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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2013
International Rectifier Corporation, El Segundo, CA (US);
Michael A. Briere, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Naresh Thapar, San Diego, CA (US);
International Rectifier Corporation, El Segundo, CA (US);
Abstract
There are disclosed herein various implementations of a transistor having a segmented gate region. Such a transistor may include at least one segmentation dielectric segment and two or more gate dielectric segments. The segmentation dielectric segment or segments are thicker than the gate dielectric segments, and is/are situated between the gate dielectric segments. The segmentation dielectric segment or segments cause an increase in the effective gate length so as to improve resistance to punch-through breakdown between a drain electrode and a source electrode of the transistor when the transistor is off.