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US 11,776,815 B2
ASYMMETRICAL PLUG TECHNIQUE FOR GAN DEVICES
Alexey Kudymov, LinLin Liu, Jamal Ramdani
Power Integrations, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)·Oct. 3, 2023·US
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FIG. 1
apparatus side view
FIG. 1B is a cross-sectional side view of another example 50 semiconductor device which may use an asymmetrical plug interconnect structure, in accordance with …
FIG. 2
apparatus side view
FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional side view of an example semiconductor device with an asymmetric plug interconnect 55 structure, in accordance with an embodiment of …
FIG. 3
apparatus side view
FIG. 3A is a top down view of an example layout of a semiconductor device with an asymmetric plug interconnect structure and alternating via/plug layout, in …
FIG. 4
FIG. 4 is a top down view of an example layout of a semiconductor device with an asymmetric plug interconnect B₂ structure and alternating via/plug layout, in …
FIG. 5
FIG. 5 is a top down view of an example layout of a semiconductor device with an asymmetric plug interconnect structure and alternating via/plug layout, in …
FIG. 6
FIG. 6 is an example process flow for fabricating a semiconductor device with an asymmetric plug interconnect structure, in accordance with an embodiment of the …
Claims
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2 independent · 22 dependent
1
Independentfirst semiconductor material (channel layer)second semiconductor material (barrier/donor layer)gate dielectrichigh-voltage heterostructure field effect transistor (HFET/HEMT) with asymmetrical plug interconnect
A high-voltage field effect transistor (high-voltage FET), comprising: a first active layer including a first semiconductor material having a first bandgap; and 15 a second active layer including a second semiconductor material having a second bandgap; a gate dielectric disposed proximate to the second active layer, wherein the second active layer is disposed between the first active layer and the gate dielectric; and a plurality of contact regions of a contact footprint of a source region or a drain region of the high-voltage FET, each contact region including: a contact coupled to supply or withdraw charge from the high-voltage FET; a passivation layer disposed proximate to the contact and the gate dielectric, wherein at least part of the contact is disposed between the passivation layer and the second active layer; an interconnect extending through the passivation layer and coupled to the contact at a via footprint region, wherein a first portion of the interconnect is disposed on the passivation layer so that the passivation layer is disposed between the first portion of the intercon-nect and the second active layer; and a plurality of plugs coupled to the first portion of the interconnect, wherein, for individual contact regions, a location of the plurality of plugs with respect to their corre-sponding via footprint region alternates along a same contact footprint from one contact region to another contact region, wherein, in a vertical direction, the location of the plurality of plugs is orthogonally offset from their corresponding via footprint region.
2
Dependent← claim 1high-voltage heterostructure field effect transistor (HFET/HEMT) with asymmetrical plug interconnect
The high-voltage FET of claim 1, wherein a location of the via footprint region and the location of the plurality of plugs alternate in different lateral directions.
4
Dependent← claim 1high-voltage heterostructure field effect transistor (HFET/HEMT) with asymmetrical plug interconnect
The high-voltage FET of claim 1, wherein the first portion of the interconnect includes a wing structure dis-posed off of a center axis of the interconnect.
6
Dependent← claim 1interlayer dielectrichigh-voltage heterostructure field effect transistor (HFET/HEMT) with asymmetrical plug interconnect
The high-voltage FET of claim 1, further comprising an interlayer dielectric disposed proximate to the interconnect, wherein the first portion of the interconnect is disposed between the interlayer dielectric and the passivation layer.
9
Dependent← claim 1two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG)high-voltage heterostructure field effect transistor (HFET/HEMT) with asymmetrical plug interconnect
The high-voltage FET of claim 1, further comprising a layer of electrical charge formed proximate to the first active layer and the second active layer in response to a difference in bandgap energy between the first bandgap and the second bandgap.
10
Dependent← claim 1high-voltage heterostructure field effect transistor (HFET/HEMT) with asymmetrical plug interconnect
The high-voltage FET of claim 1, wherein the passi-vation layer is disposed between the contact and the first portion of the interconnect, and wherein the first portion of the interconnect is substantially laterally coextensive with a first side of the contact.
11
Dependent← claim 1high-voltage heterostructure field effect transistor (HFET/HEMT) with asymmetrical plug interconnect
The high-voltage FET of claim 1, wherein a second portion of the interconnect extends through the passivation layer, and the first portion of the interconnect is substantially coplanar with the passivation layer.
13
Dependent← claim 1high-voltage heterostructure field effect transistor (HFET/HEMT) with asymmetrical plug interconnect
The high-voltage FET of claim 1, wherein the plural-ity of contact regions comprises: a first contact region included in the source region of the high-voltage FET, and a second contact region included in the drain region of the high-voltage FET, wherein a footprint of the second contact region is wider than a footprint of the first contact region.
15
Independentfirst semiconductor material (channel layer)second semiconductor material (barrier/donor layer)gate dielectrichigh-voltage heterostructure field effect transistor (HFET/HEMT) with asymmetrical plug interconnect
A high-voltage field effect transistor (high-voltage FET), comprising: a first active layer including a first semiconductor material having a first bandgap; and a second active layer including a second semiconductor material having a second bandgap; a gate dielectric disposed proximate to the second active layer, wherein the second active layer is disposed between the first active layer and the gate dielectric; and a plurality of contact regions of a contact footprint of a source region or a drain region of the high-voltage FET, each contact region including: a contact coupled to supply or withdraw charge from the high-voltage FET; a passivation layer disposed proximate to the contact and the gate dielectric, wherein at least part of the contact is disposed between the passivation layer and the second active layer; interconnecting means extending through the passiva-tion layer and coupled to the contact at a via footprint region, wherein a first portion of the interconnecting means is disposed on the passivation layer so that the passivation layer is disposed between the first por-tion of the interconnecting means and the second active layer; and a plurality of plugs coupled to the first portion of the interconnecting means, wherein, for individual contact regions, a location of the plurality of plugs with respect to their corre-sponding via footprint region alternates along a same contact footprint from one contact region to another contact region, and wherein, in a vertical direction, the location of the plurality of plugs is orthogonally offset from their corresponding via footprint region.
16
Dependent← claim 15high-voltage heterostructure field effect transistor (HFET/HEMT) with asymmetrical plug interconnect
The high-voltage FET of claim 15, wherein a location of the via footprint region and the location of the plurality of plugs alternate in different lateral directions.
18
Dependent← claim 15high-voltage heterostructure field effect transistor (HFET/HEMT) with asymmetrical plug interconnect
The high-voltage FET of claim 15, wherein the first portion of the interconnecting means includes a wing struc-ture disposed off of a center axis of the interconnecting means.
20
Dependent← claim 15high-voltage heterostructure field effect transistor (HFET/HEMT) with asymmetrical plug interconnect
The high-voltage FET of claim 15, wherein a second portion of the interconnecting means extends through the passivation layer, and the first portion of the interconnecting means is substantially coplanar with the passivation layer.
21
Dependent← claim 15high-voltage heterostructure field effect transistor (HFET/HEMT) with asymmetrical plug interconnect
The high-voltage FET of claim 15, wherein center axes of individual plugs of the plurality of plugs are disposed away from a center axis of the via footprint region.
22
Dependent← claim 15high-voltage heterostructure field effect transistor (HFET/HEMT) with asymmetrical plug interconnect
The high-voltage FET of claim 15, wherein the plurality of contact regions comprises: a first contact region included in the source region of the high-voltage FET, and a second contact region included in the drain region of the high-voltage FET, wherein a footprint of the second contact region is wider than a footprint of the first contact region.
Device structures
Layer stacks claimed or described, ordered top of device to substrate.
high-voltage heterostructure field effect transistor (HFET/HEMT) with asymmetrical plug interconnect
interlayer dielectricinterlayer dielectric
passivationlayerpassivation layer
gate dielectricgate dielectric
second semiconductor material (barrier/donor layer)barrier layer (second active layer)
two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG)2DEG channel charge layer
Materials
Materials described outside the worked examples.
first semiconductor material (channel layer)
First Active Layer Channel
GaN
First Active Layer Channel Example
Reported properties
Performance values and ranges asserted in the specification or claims.
Property
Value
Material
Thickness
2–10 µm
—
Thickness
Cited prior art
Patents and literature cited by this patent (applicant and examiner references).
Cited patents · 16
US 6,118,154 A6,118,154 A * 9/2000 Yamaguchi......... H01L 27/0251examiner
US 6,455,880 B16,455,880 B1 9/2002 Ono et al.
US 6,649,517 B26,649,517 B2 11/2003 Teh et al.
US 10,050,136 B210,050,136 B2 8/2018 Iucolano
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FIG. 1
apparatus side view
FIG. 1B is a cross-sectional side view of another example 50 semiconductor device which may use an asymmetrical plug interconnect structure, in accordance with …
FIG. 2
apparatus side view
FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional side view of an example semiconductor device with an asymmetric plug interconnect 55 structure, in accordance with an embodiment of …
FIG. 3
apparatus side view
FIG. 3A is a top down view of an example layout of a semiconductor device with an asymmetric plug interconnect structure and alternating via/plug layout, in …
FIG. 4
FIG. 4 is a top down view of an example layout of a semiconductor device with an asymmetric plug interconnect B₂ structure and alternating via/plug layout, in …
FIG. 5
FIG. 5 is a top down view of an example layout of a semiconductor device with an asymmetric plug interconnect structure and alternating via/plug layout, in …
FIG. 6
FIG. 6 is an example process flow for fabricating a semiconductor device with an asymmetric plug interconnect structure, in accordance with an embodiment of the …
Claims
Claims define the patent's legal scope. Independent claims stand alone; dependent claims (nested) narrow them. Click a claim to expand its dependents.
2 independent · 22 dependent
1
Independentfirst semiconductor material (channel layer)second semiconductor material (barrier/donor layer)gate dielectrichigh-voltage heterostructure field effect transistor (HFET/HEMT) with asymmetrical plug interconnect
A high-voltage field effect transistor (high-voltage FET), comprising: a first active layer including a first semiconductor material having a first bandgap; and 15 a second active layer including a second semiconductor material having a second bandgap; a gate dielectric disposed proximate to the second active layer, wherein the second active layer is disposed between the first active layer and the gate dielectric; and a plurality of contact regions of a contact footprint of a source region or a drain region of the high-voltage FET, each contact region including: a contact coupled to supply or withdraw charge from the high-voltage FET; a passivation layer disposed proximate to the contact and the gate dielectric, wherein at least part of the contact is disposed between the passivation layer and the second active layer; an interconnect extending through the passivation layer and coupled to the contact at a via footprint region, wherein a first portion of the interconnect is disposed on the passivation layer so that the passivation layer is disposed between the first portion of the intercon-nect and the second active layer; and a plurality of plugs coupled to the first portion of the interconnect, wherein, for individual contact regions, a location of the plurality of plugs with respect to their corre-sponding via footprint region alternates along a same contact footprint from one contact region to another contact region, wherein, in a vertical direction, the location of the plurality of plugs is orthogonally offset from their corresponding via footprint region.
2
Dependent← claim 1high-voltage heterostructure field effect transistor (HFET/HEMT) with asymmetrical plug interconnect
The high-voltage FET of claim 1, wherein a location of the via footprint region and the location of the plurality of plugs alternate in different lateral directions.
4
Dependent← claim 1high-voltage heterostructure field effect transistor (HFET/HEMT) with asymmetrical plug interconnect
The high-voltage FET of claim 1, wherein the first portion of the interconnect includes a wing structure dis-posed off of a center axis of the interconnect.
6
Dependent← claim 1interlayer dielectrichigh-voltage heterostructure field effect transistor (HFET/HEMT) with asymmetrical plug interconnect
The high-voltage FET of claim 1, further comprising an interlayer dielectric disposed proximate to the interconnect, wherein the first portion of the interconnect is disposed between the interlayer dielectric and the passivation layer.
9
Dependent← claim 1two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG)high-voltage heterostructure field effect transistor (HFET/HEMT) with asymmetrical plug interconnect
The high-voltage FET of claim 1, further comprising a layer of electrical charge formed proximate to the first active layer and the second active layer in response to a difference in bandgap energy between the first bandgap and the second bandgap.
10
Dependent← claim 1high-voltage heterostructure field effect transistor (HFET/HEMT) with asymmetrical plug interconnect
The high-voltage FET of claim 1, wherein the passi-vation layer is disposed between the contact and the first portion of the interconnect, and wherein the first portion of the interconnect is substantially laterally coextensive with a first side of the contact.
11
Dependent← claim 1high-voltage heterostructure field effect transistor (HFET/HEMT) with asymmetrical plug interconnect
The high-voltage FET of claim 1, wherein a second portion of the interconnect extends through the passivation layer, and the first portion of the interconnect is substantially coplanar with the passivation layer.
13
Dependent← claim 1high-voltage heterostructure field effect transistor (HFET/HEMT) with asymmetrical plug interconnect
The high-voltage FET of claim 1, wherein the plural-ity of contact regions comprises: a first contact region included in the source region of the high-voltage FET, and a second contact region included in the drain region of the high-voltage FET, wherein a footprint of the second contact region is wider than a footprint of the first contact region.
15
Independentfirst semiconductor material (channel layer)second semiconductor material (barrier/donor layer)gate dielectrichigh-voltage heterostructure field effect transistor (HFET/HEMT) with asymmetrical plug interconnect
A high-voltage field effect transistor (high-voltage FET), comprising: a first active layer including a first semiconductor material having a first bandgap; and a second active layer including a second semiconductor material having a second bandgap; a gate dielectric disposed proximate to the second active layer, wherein the second active layer is disposed between the first active layer and the gate dielectric; and a plurality of contact regions of a contact footprint of a source region or a drain region of the high-voltage FET, each contact region including: a contact coupled to supply or withdraw charge from the high-voltage FET; a passivation layer disposed proximate to the contact and the gate dielectric, wherein at least part of the contact is disposed between the passivation layer and the second active layer; interconnecting means extending through the passiva-tion layer and coupled to the contact at a via footprint region, wherein a first portion of the interconnecting means is disposed on the passivation layer so that the passivation layer is disposed between the first por-tion of the interconnecting means and the second active layer; and a plurality of plugs coupled to the first portion of the interconnecting means, wherein, for individual contact regions, a location of the plurality of plugs with respect to their corre-sponding via footprint region alternates along a same contact footprint from one contact region to another contact region, and wherein, in a vertical direction, the location of the plurality of plugs is orthogonally offset from their corresponding via footprint region.
16
Dependent← claim 15high-voltage heterostructure field effect transistor (HFET/HEMT) with asymmetrical plug interconnect
The high-voltage FET of claim 15, wherein a location of the via footprint region and the location of the plurality of plugs alternate in different lateral directions.
18
Dependent← claim 15high-voltage heterostructure field effect transistor (HFET/HEMT) with asymmetrical plug interconnect
The high-voltage FET of claim 15, wherein the first portion of the interconnecting means includes a wing struc-ture disposed off of a center axis of the interconnecting means.
20
Dependent← claim 15high-voltage heterostructure field effect transistor (HFET/HEMT) with asymmetrical plug interconnect
The high-voltage FET of claim 15, wherein a second portion of the interconnecting means extends through the passivation layer, and the first portion of the interconnecting means is substantially coplanar with the passivation layer.
21
Dependent← claim 15high-voltage heterostructure field effect transistor (HFET/HEMT) with asymmetrical plug interconnect
The high-voltage FET of claim 15, wherein center axes of individual plugs of the plurality of plugs are disposed away from a center axis of the via footprint region.
22
Dependent← claim 15high-voltage heterostructure field effect transistor (HFET/HEMT) with asymmetrical plug interconnect
The high-voltage FET of claim 15, wherein the plurality of contact regions comprises: a first contact region included in the source region of the high-voltage FET, and a second contact region included in the drain region of the high-voltage FET, wherein a footprint of the second contact region is wider than a footprint of the first contact region.
Device structures
Layer stacks claimed or described, ordered top of device to substrate.
high-voltage heterostructure field effect transistor (HFET/HEMT) with asymmetrical plug interconnect
interlayer dielectricinterlayer dielectric
passivationlayerpassivation layer
gate dielectricgate dielectric
second semiconductor material (barrier/donor layer)barrier layer (second active layer)
two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG)2DEG channel charge layer
Materials
Materials described outside the worked examples.
first semiconductor material (channel layer)
First Active Layer Channel
GaN
First Active Layer Channel Example
Reported properties
Performance values and ranges asserted in the specification or claims.
Property
Value
Material
Thickness
2–10 µm
—
Thickness
Cited prior art
Patents and literature cited by this patent (applicant and examiner references).
Cited patents · 16
US 6,118,154 A6,118,154 A * 9/2000 Yamaguchi......... H01L 27/0251examiner
US 6,455,880 B16,455,880 B1 9/2002 Ono et al.
US 6,649,517 B26,649,517 B2 11/2003 Teh et al.
US 10,050,136 B210,050,136 B2 8/2018 Iucolano
US 11,373,873 B211,373,873 B2 * 6/2022 Kudymov......... H01L 29/66462examiner
Why these are connected
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Power Integrations, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)·Oct. 3, 2023·US
Drawings
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FIG. 1
apparatus side view
FIG. 1B is a cross-sectional side view of another example 50 semiconductor device which may use an asymmetrical plug interconnect structure, in accordance with …
FIG. 2
apparatus side view
FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional side view of an example semiconductor device with an asymmetric plug interconnect 55 structure, in accordance with an embodiment of …
FIG. 3
apparatus side view
FIG. 3A is a top down view of an example layout of a semiconductor device with an asymmetric plug interconnect structure and alternating via/plug layout, in …
FIG. 4
FIG. 4 is a top down view of an example layout of a semiconductor device with an asymmetric plug interconnect B₂ structure and alternating via/plug layout, in …
FIG. 5
FIG. 5 is a top down view of an example layout of a semiconductor device with an asymmetric plug interconnect structure and alternating via/plug layout, in …
FIG. 6
FIG. 6 is an example process flow for fabricating a semiconductor device with an asymmetric plug interconnect structure, in accordance with an embodiment of the …
Claims
Claims define the patent's legal scope. Independent claims stand alone; dependent claims (nested) narrow them. Click a claim to expand its dependents.
2 independent · 22 dependent
1
Independentfirst semiconductor material (channel layer)second semiconductor material (barrier/donor layer)gate dielectrichigh-voltage heterostructure field effect transistor (HFET/HEMT) with asymmetrical plug interconnect
A high-voltage field effect transistor (high-voltage FET), comprising: a first active layer including a first semiconductor material having a first bandgap; and 15 a second active layer including a second semiconductor material having a second bandgap; a gate dielectric disposed proximate to the second active layer, wherein the second active layer is disposed between the first active layer and the gate dielectric; and a plurality of contact regions of a contact footprint of a source region or a drain region of the high-voltage FET, each contact region including: a contact coupled to supply or withdraw charge from the high-voltage FET; a passivation layer disposed proximate to the contact and the gate dielectric, wherein at least part of the contact is disposed between the passivation layer and the second active layer; an interconnect extending through the passivation layer and coupled to the contact at a via footprint region, wherein a first portion of the interconnect is disposed on the passivation layer so that the passivation layer is disposed between the first portion of the intercon-nect and the second active layer; and a plurality of plugs coupled to the first portion of the interconnect, wherein, for individual contact regions, a location of the plurality of plugs with respect to their corre-sponding via footprint region alternates along a same contact footprint from one contact region to another contact region, wherein, in a vertical direction, the location of the plurality of plugs is orthogonally offset from their corresponding via footprint region.
2
Dependent← claim 1high-voltage heterostructure field effect transistor (HFET/HEMT) with asymmetrical plug interconnect
The high-voltage FET of claim 1, wherein a location of the via footprint region and the location of the plurality of plugs alternate in different lateral directions.
4
Dependent← claim 1high-voltage heterostructure field effect transistor (HFET/HEMT) with asymmetrical plug interconnect
The high-voltage FET of claim 1, wherein the first portion of the interconnect includes a wing structure dis-posed off of a center axis of the interconnect.
6
Dependent← claim 1interlayer dielectrichigh-voltage heterostructure field effect transistor (HFET/HEMT) with asymmetrical plug interconnect
The high-voltage FET of claim 1, further comprising an interlayer dielectric disposed proximate to the interconnect, wherein the first portion of the interconnect is disposed between the interlayer dielectric and the passivation layer.
9
Dependent← claim 1two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG)high-voltage heterostructure field effect transistor (HFET/HEMT) with asymmetrical plug interconnect
The high-voltage FET of claim 1, further comprising a layer of electrical charge formed proximate to the first active layer and the second active layer in response to a difference in bandgap energy between the first bandgap and the second bandgap.
10
Dependent← claim 1high-voltage heterostructure field effect transistor (HFET/HEMT) with asymmetrical plug interconnect
The high-voltage FET of claim 1, wherein the passi-vation layer is disposed between the contact and the first portion of the interconnect, and wherein the first portion of the interconnect is substantially laterally coextensive with a first side of the contact.
11
Dependent← claim 1high-voltage heterostructure field effect transistor (HFET/HEMT) with asymmetrical plug interconnect
The high-voltage FET of claim 1, wherein a second portion of the interconnect extends through the passivation layer, and the first portion of the interconnect is substantially coplanar with the passivation layer.
13
Dependent← claim 1high-voltage heterostructure field effect transistor (HFET/HEMT) with asymmetrical plug interconnect
The high-voltage FET of claim 1, wherein the plural-ity of contact regions comprises: a first contact region included in the source region of the high-voltage FET, and a second contact region included in the drain region of the high-voltage FET, wherein a footprint of the second contact region is wider than a footprint of the first contact region.
15
Independentfirst semiconductor material (channel layer)second semiconductor material (barrier/donor layer)gate dielectrichigh-voltage heterostructure field effect transistor (HFET/HEMT) with asymmetrical plug interconnect
A high-voltage field effect transistor (high-voltage FET), comprising: a first active layer including a first semiconductor material having a first bandgap; and a second active layer including a second semiconductor material having a second bandgap; a gate dielectric disposed proximate to the second active layer, wherein the second active layer is disposed between the first active layer and the gate dielectric; and a plurality of contact regions of a contact footprint of a source region or a drain region of the high-voltage FET, each contact region including: a contact coupled to supply or withdraw charge from the high-voltage FET; a passivation layer disposed proximate to the contact and the gate dielectric, wherein at least part of the contact is disposed between the passivation layer and the second active layer; interconnecting means extending through the passiva-tion layer and coupled to the contact at a via footprint region, wherein a first portion of the interconnecting means is disposed on the passivation layer so that the passivation layer is disposed between the first por-tion of the interconnecting means and the second active layer; and a plurality of plugs coupled to the first portion of the interconnecting means, wherein, for individual contact regions, a location of the plurality of plugs with respect to their corre-sponding via footprint region alternates along a same contact footprint from one contact region to another contact region, and wherein, in a vertical direction, the location of the plurality of plugs is orthogonally offset from their corresponding via footprint region.
16
Dependent← claim 15high-voltage heterostructure field effect transistor (HFET/HEMT) with asymmetrical plug interconnect
The high-voltage FET of claim 15, wherein a location of the via footprint region and the location of the plurality of plugs alternate in different lateral directions.
18
Dependent← claim 15high-voltage heterostructure field effect transistor (HFET/HEMT) with asymmetrical plug interconnect
The high-voltage FET of claim 15, wherein the first portion of the interconnecting means includes a wing struc-ture disposed off of a center axis of the interconnecting means.
20
Dependent← claim 15high-voltage heterostructure field effect transistor (HFET/HEMT) with asymmetrical plug interconnect
The high-voltage FET of claim 15, wherein a second portion of the interconnecting means extends through the passivation layer, and the first portion of the interconnecting means is substantially coplanar with the passivation layer.
21
Dependent← claim 15high-voltage heterostructure field effect transistor (HFET/HEMT) with asymmetrical plug interconnect
The high-voltage FET of claim 15, wherein center axes of individual plugs of the plurality of plugs are disposed away from a center axis of the via footprint region.
22
Dependent← claim 15high-voltage heterostructure field effect transistor (HFET/HEMT) with asymmetrical plug interconnect
The high-voltage FET of claim 15, wherein the plurality of contact regions comprises: a first contact region included in the source region of the high-voltage FET, and a second contact region included in the drain region of the high-voltage FET, wherein a footprint of the second contact region is wider than a footprint of the first contact region.
Device structures
Layer stacks claimed or described, ordered top of device to substrate.
high-voltage heterostructure field effect transistor (HFET/HEMT) with asymmetrical plug interconnect
interlayer dielectricinterlayer dielectric
passivationlayerpassivation layer
gate dielectricgate dielectric
second semiconductor material (barrier/donor layer)barrier layer (second active layer)
two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG)2DEG channel charge layer
Materials
Materials described outside the worked examples.
first semiconductor material (channel layer)
First Active Layer Channel
GaN
First Active Layer Channel Example
Reported properties
Performance values and ranges asserted in the specification or claims.
Property
Value
Material
Thickness
2–10 µm
—
Thickness
Cited prior art
Patents and literature cited by this patent (applicant and examiner references).
Cited patents · 16
US 6,118,154 A6,118,154 A * 9/2000 Yamaguchi......... H01L 27/0251examiner
US 6,455,880 B16,455,880 B1 9/2002 Ono et al.
US 6,649,517 B26,649,517 B2 11/2003 Teh et al.
US 10,050,136 B210,050,136 B2 8/2018 Iucolano
US 11,373,873 B211,373,873 B2 * 6/2022 Kudymov......... H01L 29/66462examiner
Why these are connected
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Power Integrations, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)·Oct. 3, 2023·US
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FIG. 1
apparatus side view
FIG. 1B is a cross-sectional side view of another example 50 semiconductor device which may use an asymmetrical plug interconnect structure, in accordance with …
FIG. 2
apparatus side view
FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional side view of an example semiconductor device with an asymmetric plug interconnect 55 structure, in accordance with an embodiment of …
FIG. 3
apparatus side view
FIG. 3A is a top down view of an example layout of a semiconductor device with an asymmetric plug interconnect structure and alternating via/plug layout, in …
FIG. 4
FIG. 4 is a top down view of an example layout of a semiconductor device with an asymmetric plug interconnect B₂ structure and alternating via/plug layout, in …
FIG. 5
FIG. 5 is a top down view of an example layout of a semiconductor device with an asymmetric plug interconnect structure and alternating via/plug layout, in …
FIG. 6
FIG. 6 is an example process flow for fabricating a semiconductor device with an asymmetric plug interconnect structure, in accordance with an embodiment of the …
Claims
Claims define the patent's legal scope. Independent claims stand alone; dependent claims (nested) narrow them. Click a claim to expand its dependents.
2 independent · 22 dependent
1
Independentfirst semiconductor material (channel layer)second semiconductor material (barrier/donor layer)gate dielectrichigh-voltage heterostructure field effect transistor (HFET/HEMT) with asymmetrical plug interconnect
A high-voltage field effect transistor (high-voltage FET), comprising: a first active layer including a first semiconductor material having a first bandgap; and 15 a second active layer including a second semiconductor material having a second bandgap; a gate dielectric disposed proximate to the second active layer, wherein the second active layer is disposed between the first active layer and the gate dielectric; and a plurality of contact regions of a contact footprint of a source region or a drain region of the high-voltage FET, each contact region including: a contact coupled to supply or withdraw charge from the high-voltage FET; a passivation layer disposed proximate to the contact and the gate dielectric, wherein at least part of the contact is disposed between the passivation layer and the second active layer; an interconnect extending through the passivation layer and coupled to the contact at a via footprint region, wherein a first portion of the interconnect is disposed on the passivation layer so that the passivation layer is disposed between the first portion of the intercon-nect and the second active layer; and a plurality of plugs coupled to the first portion of the interconnect, wherein, for individual contact regions, a location of the plurality of plugs with respect to their corre-sponding via footprint region alternates along a same contact footprint from one contact region to another contact region, wherein, in a vertical direction, the location of the plurality of plugs is orthogonally offset from their corresponding via footprint region.
2
Dependent← claim 1high-voltage heterostructure field effect transistor (HFET/HEMT) with asymmetrical plug interconnect
The high-voltage FET of claim 1, wherein a location of the via footprint region and the location of the plurality of plugs alternate in different lateral directions.
4
Dependent← claim 1high-voltage heterostructure field effect transistor (HFET/HEMT) with asymmetrical plug interconnect
The high-voltage FET of claim 1, wherein the first portion of the interconnect includes a wing structure dis-posed off of a center axis of the interconnect.
6
Dependent← claim 1interlayer dielectrichigh-voltage heterostructure field effect transistor (HFET/HEMT) with asymmetrical plug interconnect
The high-voltage FET of claim 1, further comprising an interlayer dielectric disposed proximate to the interconnect, wherein the first portion of the interconnect is disposed between the interlayer dielectric and the passivation layer.
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Dependent← claim 1two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG)high-voltage heterostructure field effect transistor (HFET/HEMT) with asymmetrical plug interconnect
The high-voltage FET of claim 1, further comprising a layer of electrical charge formed proximate to the first active layer and the second active layer in response to a difference in bandgap energy between the first bandgap and the second bandgap.
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Dependent← claim 1high-voltage heterostructure field effect transistor (HFET/HEMT) with asymmetrical plug interconnect
The high-voltage FET of claim 1, wherein the passi-vation layer is disposed between the contact and the first portion of the interconnect, and wherein the first portion of the interconnect is substantially laterally coextensive with a first side of the contact.
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Dependent← claim 1high-voltage heterostructure field effect transistor (HFET/HEMT) with asymmetrical plug interconnect
The high-voltage FET of claim 1, wherein a second portion of the interconnect extends through the passivation layer, and the first portion of the interconnect is substantially coplanar with the passivation layer.
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Dependent← claim 1high-voltage heterostructure field effect transistor (HFET/HEMT) with asymmetrical plug interconnect
The high-voltage FET of claim 1, wherein the plural-ity of contact regions comprises: a first contact region included in the source region of the high-voltage FET, and a second contact region included in the drain region of the high-voltage FET, wherein a footprint of the second contact region is wider than a footprint of the first contact region.
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Independentfirst semiconductor material (channel layer)second semiconductor material (barrier/donor layer)gate dielectrichigh-voltage heterostructure field effect transistor (HFET/HEMT) with asymmetrical plug interconnect
A high-voltage field effect transistor (high-voltage FET), comprising: a first active layer including a first semiconductor material having a first bandgap; and a second active layer including a second semiconductor material having a second bandgap; a gate dielectric disposed proximate to the second active layer, wherein the second active layer is disposed between the first active layer and the gate dielectric; and a plurality of contact regions of a contact footprint of a source region or a drain region of the high-voltage FET, each contact region including: a contact coupled to supply or withdraw charge from the high-voltage FET; a passivation layer disposed proximate to the contact and the gate dielectric, wherein at least part of the contact is disposed between the passivation layer and the second active layer; interconnecting means extending through the passiva-tion layer and coupled to the contact at a via footprint region, wherein a first portion of the interconnecting means is disposed on the passivation layer so that the passivation layer is disposed between the first por-tion of the interconnecting means and the second active layer; and a plurality of plugs coupled to the first portion of the interconnecting means, wherein, for individual contact regions, a location of the plurality of plugs with respect to their corre-sponding via footprint region alternates along a same contact footprint from one contact region to another contact region, and wherein, in a vertical direction, the location of the plurality of plugs is orthogonally offset from their corresponding via footprint region.
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Dependent← claim 15high-voltage heterostructure field effect transistor (HFET/HEMT) with asymmetrical plug interconnect
The high-voltage FET of claim 15, wherein a location of the via footprint region and the location of the plurality of plugs alternate in different lateral directions.
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Dependent← claim 15high-voltage heterostructure field effect transistor (HFET/HEMT) with asymmetrical plug interconnect
The high-voltage FET of claim 15, wherein the first portion of the interconnecting means includes a wing struc-ture disposed off of a center axis of the interconnecting means.
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Dependent← claim 15high-voltage heterostructure field effect transistor (HFET/HEMT) with asymmetrical plug interconnect
The high-voltage FET of claim 15, wherein a second portion of the interconnecting means extends through the passivation layer, and the first portion of the interconnecting means is substantially coplanar with the passivation layer.
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Dependent← claim 15high-voltage heterostructure field effect transistor (HFET/HEMT) with asymmetrical plug interconnect
The high-voltage FET of claim 15, wherein center axes of individual plugs of the plurality of plugs are disposed away from a center axis of the via footprint region.
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Dependent← claim 15high-voltage heterostructure field effect transistor (HFET/HEMT) with asymmetrical plug interconnect
The high-voltage FET of claim 15, wherein the plurality of contact regions comprises: a first contact region included in the source region of the high-voltage FET, and a second contact region included in the drain region of the high-voltage FET, wherein a footprint of the second contact region is wider than a footprint of the first contact region.
Device structures
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high-voltage heterostructure field effect transistor (HFET/HEMT) with asymmetrical plug interconnect
interlayer dielectricinterlayer dielectric
passivationlayerpassivation layer
gate dielectricgate dielectric
second semiconductor material (barrier/donor layer)barrier layer (second active layer)
two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG)2DEG channel charge layer
Materials
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first semiconductor material (channel layer)
First Active Layer Channel
GaN
First Active Layer Channel Example
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Material
Thickness
2–10 µm
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Thickness
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