Dense vertical j-MOS transistor
First Claim
1. A vertical transistor comprising:
- a highly doped semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type;
an epitaxial layer of a first conductivity type overlying said substrate;
one or more conductive gates insulated from said substrate and said epitaxial layer, each of said one or more gates being embedded fully within said epitaxial layer and partially within said substrate, the portions of said epitaxial layer being depleted by action of said one or more gates forming one or more vertical channels; and
one or more highly doped regions of a first conductivity type, each overlying a corresponding one of said one or more channels.
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Abstract
A j-MOS structure is disclosed which operates at high current densities and provides high current handling capability. A heavily doped N+ substrate, acting as a drain, has grown on it a lightly doped N- epitaxial layer. Within the epitaxial layer are multiple N+ buried regions, each within a corresponding P+ buried region, and bisecting each of the multiple N+ regions are vertical gates extending from the upper surface of the epitaxial layer down into the N+ substrate. These gates are insulated from the epitaxial layer and substrate via a thin gate oxide layer, but are electrically connected to the multiple N+ buried regions. Between each adjacent gate pair, N+ source regions are formed on the upper surface of the epitaxial layer. The gates are connected together via a conductive layer which also electrically shorts the gates to a poly-Si contact making contact with the N+ buried regions. The N+ source regions between the gates are also electrically connected together via the conductive layer, but are insulated from the gates and P+ and N+ buried regions.
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16 Claims
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1. A vertical transistor comprising:
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a highly doped semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type; an epitaxial layer of a first conductivity type overlying said substrate; one or more conductive gates insulated from said substrate and said epitaxial layer, each of said one or more gates being embedded fully within said epitaxial layer and partially within said substrate, the portions of said epitaxial layer being depleted by action of said one or more gates forming one or more vertical channels; and one or more highly doped regions of a first conductivity type, each overlying a corresponding one of said one or more channels. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A vertical transistor comprising:
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a highly doped semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type having bottom and top major surfaces; an epitaxial layer of a first conductivity type overlying said substrate; a plurality of conductive gates in electrical contact with each other and insulated from said substrate and said epitaxial layer, each of said gates having two major essentially parallel surfaces, said gates being embedded fully within said epitaxial layer and partially within said substrate such that said major parallel surfaces are essentially perpendicular to said major surfaces of said substrate, the portion of said epitaxial layer between facing surfaces of proximate gates forming one or more vertical channels; and one or more highly doped regions of a first conductivity type, each overlying a corresponding one of said channels. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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