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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2009
Robert Kuo-chang Yang, Campbell, CA (US);
Muhammed Ayman Shibib, San Jose, CA (US);
Richard A. Blanchard, Los Altos, CA (US);
Robert Kuo-Chang Yang, Campbell, CA (US);
Muhammed Ayman Shibib, San Jose, CA (US);
Richard A. Blanchard, Los Altos, CA (US);
Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation, South Portland, ME (US);
Abstract
A semiconductor device includes a source region, a drain region, a gate region, and a drift region. The drift region further includes an active drift region and inactive floating charge control (FCC) regions. The active drift region conducts current between the source region and the drain region when voltage is applied to the gate region. The inactive FCC regions, which field-shape the active drift region to improve breakdown voltage, are vertically stacked in the drift region and are separated by the active drift region. Vertically stacking the inactive FCC regions reduce on-resistance while maintaining higher breakdown voltages.