The present invention provides a high-voltage metal-oxide-semiconductor transistor device and a manufacturing method thereof. First, a semiconductor substrate is provided and a dielectric layer and a conductive layer sequentially stacked on the semiconductor substrate. Then, the conductive layer is patterned to form a gate and a dummy gate disposed at a first side of the gate and followed by forming a first spacer between the gate and the dummy gate and a second spacer at a second side of the gate opposite to the first side, wherein the first spacer includes an indentation. Subsequently, the dummy gate is removed.

A device includes a semiconductor substrate, a doped isolation barrier disposed in the semiconductor substrate and defining a core device area within the doped isolation barrier, an isolation contact region disposed in the semiconductor substrate outside of the core device area, and a body region disposed in the semiconductor substrate within the core device area, and in which a channel is formed during operation. The body region is electrically tied to the isolation contact region. The body region and the doped isolation barrier have a common conductivity type. The body region is electrically isolated from the doped isolation barrier within the core device area. The doped isolation barrier and the isolation contact region are not electrically tied to one another such that the doped isolation barrier is biased at a different voltage level than the isolation contact region.

A trench transistor having a semiconductor body includes a source region, a body region, a drain region electrically connected to a drain contact, and a gate trench including a gate electrode which is isolated from the semiconductor body. The gate electrode is configured to control current flow between the source region and the drain region along at least a first side wall of the gate trench. The trench transistor further includes a doped semiconductor region having dopants introduced into the semiconductor body through an unmasked part of the walls of a trench.

A fin field effect transistor (FinFET) comprises a substrate; a fin over the substrate, the fin having a channel region; a gate structure engaging the fin adjacent to the channel region; and a spacer on sidewalls of the gate structure. The FinFET further includes first and second heavily doped source/drain (HDD) features at least partially in the fin, on opposing sides of the gate structure, and adjacent to the spacer. The FinFET further includes first and second lightly doped source/drain (LDD) regions in the fin between the first and second HDD features, respectively, and the channel region. A sidewall of the first HDD feature and a sidewall of the first LDD region have substantially a same shape.

A semiconductor structure includes a semiconductor substrate, a layer of electrically insulating material above the semiconductor substrate, and a layer of semiconductor material above the layer of electrically insulating material. A first transistor includes a first source region, a first drain region, and a first channel region formed in the semiconductor substrate, a first gate insulation layer positioned above the first channel region, and an electrically conductive first gate electrode, wherein the first gate insulation layer includes a first portion of the electrically insulating material. A second transistor includes a second source region, a second drain region, and a second channel region formed in the layer of semiconductor material, a second gate insulation layer positioned above the second channel region, and an electrically conductive second gate electrode, wherein a second portion of the layer of electrically insulating material is positioned below the second channel region.

A lateral double diffused metal oxide semiconductor device, includes: a P-type substrate, an epitaxial layer, a P-type high voltage well, a P-type body region, an N-type well, an isolation oxide region, a drift oxide region, a gate, an N-type contact region, a P-type contact region, a top source, a bottom source, and an N-type drain. The P-type body region is between and connects the P-type high voltage well and the surface of the epitaxial layer. The P-type body region includes a peak concentration region, which is beneath and in direct contact the surface of the epitaxial layer, wherein the peak concentration region has a highest P-type impurity concentration in the P-type body region. The P-type impurity concentration of the P-type body region is higher than a predetermined threshold to suppress a parasitic bipolar transistor such that it does not turn ON.

Embodiments of semiconductor devices and driver circuits include a semiconductor substrate having a first conductivity type, an isolation structure (including a sinker region and a buried layer), an active device within a portion of the substrate contained by the isolation structure, and a resistor circuit. The buried layer is positioned below the top substrate surface, and has a second conductivity type. The sinker region extends between the top substrate surface and the buried layer, and has the second conductivity type. The active device includes a body region, which is separated from the isolation structure by a portion of the semiconductor substrate having the first conductivity type. The resistor circuit is connected between the isolation structure and the body region. The resistor circuit may include one or more resistor networks and, optionally, a Schottky diode and/or one or more PN diode(s) in series and/or parallel with the resistor network(s).

High voltage devices and methods for forming a high voltage device are disclosed. The method includes providing a substrate having top and bottom surfaces. The substrate is defined with a device region and a recessed region disposed within the device region. The recessed region includes a recessed surface disposed lower than the top surface of the substrate. A transistor is formed over the substrate. Forming the transistor includes forming a gate at least over the recessed surface and forming a source region adjacent to a first side of the gate below the recessed surface. Forming the transistor also includes forming a drain region displaced away from a second side of the gate. First and second device wells are formed in the substrate within the device region. The first device well encompasses the drain region and the second device well encompasses the source region.

Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method to increase breakdown voltage of a power device. A power device is formed on a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafer made up of a device wafer, a handle wafer, and an intermediate oxide layer. A recess is formed in a lower surface of the handle wafer to define a recessed region of the handle wafer. The recessed region of the handle wafer has a first handle wafer thickness, which is greater than zero. An un-recessed region of the handle wafer has a second handle wafer thickness, which is greater than the first handle wafer thickness. The first handle wafer thickness of the recessed region provides a breakdown voltage improvement for the power device.

High voltage devices and methods for forming a high voltage device are disclosed. The method includes providing a substrate having top and bottom surfaces. The substrate is defined with a device region and a recessed region disposed within the device region. The recessed region includes a recessed surface disposed lower than the top surface of the substrate. A transistor is formed over the substrate. Forming the transistor includes forming a gate at least over the recessed surface and forming a source region adjacent to a first side of the gate below the recessed surface. Forming the transistor also includes forming a drain region displaced away from a second side of the gate. First and second device wells are formed in the substrate within the device region. The first device well encompasses the drain region and the second device well encompasses the source region.