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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2002
Shinichi Jimbo, Nagano, JP;
Jun Saito, Nagano, JP;
Fuji Electric Co., Ltd., Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A semiconductor device is provided having a high voltage driver IC reducing malfunction or device destruction. A high voltage IC chip includes a trench structure that surrounds each of two semiconductor regions at different electrical potentials. Specifically, a first semiconductor region forms a ground-potential-based circuit, and a high voltage junction terminating structure around a second semiconductor region forms a floating-potential-based circuit. A trench structure is formed after digging a trench by implanting a high concentration p+ region on a trench wall, or alternatively, by filling the trench with a p+ doped polysilicon or with a dielectric.