Field-plate structures are disclosed for electrical field management in semiconductor devices. A field-plate semiconductor structure includes a semiconductor substrate, a source ohmic contact, a drain ohmic contact, and a gate contact disposed over a gate region between the source ohmic contact and the drain ohmic contact, and a source field plate connected to the source ohmic contact. A field-plate dielectric is disposed over the semiconductor substrate. An encapsulating dielectric is disposed over the gate contact, wherein the encapsulating dielectric covers a top surface of the gate contact. The source field plate is disposed over the field-plate dielectric in a field plate region, from which the encapsulating dielectric is absent.

The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device, including a substrate, a first active region in the substrate, a second active region in the substrate and adjacent to the first active region, an isolation region in the substrate and between the first active region and the second active region, and a dummy gate overlapping with the isolation region, wherein an entire bottom width of the dummy gate is greater than an entire top width of the isolation region.

The present application provides a high-voltage power semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing the same. A plurality of second resistive field plate structures is arranged in a terminal region of an epitaxial layer and extends through the epitaxial layer in a first direction to a substrate. The second resistive field plate structures are arranged concentrically and discontinuously around an active region in a first plane. The second resistive field plate structures and a third resistive field plate structure thereon form a -type combined resistive field plate structure.

A semiconductor device is disclosed including a sub-layer with first conductivity type, a drift layer with first conductivity type, a base region with second conductivity type positioned on the drift layer, a source region in contact with the base region, a source electrode, a plurality of trenches, at least one of the trenches in contact with the drift layer, the base region, and the source region, a plurality of insulating regions, at least one of the insulating regions positioned inside of each trench, a plurality of gate electrodes, at least one of the gate electrodes positioned inside of each trench; and a plurality of field plates, at least one of the field plates electrically connected to the source electrode and positioned in the insulating region in the trench. The field plate comprises high-resistance polysilicon.

The present application relates to a semiconductor circuit, including a semiconductor device and a delay element. The semiconductor device includes a gate electrode and a field electrode in a field electrode trench. The delay element is electrically connected between the gate electrode and the field electrode. The delay element is configured to delay a charging of the field electrode compared to a charging of the gate electrode. A semiconductor die that includes the semiconductor circuit and a method of manufacturing the semiconductor die are also described.

The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device, including a substrate, a first active region in the substrate, a second active region in the substrate and adjacent to the first active region, an isolation region in the substrate and between the first active region and the second active region, and a dummy gate overlapping with the isolation region, wherein an entire bottom width of the dummy gate is greater than an entire top width of the isolation region.

An integrated circuit device comprises a metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) transistor comprising a gate stack formed over a channel region thereof and a bipolar junction transistor (BJT) comprising a layer stack formed over a collector region thereof. Some features of the MOS transistor and the BJT are co-fabricated such that they have common physical characteristics.

An integrated circuit device comprises a metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) transistor comprising a gate stack formed over a channel region thereof and a bipolar junction transistor (BJT) comprising a layer stack formed over a collector region thereof. Some features of the MOS transistor and the BJT are co-fabricated such that they have common physical characteristics.

An integrated circuit device comprises a metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) transistor comprising a gate stack formed over a channel region thereof and a bipolar junction transistor (BJT) comprising a layer stack formed over a collector region thereof. Some features of the MOS transistor and the BJT are co-fabricated such that they have common physical characteristics.

An integrated circuit device comprises a metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) transistor comprising a gate stack formed over a channel region thereof and a bipolar junction transistor (BJT) comprising a layer stack formed over a collector region thereof. Some features of the MOS transistor and the BJT are co-fabricated such that they have common physical characteristics.