A semiconductor integrated circuit device is configured such that if, due to an erroneous connection or the like, an abnormal state is entered in which an output voltage is lower than a ground potential VSS, an N-type DMOS transistor and a first P-type MOS transistor are turned off and a voltage is applied to their parasitic diodes in the opposite direction, preventing a current from flowing. In a normal state in which the output voltage is higher than the ground potential, at least one of the N-type DMOS transistor and first P-type MOS transistor, which are connected in parallel, is turned on, preventing a current from flowing into the parasitic diode of the N-type DMOS transistor.

An LDFET is disclosed. A source region is electrically coupled to a source contact. A lightly doped drain (LDD) region has a lower dopant concentration than the source region, and is separated from the source region by a channel. A highly doped drain region forms an electrically conductive path between a drain contact and the LDD region. A gate electrode is located above the channel and separated from the channel by a gate dielectric. A shield plate is located above the gate electrode and the LDD region, and is separated from the LDD region, the gate electrode, and the source contact by a dielectric layer. A control circuit applies a variable voltage to the shield plate that: (1) accumulates a top layer of the LDD region before the transistor is switched on; and (2) depletes the top layer of the LDD region before the transistor is switched off.

According to the present invention, a switching element includes a substrate, a first gate pad formed on the substrate, a second gate pad formed on the substrate, a first resistor portion formed on the substrate, the first resistor portion connecting the first gate pad and the second gate pad to each other, and a cell region formed on the substrate and connected to the first gate pad. Thus, measurement of the gate resistance value and selection from gate resistances of the switching element can be performed after the completion of the gate-resistor-incorporating-type switching element.

A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a substrate, a multi-gate transistor device formed on the substrate, and an n-well resistor formed in the substrate. The substrate includes a plurality of first isolation structures and at least a second isolation structure formed therein. A depth of the first isolation structures is smaller than a depth of the second isolation structure. The multi-gate transistor device includes a plurality of fin structures, and the fin structures are parallel with each other and spaced apart from each other by the first isolation structures. The n-well resistor includes at least one first isolation structure. The n-well resistor and the multi-gate transistor device are electrically isolated from each other by the second isolation structure.

RESURF-based dual-gate p-n bimodal conduction laterally diffused metal oxide semiconductors (LDMOS). In an illustrative embodiment, a p-type source is electrically coupled to an n-type drain. A p-type drain is electrically coupled to an n-type source. An n-type layer serves as an n-type conduction channel between the n-type drain and the n-type source. A p-type top layer is disposed at the surface of the substrate of said semiconductor device and is disposed above and adjacent to the n-type layer. The p-type top layer serves as a p-type conduction channel between the p-type source and the p-type drain. An n-gate controls current flow in the n-type conduction channel, and a p-gate controls current flow in the p-type conduction channel.

A capacitor is provided for integration with a MOSFET device(s) formed on the same substrate. The capacitor comprises a first plate including a doped semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type, an insulating layer formed on an upper surface of the doped semiconductor layer, and a second plate including a polysilicon layer formed on an upper surface of the insulating layer. An inversion layer is formed in the doped semiconductor layer, beneath the insulating layer and proximate the upper surface of the doped semiconductor layer, as a function of an applied voltage between the first and second plates of the capacitor. At least one doped region of a second conductivity type, opposite the first conductivity type, is formed in the doped semiconductor layer adjacent to a drain and/or source region of the first conductivity type formed in the MOSFET device. The doped region is electrically connected to the inversion layer.

The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to a transistor integration scheme and methods of manufacture. The structure includes: a first device on a semiconductor substrate; and a second device on the semiconductor substrate, the second device having a recessed channel region below a surface of the first device.

A capacitor is provided for integration with a MOSFET device(s) formed on the same substrate. The capacitor comprises a first plate including a doped semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type, an insulating layer formed on an upper surface of the doped semiconductor layer, and a second plate including a polysilicon layer formed on an upper surface of the insulating layer. An inversion layer is formed in the doped semiconductor layer, beneath the insulating layer and proximate the upper surface of the doped semiconductor layer, as a function of an applied voltage between the first and second plates of the capacitor. At least one doped region of a second conductivity type, opposite the first conductivity type, is formed in the doped semiconductor layer adjacent to a drain and/or source region of the first conductivity type formed in the MOSFET device. The doped region is electrically connected to the inversion layer.

An electronic device including semiconductor region located on a gallium nitride layer, two electrodes, located on either side of and insulated from the semiconductor region, the electrodes partially penetrating into the gallium nitride layer, and two lateral MOS transistors formed inside and on top of the semiconductor region.

A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor chip having a principal surface, a drift region formed in the semiconductor chip, a drain region, body and a source region, a gate electrode facing a channel region formed in the body region through a gate insulating film, a plurality of insulating isolation structures embedded in a surface layer portion of the principal surface of the semiconductor chip along a first direction between the body region and the drain region, a first active area sandwiched between the adjacent insulating isolation structures in a second direction, and a gate field plate extending from the gate electrode to a region on the insulating isolation structure, wherein the gate insulating film includes a first portion formed on the channel region and a second portion integrally extending from the first portion toward the drain region, formed on the drift region, and having a second thickness larger than a first thickness of the first portion.