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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2021
Nxp Usa, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Bernhard Grote, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Philippe Renaud, Chandler, AZ (US);
Humayun Kabir, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Bruce McRae Green, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Ibrahim Khalil, Gilbert, AZ (US);
NXP USA, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
Placement of a field plate in a field-effect transistor is optimized by using multiple dielectric layers such that a first end of field plate is separated from a channel region of the transistor by a first set of one or more distinct dielectric material layers. A second end of the field plate overlies the channel region and a control electrode from which it is separated by the first set of dielectric layers and one or more additional dielectric layers. Relative positioning of the control electrode and the field plate are determined by a single processing step such that the field plate is self-aligned to the control electrode in order to reduce variations in transistor performance associated with manufacturing process variations.