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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 29, 2016
Applicant:
Toshiba Corporation, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Long Yang, Union City, CA (US);
Assignee:
Toshiba Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/15 (2006.01); H01L 29/40 (2006.01); H01L 29/20 (2006.01); H01L 29/205 (2006.01); H01L 29/778 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/402 (2013.01); H01L 29/2003 (2013.01); H01L 29/205 (2013.01); H01L 29/7787 (2013.01);
Abstract
A high voltage semiconductor structure with a field plate comprising a depletable material that increases the breakdown voltage of the semiconductor structure. A depletion region forms within the depletable field plate which redistributes the electric field and preventing electric charges from concentrating at the corners of the field plate. The thickness, doping concentration, doping uniformity, and geometric shape of the field plates may be adjusted to optimize the effect of the charge redistribution.