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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2015
Tsung-yi Huang, Hsinchu, TW;
Kuo-hsuan Lo, Taoyuan, TW;
Wu-te Weng, Hsinchu, TW;
RICHTEK TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Zhubei, Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
The present invention discloses a transient voltage suppression (TVS) device and a manufacturing method thereof. The TVS device limits a voltage drop between two terminals thereof not to exceed a clamp voltage. The TVS device is formed in a stack substrate including a semiconductor substrate, a P-type first epitaxial layer, and a second epitaxial layer stacked in sequence. In the TVS device, a first PN diode is connected to a Zener diode in series, wherein the series circuit is surrounded by a first shallow trench isolation (STI) region; and a second PN diode is connected in parallel to the series circuit, wherein the second PN diode is surrounded by a second STI region. The first STI region and the second STI region both extend from an upper surface to the second epitaxial layer, but not to the first epitaxial layer.