Patent ID: 8513734
Filing Date: 2013-08-20
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. A switch mode converter suitable for use within a power management unit of a mobile electronic device, the switch mode converter comprising: a transistor including a first gate electrode overlying a first substrate region of a substrate, a second gate electrode overlying a second substrate region of the substrate, and a drift region within the substrate between the first substrate region and the second substrate region, the drift region underlying a gap defined between the first gate electrode and the second gate electrode; wherein the first substrate region extends laterally between a first source/drain region and the drift region and wherein the second substrate region extends laterally between the drift region and a second source/drain region; wherein the first source/drain region has a first type of conductivity, the first substrate region has a second type of conductivity that is different than the first type of conductivity, the drift region has the first type of conductivity, the second substrate region has the first type of conductivity, and the second source/drain region has the first type of conductivity.