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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 15, 1996
Chung-Chyung Han, San Jose, CA (US);
Jeong Yeol Choi, Fremont, CA (US);
Cheun-Der Lien, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Integrated Device Technology, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A structure for improving latch-up immunity and interwell isolation in a semiconductor device is provided. In one embodiment, a substrate has an upper surface and a first dopant region formed therein. The first dopant region has a lower boundary located below an upper surface of the substrate and a side boundary extending from the upper surface of the substrate to the lower boundary of the first dopant region. A heavily doped region having a first portion and a second portion located along the lower boundary and the side boundary of the first dopant region, respectively, has a substantially uniform dopant concentration greater than a dopant concentration of the first dopant region. The heavily doped region improves latch-up immunity and interwell isolation without degrading threshold voltage tolerance.