Electronic device and electrostatic discharge protection circuit

    公开(公告)号:US11699899B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-11

    申请号:US16958159

    申请日:2020-04-28

    IPC分类号: H02H9/04 H01L27/02

    CPC分类号: H02H9/046 H01L27/0248

    摘要: An electronic device includes a first group III nitride transistor and an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit. The ESD protection circuit includes a diode and a second transistor. The diode has an anode electrically connected to a gate of the first group III nitride transistor. The second transistor has a drain electrically connected to the gate of the first group III nitride transistor, a gate electrically connected to a cathode of the diode and a source electrically connected to a source of the first group III nitride transistor.

    Semiconductor device having improved gate leakage current

    公开(公告)号:US12040394B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-16

    申请号:US17064622

    申请日:2020-10-07

    IPC分类号: H01L29/778 H01L29/20

    CPC分类号: H01L29/7787 H01L29/2003

    摘要: The present invention relates to a semiconductor device having an improved gate leakage current. The semiconductor device includes: a substrate; a first nitride semiconductor layer, positioned above the substrate; a second nitride semiconductor layer, positioned above the first nitride semiconductor layer and having an energy band gap greater than that of the first nitride semiconductor layer; a source contact and a drain contact, positioned above the second nitride semiconductor layer; a doped third nitride semiconductor layer, positioned above the second nitride semiconductor layer and between the drain contact and the source contact; and a gate electrode, positioned above the doped third nitride semiconductor layer, where the doped third nitride semiconductor layer has at least one protrusion extending along a direction substantially parallel to an interface between the first nitride semiconductor layer and the second nitride semiconductor layer, thereby improving the gate leakage current phenomenon.

    Semiconductor device with asymmetric gate structure

    公开(公告)号:US11769826B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-09-26

    申请号:US17976876

    申请日:2022-10-31

    摘要: A semiconductor device includes a channel layer, a barrier layer, source contact and a drain contact, a doped group III-V layer, and a gate electrode. The barrier layer is positioned above the channel layer. The source contact and the drain contact are positioned above the barrier layer. The doped group III-V layer is positioned above the barrier layer and between the first drain contact and the first source contact. The first doped group III-V layer has a first non-vertical sidewall and a second non-vertical sidewall. The gate electrode is positioned above the doped group III-V layer and has a third non-vertical sidewall and a fourth non-vertical sidewall. A horizontal distance from the first non-vertical sidewall to the third non-vertical sidewall is different than a horizontal distance from the second non-vertical sidewall to the fourth non-vertical sidewall.

    Semiconductor device with asymmetric gate structure

    公开(公告)号:US11515409B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-29

    申请号:US17064630

    申请日:2020-10-07

    摘要: The present invention relates to a semiconductor device with an asymmetric gate structure. The device comprises a substrate; a channel layer, positioned above the substrate; a barrier layer, positioned above the channel layer, the barrier layer and the channel layer being configured to form two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG), and the 2DEG being formed in the channel layer along an interface between the channel layer and the barrier layer; a source contact and a drain contact, positioned above the barrier layer; a doped group III-V layer, positioned above the barrier layer and between the drain contact and the source contact; and a gate electrode, positioned above the doped group III-V layer and configured to form a Schottky junction with the doped group III-V layer, wherein the doped group III-V layer and/or gate electrode has a non-central symmetrical geometry so as to achieve the effect of improving gate leakage current characteristics.