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1、公開號(hào): US8390068B2專利名稱:ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE PROTECTION DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING SAME公開日: Mar. 5,2013國(guó)際分類: H01L 27/01(2006.01)H01L 29/74(2006.01)H01L 23/62(2006.01)申請(qǐng)?zhí)? 13/361,051申請(qǐng)日: Jan. 30, 2012發(fā)明人:Robert J. Gauthier, Jr., Hinesburg, VT (US); Junjun Li, Williston, VT (US); Souvick Mitra,
2、Burlington, VT (US); Mahmoud A. Mousa, Poughkeepsie, NY (US); Christopher Stephen Putnam, Hinesburg, VT (US)申請(qǐng)人:International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)優(yōu)先權(quán)號(hào):US 2012/0119257 Al May 17, 2012同族專利:發(fā)明摘要:A silicon control rectifier and an electrostatic discharge protection device of an
3、 integrated circuit including the silicon control rectifier. The silicon control rectifier includes a silicon body formed in a silicon layer in direct physical contact with a buried oxide layer of a silicon-on-insulator substrate, a top surface of the silicon layer defining a horizontal plane; and a
4、n anode of the silicon control rectifier formed in a first region of the silicon body and a cathode of the silicon control rectifier formed in an opposite second region of the silicon body, wherein a path of current flow between the anode and the cathode is only in a single horizontal direction para
5、llel to the horizontal plane發(fā)明領(lǐng)域(關(guān)鍵詞):The present invention relates to the field of integrated circuits; more specifically, it relates to an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection device for use in integrated circuits fabricated on silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrates and a method of fabricating
6、the ESD protection device.發(fā)明背景:In order to meet increasing performance targets, advanced complimentary metal-oxide-silicon (CMOS) technologies are being scaled down in size to the point that sensitivity to ESD is becoming a significant reliability problem. The use of silicon control rectifiers (SCRs
7、) to protect CMOS technologies built with bulk silicon substrates is known in the industry. However, current SCR-based ESD protection devices suffer from high junction capacitance and current crowding making them unsuitable for CMOS technologies built with SOI substrates . Therefore, there is an ong
8、oing need for an SCR device for electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection in integrated circuits fabricated on silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrates.發(fā)明概述:A first aspect of the present invention is a silicon control rectifier, comprising: silicon body formed in a silicon layer in direct physical conta
9、ct with a buried oxide layer of a silicon- on-insulator substrate, a top surface of the silicon layer defining a horizontal plane; and an anode of the silicon control rectifier formed in a first region of the silicon body and a cathode of the silicon control rectifier formed in an opposite second re
10、gion of the silicon body, wherein a path of current flow between the anode and the cathode is only in a single horizontal direction parallel to the horizontal plane.A second aspect of the present invention is a silicon control rectifier, comprising: a silicon layer in direct physical contact with a
11、buried oxide layer of a silicon-on-insulator substrate, a top surface of the silicon layer defining a horizontal plane; a first doped region in the silicon layer, the first doped region having a first net peak doping concentration, a second doped region having a second net peak doping concentration
12、and a third doped region having a third net peak doping concentration, the second and third net peak doping concentrations being a same doping concentration, the first doped region between and abutting the second and third doped regions, the second and third doped regions not abutting; a fourth dope
13、d region in the silicon layer in the silicon layer, the fourth doped region having a fourth net peak doping concentration in the silicon layer, the fourth doped region abutting only the second doped region; a fifth doped region in the silicon layer, the fifth doped region having a fifth net peak dop
14、ing concentration in the silicon layer, the fifth doped region abutting only the third doped region; wherein a path of current flow from the fourth doped region, through the second doped region, the first doped region and the third doped region to the fifth doped region, is in a single horizontal di
15、rection parallel to the horizontal plane.A third aspect of the present invention is a method of fabricating a silicon control rectifier, comprising: forming a blanket doped region having a net peak doping concentration in a silicon layer in direct physical contact with a buried oxide layer of a sili
16、con-on-insulator substrate, a top surface of the silicon layer defining a horizontal plane; forming a first doped region in the silicon layer, the first doped region having a first net peak doping concentration, the first doped region dividing the blanket doped region into a second doped region havi
17、ng a second net peak doping concentration and a third doped region having a third net peak doping concentration, the second and third net peak doping concentrations being a same doping concentration , the first doped region between and abutting the second and third doped regions, the second and thir
18、d doped regions not abutting; forming a fourth doped region in the silicon layer, the fourth doped region having a fourth net peak doping concentration in the silicon layer, the fourth doped region abutting only the second doped region; forming a fifth doped region in the silicon layer, the fifth do
19、ped region having a fifth net peak doping concentration in the silicon layer, the fifth doped region abutting only the third doped region; wherein a path of current flow from the fourth doped region, through the second doped region, the first doped region and the third doped region to the fifth dope
20、d region, is in a single horizontal direction parallel to the horizontal plane權(quán)利要求:1. A silicon control rectifier, comprising:a silicon layer in direct physical contact with a buried oxide layer of a silicon-on-insulator substrate, a top surface of said silicon layer defining a horizontal plane; fir
21、st, second, third, fourth and fifth doped regions in said silicon layer, said first, second, third, fourth and fifth doped regions having respective first, second, third, fourth and fifth net peak doping concentrations, said third doped region between and abutting said first and said fourth doped re
22、gions, said fourth region between and abutting said second and third doped regions, said second and third doped regions not abutting, said first and fourth doped regions not abutting, said fifth doped region abutting only said first doped region, said first and fifth doped regions doped the same dop
23、ant type; wherein a path of current flow from said first doped region, through said second doped region, said third doped region and said fourth doped region to said fifth doped region, is in a single horizontal direction parallel to said horizontal plane.2. The silicon control rectifier of claim 1,
24、 wherein said second and third doped regions are doped N-type and said first, fourth and fifth doped regions are doped P-type.3. The silicon control rectifier of claim 1:wherein a net peak doping concentration of any of said second and fifth doped regions is greater than a net peak doping concentrat
25、ion of any of said first, third and fourth doped regions.4. The silicon control rectifier of claim 1, wherein net peak doping concentrations of said second and fifth doped regions are at least two orders of magnitude greater than net peak doping concentrations of said first, third and fourth doped r
26、egions.5. The silicon control rectifier of claim 1, further including: a first poly silicon gate over said first doped region, said firstdoped region contained completely under said first polysilicon gate; and a second polysilicon gate over said fourth doped region, said fourth doped region containe
27、d completely under said second polysilicon gate.6. The silicon control rectifier of claim 1, further including: a sixth doped region in said silicon layer, said second andsixth doped regions having a same dopant species and net peak doping concentration, said sixth doped region abutting only said fi
28、rst, third and fourth doped region.7. The silicon control rectifier of claim 1, further including: a seventh doped region in said silicon layer, said fifth andseventh doped regions having a same dopant species and net peak doping concentration, said seventh doped region abutting only said fourth dop
29、ed region.8. An electrostatic discharge circuit for an integrated circuit comprising:a silicon control rectifier comprising:a silicon body formed in a silicon layer in direct physical contact with a buried oxide layer of a silicon-on- insulator substrate; and an anode of said silicon control rectifi
30、er comprising a first region and an abutting fifth region of said silicon body and a cathode of said silicon control rectifier formed in an opposite second region of said silicon body, wherein a path of current flow between said anode and said cathode is only in a single and hori-zontal direction pa
31、rallel to said top surface of said silicon layer, said first and fifth doped regions doped the same dopant type; a third region and a fourth region formed in said silicon body, said third region between and abutting said first and fourth regions, said fourth region between and abutting said second a
32、nd third regions, said third region not abutting said second region, said fourth region not abutting said first region, said fifth region only abutting said first region; said fifth region electrically connected to an I/O pad and a circuit of said integrated circuit; said second region connected to
33、ground; and said third region electrically connected to VDD.9. The electrostatic discharge circuit of claim 8, further including:a first polysilicon gate over first region, said first region contained completely under said first polysilicon gate; anda second polysilicon gate over said fourth region,
34、 said fourth region contained completely under said second polysilicon gate, said first and second polysilicon gates electrically connected to each other.10. The electrostatic discharge circuit of claim 9, wherein said first and second polysilicon gates are electrically coupled to ground.11. The ele
35、ctrostatic discharge circuit of claim 8, including:a single contiguous gate electrode having (i) a first section overlapping all of said first region and overlapping a less than whole portion of said third region and overlapping a less than whole potion of said fifth region and (ii) a second section overlapping all of said fourth region and overlapping a less than whole portion of said third region and overlapping a less than whole portion of said second region.1
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