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Patent No.:

US 10720510 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2020

Filed:

May. 09, 2018

Lateral transistors and methods with low-voltage-drop shunt to body diode

Applicant:

Maxpower Semiconductor Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Mohamed N. Darwish, Campbell, CA (US);

Jun Zeng, Torrance, CA (US);

Richard A. Blanchard, Los Altos, CA (US);

Assignee:

MaxPower Semiconductor Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorneys:

Groover & Associates PLLC

Gwendolyn G. Corcoran

Robert O. Groover, III

Primary Examiner:

Marcos D Pizarro

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/66 (2006.01); H01L 27/088 (2006.01); H01L 29/417 (2006.01); H01L 29/40 (2006.01); H01L 29/78 (2006.01); H01L 29/08 (2006.01); H01L 29/10 (2006.01); H01L 21/265 (2006.01); H01L 21/8234 (2006.01); H01L 29/36 (2006.01); H01L 29/423 (2006.01); H01L 29/739 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/66734 (2013.01); H01L 21/26506 (2013.01); H01L 21/823412 (2013.01); H01L 21/823437 (2013.01); H01L 21/823475 (2013.01); H01L 21/823487 (2013.01); H01L 27/088 (2013.01); H01L 29/0878 (2013.01); H01L 29/1033 (2013.01); H01L 29/1095 (2013.01); H01L 29/36 (2013.01); H01L 29/407 (2013.01); H01L 29/41741 (2013.01); H01L 29/41766 (2013.01); H01L 29/4236 (2013.01); H01L 29/66727 (2013.01); H01L 29/7395 (2013.01); H01L 29/7803 (2013.01); H01L 29/7813 (2013.01); H01L 29/7827 (2013.01); H01L 29/7831 (2013.01); H01L 29/7835 (2013.01); H01L 29/0847 (2013.01); H01L 29/42368 (2013.01); H01L 29/66666 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and systems for power semiconductor devices integrating multiple quasi-vertical transistors on a single chip. Multiple power transistors (or active regions) are paralleled, but one transistor has a lower threshold voltage. This reduces the voltage drop when the transistor is forward-biased. In an alternative embodiment, the power device with lower threshold voltage is simply connected as a depletion diode, to thereby shunt the body diodes of the active transistors, without affecting turn-on and ON-state behavior.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Darwish, Mohamed. (2020). Lateral transistors and methods with low-voltage-drop shunt to body diode (U.S. Patent No. 10720510). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10720510

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