The present invention relates to a junction field effect transistor. The junction field effect transistor comprises a substrate (10), a buried layer in the substrate, a first well region (32) and a second well region (34) that are on the buried layer, a source lead-out region (50), a drain lead-out region (60), and a first gate lead-out region (42) that are in the first well region (32), and a second gate lead-out region (44) in the second well region (34). A Schottky junction interface (70) is disposed on the surface of the first well region (32). The Schottky junction interface (70) is located between the first gate lead-out region (42) and the drain lead-out region (60), and is isolated from the first gate lead-out region (42) and the drain lead-out region (60) by means of isolation structures. The present invention also relates to a manufacturing method for a junction field effect transistor.

A junction field effect transistor (JFET) comprises an insulating carrier substrate, a base semiconductor substrate formed on the insulating carrier substrate and a gate region formed on the base semiconductor substrate. The gate region forms a junction with the base semiconductor substrate. The JFET further comprises a first source/drain region formed on the base semiconductor substrate and located on a first side of the gate region and a second source/drain region formed on the base semiconductor substrate and located on a second side of the gate region. A gate stack is deposited on the gate region, a first source/drain stack is deposited on the first source/drain region and a second source/drain stack is deposited on the second source/drain region. At least one of the gate stack, first source/drain stack and second source/drain stack overlaps onto another one of the gate stack, first source/drain stack and second source/drain stack.

A lateral super junction JFET is formed from stacked alternating P type and N type semiconductor layers over a P-epi layer supported on an N+ substrate. An N+ drain column extends down through the super junction structure and the P-epi to connect to the N+ substrate to make the device a bottom drain device. N+ source column and P+ gate column extend through the super junction but stop at the P-epi layer. A gate-drain avalanche clamp diode is formed from the bottom the P+ gate column through the P-epi to the N+ drain substrate.

A method of manufacturing a device comprises depositing one or more metallization layers to a substrate, locally heating an area of the one or more metallization layers to obtain a substrate/metallization-layer compound or a metallization-layer compound, the compound comprising an etch-selectivity toward an etching medium which is different to that of the one or more metallization layers outside the area, and removing the one or more metallization layers in the area or outside the area, depending on the etching selectivity in the area or outside the area, by etching with the etching medium to form the device.

A 3D semiconductor device, including: a first layer including first transistors; a first interconnection layer interconnecting the first transistors and overlying the first layer; and a second layer including second transistors, where the second layer thickness is less than 2 microns and greater than 5 nm, where the second layer is overlying the first interconnection layer, and where the second layer includes dice lines formed by an etch step.

A 3D semiconductor device, the device including: a first level including a first single crystal layer and including first transistors which each includes a single crystal channel; a first metal layer; a second metal layer overlaying the first metal layer; a second level including second transistors, first memory cells including at least one second transistor, and overlaying the second metal layer; a third level including third transistors and overlaying the second level; a fourth level including fourth transistors, second memory cells including at least one fourth transistor, and overlaying the third level, where at least one of the second transistors includes a metal gate, where the first level includes memory control circuits which control writing to the second memory cells, and at least one Phase-Lock-Loop (PLL) circuit or at least one Digital-Lock-Loop (DLL) circuit.

A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a substrate; a well region disposed in the substrate; an isolation structure surrounding an active region in the well region; a source region disposed in the well region; a drain region disposed in the well region; a second conductive type first doped region disposed in the well region and disposed along a periphery of the active region; a second conductive type second doped region disposed in the well region and under the source region, the drain region and the second conductive type first doped region, wherein the second conductive type second doped region is in direct contact with the second conductive type first doped region; a source electrode; a drain electrode and a gate electrode. The present disclosure also provides a method for manufacturing the semiconductor device.

A power integrated circuit includes a double-diffused metal-oxide-semiconductor (LDMOS) transistor formed in a first portion of the semiconductor layer with a channel being formed in a first body region. The power integrated circuit includes a first deep diffusion region formed in the first deep well under the first body region and in electrical contact with the first body region and a second deep diffusion region formed in the first deep well under the drain drift region and in electrical contact with the first body region. The first deep diffusion region and the second deep diffusion region together form a reduced surface field (RESURF) structure in the LDMOS transistor.

The disclosed technology relates to semiconductors, and more particularly to a junction field effect transistor (JFET). In one aspect, a method of fabricating a JFET includes forming a well of a first dopant type in a substrate, wherein the well is isolated from the substrate by an isolation region of a second dopant type. The method additionally includes implanting a dopant of the second dopant type at a surface of the well to form a source, a drain and a channel of the JFET, and implanting a dopant of the first dopant type at the surface of the well to form a gate of the JFET. The method additionally includes, prior to implanting the dopant of the first type and the dopant of the second type, forming a pre-metal dielectric (PMD) layer on the well and forming contact openings in the PMD layer above the source, the drain and the gate. The PMD layer has a thickness such that the channel is formed by implanting the dopant of the first type and the dopant of the second type through the PMD layer. The method further includes, after implanting the dopant of the first type and the dopant of the second type, siliciding the source, the drain and the gate, and forming metal contacts in the contact openings.

A high-voltage device includes: a diode; a junction field-effect transistor (JFET) adjoining the diode and electrically coupled to the diode; a high-voltage junction termination (HVJT) element electrically connected with the diode and the junction field-effect transistor, wherein the high-voltage junction termination element is a ring shape from top view, and a high-side region and a low-side region are respectively defined inside the ring shape and outside the ring shape; and a first deep well region encircling the high-side region. The first deep well region includes: a first segment disposed in the high-voltage junction termination element; and a second segment disposed in the junction field-effect transistor. The first segment includes a well region and a doped region in the well region. The second segment includes only the well region.