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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 1993
Filed:
Apr. 14, 1992
Johnny K Sin, Hong Kong, HK;
Barry M Singer, New York, NY (US);
Satyendranath Mukherjee, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
North American Philips Corp., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A power integrated circuit includes a substrate with an overlying epitaxial surface layer of opposite conductivity type. A semiconductor power device, such as a high-power diode or lateral MOS transistor, is located in the epitaxial layer and forms a p-n junction diode with the substrate. The power integrated circuit also includes a separate semiconductor well region in the epitaxial layer, in which one or more low-power semiconductor circuit elements are formed. In order to minimize the problem of latch up in the low-power circuit elements due to the injection of minority carriers from the substrate, the power integrated circuit is provided with a collector region and an isolation region between the power device and the well region having the low-power circuit elements.