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US 6,207,994 B1Granted
High-voltage transistor with multi-layer conduction region
AssigneePower Integrations, Inc.
InventorsVladimir Rumennik, Donald R. Disney, Janardhanan S. Ajit
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Abstract
A high voltage insulated gate field-effect transistor includes an insulated gate field-effect device structure having a source and a drain, the drain being formed with an extended well region having one or more buried layers of opposite conduction type sandwiched therein. The one or more buried layers create an associated plurality of parallel JFET conduction channels in the extended portion of the well region. The parallel JFET conduction channels provide the HVFET with a low on-state resistance.
Claims7
A high voltage field-effect transistor (HVFET) comprising:
- a substrate of a first conductivity type;
- a source diffusion region of a second conductivity type disposed in the substrate, the source diffusion region having a source fingertip area;
- a first region of the second conductivity type disposed in the substrate spaced-apart from the source diffusion region with an IGFET channel region being formed therebetween, the first region having a pair of drain fingertips areas inter-digitated with the source fingertip area;
- a drain diffusion region of the second conductivity type disposed in the first region;
- a buffer area formed between the source diffusion region and the first region adjacent the source fingertip area, the buffer area being substantially wider than the IGFET channel region;
- an insulated gate disposed above the IGFET channel region;
- a plurality of buried layers of the first conductivity type disposed within the first region, the buried layers forming an associated plurality of JFET conduction channels in the first region.
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