Patent ID: 7956384
Filing Date: 2011-06-07
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. A semiconductor power device supported on a semiconductor substrate comprising: a plurality of transistor cells each having a source and a drain region disposed on opposite sides of a gate region in the semiconductor substrate wherein a gate electrode is formed as an electrode layer on top of the gate region for controlling an electric current transmitted between the source and the drain regions; said gate electrode layer disposed on top of said semiconductor substrate is patterned into a wave-like shaped stripes and gate runners extends across a substantial length over said semiconductor device with said wave-like shape stripes extended between and interconnected two of said gate runners for substantially increasing an electric current conduction area between the source and drain regions across the gate; a salicide layer disposed in an upper portion of said source region and said drain region for expanding an area of a source metal contact and a drain metal contact for reducing a drain to source resistance; a first insulation layer covering said semiconductor device having a plurality of contact openings opened through said first insulation layer and said contact openings are filled with source metal contacts and drain metal contacts for contacting said salicide layer in said source and drain regions respectively a first metal layer covering over said first insulation layer and patterned into a plurality of first set of metal stripes with a plurality of first set of source metal stripes contacting said source metal contacts and a plurality of first set of drain metal stripes contacting said drain metal contacts; a second insulation layer covering said first set of metal stripes wherein said second insulation layer having a plurality of source via contacts and drain via contacts penetrate therethrough for contacting said first set of source metal strips and said first set of drain metal strips respectively; a second metal layer disposed on top of said second insulation layer and patterned into a source metal and a drain metal for contacting said source via contacts and said drain via contacts respectively through said second insulation layer; and said first metal layer is patterned into a said plurality of said first set of source and drain metal stripes with different width wherein a lower portion of said first set of source metal stripe is wider then a upper portion of said first set of source metal stripes to reduce a lower portion source resistance and said upper portion of said source metal stripes having a narrower width to allow for greater width for an upper portion of said drain metal stripes to reduce a drain resistance in an upper portion.