field plate has a portion on a drain side of the gate electrode. A conductive via is disposed in the semiconductor region. A source electrode is underlying the semiconductor region, wherein the source electrode is electrically shorted to the conductive field plate through the conductive via.

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