High breakdown-voltage diode with electric-field relaxation regi

Active solid-state devices (e.g. – transistors – solid-state diode – With means to increase breakdown voltage threshold – In integrated circuit

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257488, 257545, H01L 2358

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060021586

ABSTRACT:
A high breakdown-voltage diode is provided, which has a decreased chip area and a low electric resistance between anode and cathode regions after the breakdown phenomenon takes place. A semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type is vertically isolated by a first isolation dielectric and laterally isolated by a second isolation dielectric from outside. A first diffusion region of a second conductivity type is formed in a surface area of the semiconductor layer, thereby forming a first p-n junction. A second diffusion region of the first conductivity type is formed in the surface area to be apart from the first diffusion region. A third diffusion region of the second conductivity type is formed in the surface area between the first and second diffusion regions, thereby forming a second p-n junction. The third diffusion region is electrically connected to the first diffusion region. A depletion region formed at the second p-n junction grows according to a reverse voltage applied across the first and second diffusion regions, so that each end of the depletion region extends to a surface of the third diffusion region and to the first isolation dielectric while no breakdown occurs at the first p-n junction, relaxing an electric filed existing near the first p-n junction.

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