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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2013
Filed:
May. 11, 2012
Hsi-yu Kuo, Hsinchu, TW;
Chi-kuang Chen, Taipei, TW;
Hsi-Yu Kuo, Hsinchu, TW;
Chi-Kuang Chen, Taipei, TW;
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Abstract
The present disclosure provides an ESD protection device. The device contains a bipolar junction transistor device that includes a collector, a base, and an emitter. The collector includes a first doped element and a more heavily doped second doped element disposed over the first doped element. The first and second doped elements each have a first doping polarity. The base is located adjacent to the collector and includes a third doped element having a second doping polarity different from the first doping polarity. A p-n junction is formed between the third doped element and one of the first and second doped elements. The emitter is formed over the base. The emitter includes a fourth doped element having the first doping polarity and forming a p-n junction with the third doped element. The fourth doped element is more heavily doped than the third doped element.