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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2014
Applicant:
Globalfoundries Inc., Grand Cayman, KY (US);
Inventors:
Amaury Gendron-Hansen, San Jose, CA (US);
Jagar Singh, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Andy Wei, Dresden, DE;
Assignee:
GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC., Grand Cayman, KY;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/02 (2006.01); H01L 29/739 (2006.01); H01L 29/66 (2006.01); H01L 29/45 (2006.01); H01L 29/423 (2006.01); H01L 21/285 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/0266 (2013.01); H01L 21/28568 (2013.01); H01L 27/0255 (2013.01); H01L 29/42316 (2013.01); H01L 29/45 (2013.01); H01L 29/66356 (2013.01); H01L 29/7391 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of forming a metal gate diode ESD protection device and the resulting device are provided. Embodiments include forming a metal gate diode including a metal gate on a substrate; forming an n-type cathode on a first side of the metal gate diode; and forming a p-type anode on a second side of the metal gate diode, opposite the first side.