Method for forming a CMOS integrated circuit with electrostatic

Details Method for forming a CMOS integrated circuit with electrostatic Method for forming a CMOS integrated circuit with electrostatic

1994-05-11

1996-07-23

Nguyen, Tuan H.

Fishing, trapping, and vermin destroying

437 44, 437154, H01L 21265

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055389074

ABSTRACT:
A CMOS integrate circuit has improved protection to damage from electrostatic discharge (ESD) events because the circuit is formed with a virtual lateral bipolar transistor submerged in the morphology of the integrated circuit beneath an active circuit element of the circuit, and being formed by impurity atoms implanted into the substrate structure as ions which disperse laterally to form a dispersed charge permeation zone through which surge current from an ESD is conducted safely at a current level sufficiently low that the substrate material of the integrated circuit is not damaged. The integrated circuit may be formed with an intrinsic zener diode having a reverse bias breakdown voltage high enough to not interfere with the normal operation of the integrated circuit, and low enough to allow surge current from an ESD event to safely flow to ground potential.

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