A semiconductor device and the method of manufacturing the same are provided. The semiconductor device comprises a well region, a first doped region, a drain region, a source region and a gate electrode. The first doped region of a first conductivity type is located at a first side within the well region. The drain region of the first conductivity type is within the first doped region. The source region of the first conductivity type is at a second side within the well region, wherein the second side being opposite to the first side. The gate electrode is over the well region and between the source region and the drain region. A surface of the drain region and a surface of the source region define a channel and the surface of the source region directly contacts the well region.

A transistor includes a semiconductor body; a body region of a first conductivity type formed in the semiconductor body; a gate electrode formed partially overlapping the body region and insulated from the semiconductor body by a gate dielectric layer; a source region of a second conductivity type formed in the body region on a first side of the gate electrode; a trench formed in the semiconductor body on a second side of the gate electrode, the trench being lined with a sidewall dielectric layer and filled with a bottom dielectric layer and a conductive layer above the bottom dielectric layer, the conductive layer being electrically connected to the gate electrode; and a doped sidewall region of the second conductivity type formed in the semiconductor body along the sidewall of the trench where the doped sidewall region forms a vertical drain current path for the transistor.

There is provided a semiconductor device having LDMOS transistors embedded in a semiconductor substrate to boost source-drain breakdown voltage, with arrangements to prevent fluctuations of element characteristics caused by electric field concentration so that the reliability of the semiconductor device is improved. A trench is formed over the upper surface of a separation insulating film of each LDMOS transistor, the trench having a gate electrode partially embedded therein. This structure prevents electric field concentration in the semiconductor substrate near the source-side edge of the separation insulating film.

An electrical device that in some embodiments includes a substrate including a lateral device region and a vertical device region. A lateral diffusion metal oxide semiconductor (LDMOS) device may be present in the lateral device region, wherein a drift region of the LDMOS device has a length that is parallel to an upper surface of the substrate in which the LDMOS device is formed. A vertical field effect transistor (VFET) device may be present in the vertical device region, wherein a vertical channel of the VFET has a length that is perpendicular to said upper surface of the substrate, the VFET including a gate structure that is positioned around the vertical channel.

A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a substrate, a multi-gate transistor device positioned on the substrate, and an LDMOS device positioned on the substrate. The substrate includes a plurality of first isolation structures and a plurality of second isolation structures. A depth of the first isolation structures is smaller than a depth of the second isolation structures. The multi-gate transistor device includes a plurality of first fin structures and a first gate electrode. The first fin structures are parallel with each other and spaced apart from each other by the first isolation structures. The first gate electrode is intersectionally arranged with the first fin structures, and covers a portion of each first fin structure. The LDMOS device includes a second gate electrode covering on the substrate. The LDMOS device is electrically isolated from the multi-gate transistor device by another second isolation structure.

An integrated circuit chip includes a bimodal power N-P-Laterally Diffused Metal Oxide Semiconductor (LDMOS) device having an N-gate coupled to receive an input signal and a level shifter coupled to receive the input signal and to provide a control signal to a P-gate driver of the N-P-LDMOS device. A method of operating an N-P-LDMOS power device is also disclosed.

A laterally diffused metal oxide semiconductor device includes: a substrate (10); a buried layer region (32) in the substrate; a well region (34) on the buried layer region (32); a gate region on the well region; a source region (41) and a drain region (43) which are located at two sides of the gate region; and a super junction structure. The source region (41) is located in the well region (34); the drain region (34) is located in the super junction structure; the gate region comprises a gate oxide layer and a gate electrode on the gate oxide layer; and the super junction structure comprises a plurality of N-columns and P-columns, wherein the N-columns and the P-columns are alternately arranged in a direction which is horizontal and is perpendicular to the direction of a connecting line between the source region and the drain region, each N-column comprises a top-layer N-region (23) and a bottom-layer N-region which are butted vertically, and each P-column comprises a top-layer P-region (24) and a bottom-layer P-region which are butted vertically.

An integrated circuit and method having an extended drain MOS transistor with a buried drift region, a drain diffused link, a channel diffused link, and an isolation link which electrically isolated the source, where the isolation diffused link is formed by implanting through segmented areas to dilute the doping to less than two-thirds the doping in the drain diffused link.

A semiconductor structure is disclosed. The semiconductor structure includes: a substrate of a first conductivity; a first region of the first conductivity formed in the substrate; a second region of the first conductivity formed in the first region, wherein the second region has a higher doping density than the first region; a source region of a second conductivity formed in the second region; a drain region of the second conductivity formed in the substrate; a pickup region of the first conductivity formed in the second region and adjacent to the source region; and a resist protective oxide (RPO) layer formed on a top surface of the second region. An associated fabricating method is also disclosed.

A method for forming an integrated circuit includes forming a first guard ring around at least one transistor over a substrate. The method further includes forming a second guard ring around the first guard ring. The method further includes forming a first doped region adjacent to the first guard ring, the first doped region having a first dopant type. The method further includes forming a second doped region adjacent to the second guard ring, the second doped region having a second dopant type.