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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2018
Siliconix Incorporated, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Max Shih-kuan Chen, New Taipei, TW;
Hao-Che Chien, Taipei, TW;
Loizos Efthymiou, Cambridge, GB;
Florin Udrea, Cambridge, GB;
Giorgia Longobardi, Cambridge, GB;
Gianluca Camuso, Villach, AT;
SILICONIX INCORPORATED, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A power semiconductor device and method for making same are disclosed. The device includes a source bonding pad and a drain bonding pad, a drain metallization structure including a drain field plate connected to the drain bonding pad, and a source metallization structure comprising a source field plate connected to the source bonding pad. At least a portion of at least one of the bonding pads is situated directly over an active area. A dimension of at least one of the field plates varies depending upon the structure adjacent to the field plate.