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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2012
Applicant:
Semiconductor Components Industries, Llc, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Inventors:
Jeffrey Pearse, Chandler, AZ (US);
Prasad Venkatraman, Gilbert, AZ (US);
James Sellers, Chandler, AZ (US);
Hemanshu D. Bhatt, Bangalore, IN;
Assignee:
Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In one embodiment, an MOS transistor is formed to have an active region and a termination region. Within the termination region a plurality of conductors are formed to make electrical contact to conductors that are within a plurality of trenches. The plurality of conductors in the termination region are formed to be substantially coplanar.