Abstract:
A lateral double diffused metal oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor includes semiconductor substrates, body regions positioned in the semiconductor substrates, drift regions positioned in the semiconductor substrates, source regions and a body leading-out region which are positioned in the body regions and spaced from the drift regions, a field region and drain regions which are positioned in the drift regions, and gates positioned on the surfaces of the semiconductor substrates to partially cover the body regions, the drift regions and the field region, wherein the field region is of a finger-like structure and comprises a plurality of strip field regions which extend from the source regions to the drain regions and are isolated by the active regions; and the strip field regions provided with strip gate extending regions extending from the gates.

Description:
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
     This application is a national stage application (under 35 U.S.C. §371) of PCT/CN2014/084545, filed Aug. 15, 2014, which claims priority to Chinese Application No. 201310358585.X, filed Aug. 15, 2013, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. 
     FIELD OF THE INVENTION 
     The present disclosure relates to a technical field of LDMOS (Lateral Double Diffused MOSFET), and more particularly relates to a LDMOS device with a decreased Rdson. 
     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     With the continuous development of semiconductor technology, lateral double diffused metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (LDMOS) devices have been widely used in mobile phones, specifically in cell phones, due to its excellent short channel characteristics. As mobile communication market (especially the cellular communication market) continues to increase, the manufacturing process of LDMOS devices become more increasingly mature. As a power switching device, LDMOS has such characteristics as a relatively high operating voltage, simple process, easy to be compatible in the process with low-voltage CMOS circuit. During operation, LDMOS includes an “off-state” and an “on-state”. Compared with common MOS device, LDMOS has a lightly doped implanting region at the source and the drain, which is known as a drift region. Since it is generally used in power circuits requiring a large output power, and LDMOS must be able to withstand high voltages. With the wild applications of LDMOS in the power integrated circuits, the performance requirements for LDMOS device are also increasing, which requires a higher off-state breakdown voltage (off-BV) with a smaller on-resistance (Rdson). In conclusion, there are more urgent demand for LDMOS devices with a higher off-BV and a smaller Rdson. 
       FIG. 1  illustrates a sectional view of an LDMOS device manufactured according to a conventional method. Referring to  FIG. 1 , the LDMOS includes a substrate  100 , an active region formed in the substrate, a well  101  formed in the substrate, a field oxide layer  102  positioned on the surface junction of substrate  100  and the well  102 , a drift region  108  positioned in the semiconductor substrate  100 , a drift region field oxide layer  103  covering the drift region  108 , a body leading-out region  104  positioned in the well region  101 , a source region  105  positioned in the well region  101 , a drain region  106  positioned in the drift region  108 , a gate structure  107  positioned on the substrate  100 . The source, drain, and gate can be led out from the source region, a drain region and the gate respectively by patterning. The gate structure  107  can partially extend to the drift region field oxide layer  103  of the drift region  108 .  FIG. 2  is a top view of an LDMOS device manufactured according to a conventional method. The LDMOS device includes a source  200 , a gate  201 , a drain  202 , and a drift region. The entire drift region is a field oxide layer  203 , which is adjacent to the drain  202 . Part of the gate  201  is positioned on the field oxide layer  203  of the drift region. In the prior art, in order to obtain a less Rdson, the concentration of the drift region must be high, however, the higher concentration may result in lower off-state breakdown voltage. 
     Therefore, there is a need to provide a lateral double diffused metal oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor which can decrease the Rdson while obtaining a higher off-state breakdown voltage value. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     The present invention will become more fully understood from the detailed description given herein below and the accompanying drawings which are given by way of illustration only, and thus are not limitative of the present invention. 
     Accordingly, it is necessary to provide a lateral double diffused metal oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor which can decrease the Rdson while obtaining a higher off-state breakdown voltage value. 
     A lateral double diffused metal oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor includes: a semiconductor substrate; a body region positioned in the semiconductor substrate; a drift region positioned in the semiconductor substrate; a source region and a body leading-out region positioned in the body region and spaced from the drift region; a field region and a drain region positioned in the drift region; and a gate positioned on the semiconductor substrate and covering partial the body region, the drift region, and the field region; wherein the field region is a finger-like structure and comprises a plurality of strip-like field regions extending from the source region to the drain region, and the plurality of strip-like field regions are isolated by an active region. 
     In one embodiment, the gate comprises a plate-like portion adjacent to the source region and a plurality of strip-like portions positioned on the strip-like field regions. 
     In one embodiment, the plurality of strip-like portions of the gate extends from the plate-like portion of the gate to the strip-like field regions. 
     In one embodiment, a width of the strip-like portion of the gate is less than a width of the strip-like field region. 
     In one embodiment, the strip-like portions of the gate deplete the drift region. 
     In one embodiment, the field region is a STI or FOX. 
     In the aforementioned LDMOS, the entire drift region is depleted by using the strip-like gate on the strip-like field region, thus a higher off-state breakdown voltage value is achieved. Since the plurality of active regions can increase the concentration of the impurities of the drift region, the Rdson is decreased. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       The components in the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale, the emphasis instead being placed upon clearly illustrating the principles of the present disclosure. 
         FIG. 1  is a sectional view of an LDMOS device manufactured according to a conventional method; 
         FIG. 2  is a top view of an LDMOS device manufactured according to a conventional method; 
         FIG. 3  is a top view of an LDMOS device manufactured according to an embodiment; 
         FIG. 4  is a sectional view of the LDMOS device taken from line A-A in  FIG. 3 ; and 
         FIG. 5  is a sectional view of the LDMOS device taken from line A′-A′ in  FIG. 3 . 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS 
     The following description provides specific details for a thorough understanding of the various embodiments and for the enablement of one skilled in the art. However, one skilled in the art will understand that the invention may be practiced without such details. In some instances, well-known structures and functions have not been shown or described in detail to avoid unnecessarily obscuring the description of the embodiments. 
     The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. As used herein, the singular forms “a”, “an” and “the” are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It will be further understood that the terms “comprises” and/or “comprising,” when used in this specification, specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, and/or components, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, and/or groups thereof. 
     Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, throughout the description and the claims, the words “comprise,” “comprising,” and the like are to be construed in an inclusive sense as opposed to an exclusive or exhaustive sense; that is to say, in the sense of “including, but not limited to.” Words using the singular or plural number also include the plural or singular number respectively. Additionally, the words “herein,” “above,” “below” and words of similar import, when used in this application, shall refer to this application as a whole and not to any particular portions of this application. When the claims use the word “or” in reference to a list of two or more items, that word covers all of the following interpretations of the word: any of the items in the list, all of the items in the list and any combination of the items in the list. 
     As used herein, the following directional terms “forward”, “rearward”, “left”, “right”, “upward” and “downward” as well as any other similar directional terms refer to those directions which are determined on the basis of the LDMOS shown in figures, for instance, the lateral direction refers to a channel direction of the LDMOS, which is parallel to the substrate surface, and the vertical direction is perpendicular to the substrate surface. Accordingly, it should be noted that these directional terms are relative concepts relatively used to describe and clarify, which can vary as long as the position of the LDMOS changes. 
     In order to solve the problems in the prior art, the present invention provides a novel LDMOS semiconductor device structure. Embodiments of the invention are described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying  FIGS. 3 to 5 , where  FIG. 3  is a top view of an LDMOS device manufactured according to an embodiment;  FIG. 4  is a sectional view taken from line A-A of the LDMOS device in  FIG. 3 ; and  FIG. 5  is a sectional view taken from line A′-A′ of the LDMOS device in  FIG. 3 . 
       FIG. 3  is a top view of an LDMOS device manufactured according to an embodiment. In the illustrated embodiment, the lateral double diffused metal oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor is an N-type device. Reference will now be made to  FIG. 3  to describe, in detail, embodiments of the present LDMOS structure. 
     The LDMOS device includes a source region  300 , a gate  301 , a drain region  302 , and a drift region  304 . A field region  303  and the drain region  302  are formed in the drift region. The gate  301  is formed on a semiconductor substrate and covers partial the body region, the drift region  304 , and the field region  303 . The gate  301  is preferably made of polysilicon. The field region  303  is a finger-like structure and includes a plurality of strip-like field regions  303 A extending from the source region  300  to the drain region  302 , and the plurality of strip-like field regions  303 A are isolated by an active region  304 . The gate  301  includes a plate-like portion adjacent to the source region  302  and a plurality of strip-like portions  305  positioned on the strip-like field regions. The plurality of strip-like portions  305  of the gate extends from the plate-like portion of the gate  301  to the strip-like field regions  303 A. A width of the strip-like portion  305  of the gate  301  is less than a width of the strip-like field region  303 A. The strip-like field regions  303 A of the gate deplete the drift region. 
     Taking an N-type device as an example, the present invention provides a lateral double diffused metal oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor which can on the one hand decrease the Rdson, while on the other hand obtain a higher off-state breakdown voltage value. Referring to  FIG. 3 , comparing to the top view of LDMOS shown in  FIG. 2 , the present invention provides a lateral double diffused metal oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor which can decrease the Rdson while obtaining a higher off-state breakdown voltage value by means of the layout of the LDMOS semiconductor device. In other words, the present invention transforms the field region of the drift region of the conventional LDMOS into a finger-like structure, which includes a plurality of strip-like field regions extending from the source region  300  to the drain region  301 , and the plurality of strip-like field regions are isolated by the active region  304 . The LDMOS includes a source  300 , a gate  301 , a source  302 , and a field region and a drain region which are positioned in the drift region; a gate  301  positioned on a semiconductor substrate and covering partial the body region, the drift region  304 , and the field region  303 . The field region  303  is a finger-like structure and includes a plurality of strip-like field regions  303 A extending from the source region  300  to the drain region  302 , and the plurality of strip-like field regions  303 A are isolated by an active region  304 . The gate  301  includes a plate-like portion adjacent to the source region  302  and a plurality of strip-like portions  305  positioned on the strip-like field regions The plurality of strip-like portions  305  deplete the impurities below a field oxide layer (STI) and in the active region (TO) between the STI and STI, such that the entire drift region is depleted, and a higher off-state breakdown voltage value is achieved. Since the plurality of active regions can increase the impurity concentration in the entire drift region, the Rdson is decreased. 
       FIG. 4  is a sectional view of the LDMOS device taken from line A-A in  FIG. 3 , which includes a substrate  400 , a well  401  in the substrate, and a field oxide layer  403  positioned at the surface junction of the substrate  400  and the well. 
     Referring to  FIG. 4 , the LDMOS is formed on the semiconductor substrate  400 , which is a silicon substrate. The drift region  404  and the well  401  are formed in the substrate by doping. 
     In the illustrated embodiment, the substrate is a P-type substrate, which has a certain doping concentration without being limited thereto. The semiconductor substrate can be formed by epitaxial growth, or it can be a wafer substrate. 
     The P-well  401  is formed in the semiconductor substrate using a standard well implanting process. For example, the P-well can be formed by a high energy implantation process, or by a low energy implantation along with a high temperature thermal annealing process. A source region and a body leading-out region can be formed in the well. The forming method of the drift region is similar to that of the P-well, for example, it can be formed by a high energy implantation process, or by a low energy implantation along with a high temperature thermal annealing process. 
     The P-well  401  is formed on the semiconductor substrate  400  as a body region. In a preferred embodiment, a doping concentration of the body region may be in a range of from 1015 atoms/cm 3  to 1018 atoms/cm 3 , e.g. 1017 atoms/cm 3 . For the N-trench LDMOS, the drift region is N-type doped. The drift region  404  is formed in the semiconductor substrate  400  at the same time. The drift region is positioned in the semiconductor substrate and between the source and the drain. As a lightly doped region, the presence of the drift region can provide a breakdown voltage of the LDMOS device, while reducing the parasitic capacitance between the source and the drain. For the N-trench LDMOS, the drift region is N-type doped, and a doping concentration thereof is usually less than a doping concentration of the drain. In a preferred embodiment, a doping concentration of the drift region may be in a range of from 1015 atoms/cm 3  to 1018 atoms/cm 3 . 
     Isolation region oxide layer  403  is formed on the semiconductor substrate  400  using a shallow trench isolation technique or thermal oxidation growth technology. The well region  401  and the drift region  404  are form in the semiconductor substrate  400 . The source region  405  is formed in the well region, and the drain region  406  is formed in the drift region. 
     In a specific embodiment of the present invention, the well region is formed in the P-type substrate by implanting P-type impurities, and the source region  405  is formed in the well region by implanting N-type impurities. The body leading-out region  402  is formed by implanting P+ impurities into the well. The drift region  404  is formed in the semiconductor substrate  400  by implantation. The drain region  406  is formed by implanting N+ impurities into the drift region. In the illustrated embodiment, the source  405  and the drain  406  can be formed by N-type doping to the semiconductor substrate  400 , and the doping concentrations of both the source  405  and the drain  406  can be the same, thus they can be synchronized formed by doping. In a preferred embodiment, the doping concentration of the source  405  and the drain  406  may be in a range of from 1018 atoms/cm 3  to 1021 atoms/cm 3 , e.g. 1020 atoms/cm 3 . 
     A gate structure  407  covering partial the body region and the drift region is formed on the surface of the semiconductor substrate  400 . 
     Finally, an inter-layer dielectric layer (not shown) is deposited on the semiconductor substrate, and holes are formed on the inter-layer dielectric layer, metal is introduced to the holes, such that the gate, source, drain and body leading-out region are connected to the corresponding gate G, source S, drain D and Bulk. 
       FIG. 5  is a sectional view of the LDMOS device taken from line A′-A′ in  FIG. 3 , which includes a substrate  500 , a well  501  in the substrate, and a field oxide layer  503  positioned at the surface junction of the substrate  400  and the well. 
     Referring to  FIG. 5 , the LDMOS is formed on the semiconductor substrate  500 , which is a silicon substrate. The drift region  504  and the well region  501  are formed in the substrate by doping. 
     In the illustrated embodiment, the substrate is a P-type substrate, which has a certain doping concentration without being limited thereto. The semiconductor substrate can be formed by epitaxial growth, or it can be a wafer substrate. 
     The P-well  501  is formed in the semiconductor substrate using a standard well implanting process. For example, the P-well can be formed by a high energy implantation process, or by a low energy implantation with a high temperature thermal annealing process. A source region and a body leading-out region can be formed in the well. The forming method of the drift region is similar to that of the P-well, for example, it can be formed by a high energy implantation process, or by a low energy implantation with a high temperature thermal annealing process. 
     The P-well  501  is formed on the semiconductor substrate  500  as a body region. In a preferred embodiment, a doping concentration of the body region may be in a range of from 1015 atoms/cm 3  to 1018 atoms/cm 3 , e.g. 1017 atoms/cm 3 . For the N-trench LDMOS, the drift region is N-type doped. The drift region  504  is formed in the semiconductor substrate  500  at the same time. The drift region is positioned in the semiconductor substrate and between the source and the drain. As a lightly doped region, the presence of the drift region can provide a breakdown voltage of the LDMOS device, while reducing the parasitic capacitance between the source and the drain. For the N-trench LDMOS, the drift region is N-type doped, and a doping concentration thereof is usually less than a doping concentration of the drain. In a preferred embodiment, a doping concentration of the drift region may be in a range of from 1015 atoms/cm 3  to 1018 atoms/cm 3 . The subsequently formed drift region field oxide layer is the field region formed on the drift region, the field region is of a shallow trench isolation structure (STI). 
     In a specific embodiment of the present invention, a silicon nitride layer and a silicon oxide layer is formed on the semiconductor substrate, a photoresist with a drift region is used as a mask, and the trench is formed by sequentially etching the silicon nitride layer, the silicon oxide layer positioned on the drift region, and the silicon layer using dry etching. The photoresist with the drift region is removed, the silicon nitride layer outside the drift region is used a mask, a STI region  508  is formed by oxidation layer deposition and polishing, or a drift region field oxide layer (FOX) is formed on the semiconductor substrate by a thermal oxidation growth process. 
     An isolation region oxide layer  503  is formed on the semiconductor substrate  500  using a shallow trench isolation technology. The well region  501  and the drift region  504  are formed in the semiconductor substrate  500 . 
     In a specific embodiment of the present invention, the well region  501  and the drift region  504  are formed in the semiconductor substrate  500  by implantation. The well region  501  and the drift region  504  can be formed by a high energy implantation process, or by a low energy implantation along with a high temperature thermal annealing process. The well region  501  is used as a body region, the body leading-out region  502  is formed by implanting P+ impurities into the body region, and the source region  505  is formed by implanting N+ impurities. The drain region  506  is formed by implanting N+ impurities into the drift region. The doping concentrations of both the source  505  and the drain  506  can be the same, thus they can be synchronized formed by doping. In a preferred embodiment, the N-type doping concentration of the source  505  and the drain  506  may be in a range of from 1018 atoms/cm 3  to 1021 atoms/cm 3 , e.g. 1020 atoms/cm 3 . 
     A gate structure  507  covering the drift region  504 , the field region  508 , and partial body region is formed on the surface of the semiconductor substrate  500 . 
     Finally, an inter-layer dielectric layer (not shown) is deposited on the semiconductor substrate, holes are formed on the inter-layer dielectric layer, metal is introduced to the holes, such that the gate, source, drain and body leading-out region are connected to the corresponding gate G, source S, drain D and Bulk. 
     In the LDMOS semiconductor structure of the present invention, on the basis of the entire conventional drift region being the field region, a plurality of active regions are inserted, such that the whole drift region becomes a finger-like structure having a plurality of field regions and a plurality of source regions in a width direction. The N-type impurities of the active region below the field oxide layer (field region) and between the field oxide layers are depleted by the polysilicon flat plate, such that the whole drift region is depleted, thus a higher off-state breakdown voltage value is achieved. Since the plurality of active regions can increase the N-type impurities of the drift region, the drift region resistance is lowered, and the Rdson is decreased. The present invention does not increase any more difficult for the manufacturing process technology, and it can be well compatible with CMOS/LDMOS integrated circuit manufacturing processes. 
     Taking N-type device as an example, a manufacturing method of the lateral double diffused metal oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor can include the following steps: 
     In step a, a P-well is formed on a P-type substrate using a standard well implanting process. 
     In step b, a drift region is formed by implanting N-type impurities into the P-type substrate. 
     In step c, an active region is defined, and a field oxide layer is formed in the field region using a standard shallow trench isolation technique or thermal oxidation growth technology. 
     In step d, a gate is formed using a standard polysilicon deposition and etching process. 
     In step e, a body leading-out region is formed by implanting P+ impurities into the well region, and a source and a drain are formed by implanting N+ impurities into the well region and the drift region. 
     The step of depositing a dielectric layer, etching a contact hole, depositing a metal layer in the contact hole, etching the metal wires and passivation are well known to those skilled in the art, thus they will not be described in further details. 
     There is no difficulty in process section of manufacturing the lateral double diffused metal oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor according to the present invention, and it can be well compatible with CMOS/LDMOS integrated circuit manufacturing processes. The LDMOS device according to the present invention includes a source region, a gate, a drain region, and a drift region. A field region and the drain region are positioned in the drift region. The gate is formed on a semiconductor substrate and covers partial the body region, the drift region, and the field region. The gate is preferably made of polysilicon, but it can be made of metal or other semiconductor materials. The field region is a finger-like structure and includes a plurality of strip-like field regions extending from the source region to the drain region, and the plurality of strip-like field regions are isolated by an active region. The gate includes a plate-like portion adjacent to the source region and a plurality of strip-like portions positioned on the strip-like field regions. 
     Although the aforementioned embodiment uses NMOS as an example, it should be understood that, it can also be applied to PMOS by simple adjustment by the person skilled in the art. 
     Although the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiments thereof and the best modes for carrying out the present invention, it is apparent to those skilled in the art that a variety of modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention, which is intended to be defined by the appended claims.