Patent Publication Number: US-8125008-B2

Title: Schottky device and process of making the same comprising a geometry gap

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
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     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     1. Field of the Invention 
     The present invention relates to a Schottky device and a semiconductor process of making the same; more specifically, relates to a semiconductor process of fabricating a Schottky device with a high breakdown voltage. 
     2. Descriptions of the Related Art 
     Schottky devices are widely used in many semiconductor circuits. Referring to  FIG. 1  and  FIG. 2 ,  FIG. 1  is a top view of a Schottky device  1  of the prior art, and  FIG. 2  is a side elevational, cross-sectional view of the portion of the Schottky device  1  of  FIG. 1  taken substantially along section line A-A thereof. The Schottky device  1  comprises a P-substrate  101 , a deep N-well  103 , a heavily doped region  105  being doped with an n-type of ions, a Schottky contact  107 , an Ohmic contact  109 , a doped region  111  being doped with a p-type of ions, a Schottky electrode  113 , and an Ohmic electrode  115 . The Schottky contact  107  contacts the Schottky electrode  113  with the deep N-well  103 . The Ohmic contact  109  contacts the Ohmic electrode  115  with the heavily doped region  105 . The doped region  111  that is adjacent to the deep N-well  103  will ensure a breakdown voltage of the Schottky devices  1  on a fixed value. 
     However, an ion concentration of the deep N-well  103  will be reduced for improving the breakdown voltage of the Schottky devices  1 . Therefore, there are extra masks and processes needed to fabricate the Schottky devices  1 , and costs will be increased. Furthermore, a conductive resistance of the Schottky devices  1  will increase substantially. 
     According to the above description, there is a need in this industry to improve a high breakdown voltage of a Schottky device without extra masks and processes. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     One object of this invention is to provide a Schottky device with a breakdown voltage. The Schottky device comprises a substrate, a deep well, a Schottky contact, and an Ohmic contact. The substrate is doped with a first type of ions. The deep well is doped with a second type of ions, and formed in the substrate. The Schottky contact contacts a first electrode with the deep well. The Ohmic contact contacts a second electrode with a heavily doped region with the first type of ions in the deep well. The deep well has a geometry gap with a width formed under the Schottky contact, the first type of ions and the second type of ions are complementary, and the width of the gap is configured to adjust the breakdown voltage. 
     Another object of this invention is to provide a semiconductor process for forming a Schottky device. The semiconductor process comprises the steps of forming a deep well with a second type of ions in a substrate with a first type of ions; forming a first doped region with the first type of ions; forming an oxide layer; forming a second doped region in the deep well with the first type of ions; forming a heavily doped region in the deep well with the second type of ions; and forming a first electrode on a Schottky contact on the deep well and a second electrode on an Ohmic contact on the second heavily doped region. The first type of ions and the second type of ions are complementary, the doped region and the deep well are separated, the first heavily doped region is around the first electrode, and the deep well has a geometry gap with a width formed under the Schottky contact. 
     The present invention provides a geometry gap with a width that is formed under a Schottky contact of a Schottky device. And the width is configured to adjust the breakdown voltage. In addition, extra masks and processes are not needed, and costs can be reduced. Also, a conductive resistance of the Schottky device will be also reduced. 
     The detailed technology and preferred embodiments implemented for the subject invention are described in the following paragraphs accompanying the appended drawings for people skilled in this field to well appreciate the features of the claimed invention. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  illustrates a top view of a Schottky device of the prior art; 
         FIG. 2  illustrates a cross-section view of the Schottky device of the prior art; 
         FIG. 3  illustrates a cross-section view of the first embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 4  illustrates a top view of a second embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 5  illustrates a cross-section view of the second embodiment of the present invention; and 
         FIG. 6  illustrates a flow chart of a third embodiment of the present invention. 
     
    
    
     DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT 
     A side elevational, cross-sectional view of a Schottky device  3  of a first embodiment of the present invention is illustrated in  FIG. 3 . Since a top view of the Schottky device  3  is just like the one illustrated in  FIG. 1 ,  FIG. 3  is taken substantially along section line A-A of  FIG. 1 . The first embodiment comprises a P-substrate  301 , a deep N-well  303 , a heavily doped region  305 , a Schottky contact  307 , an Ohmic contact  309 , a doped region  311 , a Schottky electrode  313 , and an Ohmic electrode  315 . 
     According to the first embodiment, the P-substrate  301  is doped with a p-type of ions. The deep N-well  303  is doped with an n-type of ions, and formed in the P-substrate  301 . The heavily doped region  305  is heavily doped with the n-type of ions, and formed in the deep N-well  303 . The Schottky contact  307  contacts the Schottky electrode  313  with the deep N-well  303 . The Ohmic contact  309  contacts the Ohmic electrode  315  with the heavily doped region  305 . And the deep N-well  303  further has a geometry gap formed in a geometry gap region  317  with a width G. The geometry gap region  317  is formed under the Schottky contact  307 , and a breakdown voltage of the Schottky device  3  can be adjusted by configuring the width G. 
     A second embodiment of the present invention is another Schottky device  4  as illustrated in  FIG. 4  and  FIG. 5 .  FIG. 4  is a top view of the Schottky device  4 , and  FIG. 5  is a side elevational, cross-sectional view of the portion of the Schottky device  4  of  FIG. 4  taken substantially along section line B-B thereof. The Schottky device  4  is similar to the Schottky device  3  of the first embodiment. The Schottky device  4  comprises a first doped region  401  in the second embodiment, and further comprises a second doped region  403 . The first doped region  401  is doped with the p-type of ions in the P-substrate  301 , and separated from the deep N-well  303  by a distance W. The second doped region  403  is doped with the p-type of ions and formed in the deep N-well  303 . 
     The distance W between the deep N-well  303  and the first doped region  401  can be configured to adjust a breakdown voltage of the Schottky device  4 . When the distance W increases, the breakdown voltage also increases. The breakdown voltage stops increasing until the distance W exceeds a predetermined value. In addition, the breakdown voltage can be respectively adjusted by at least one of an ion concentration, a square measure, and a depth of the second doped region  403 . 
     According to the above description, parameters of the Schottky device  4  comprise a range of the ion concentration of the deep N-well  303  from 1E12 to 5E13 per square centimeter, a range of a depth of the deep N-well  303  from 2 to 10 um, a range of the ion concentration of the first doped region  401  from 1E12 to 5E13 per square centimeter, a range of the ion concentration of the second doped region  403  from 1E15 to 5E16 per square centimeter, a range of an ion concentration of the heavily doped region  305  from 1E15 to 5E16 per square centimeter, a range of a depth of the first doped region  401  from 1 to 5 μm, a range of the width G is from 0 to 10 μm, and a range of the distance W from 0 to 20 μm. 
     The n-type doped regions and p-type doped regions of the first and second embodiments are denoted for illustration. Those skilled in the art can easily understand that the n-type of ions and the p-type of ions are configured to be complementary in the first and second embodiments. The p-type of ions can be replaced by the n-type of ions, and the n-type of ions can be replaced correspondingly by the p-type of ions. 
     A third embodiment of the present invention is a semiconductor process for forming a Schottky device as illustrated in  FIG. 6 . Each region in the following steps can be understood as the same region described with the same name in the first and second embodiments. Step  601  is executed to form a deep well with a second type of ions in a substrate, and the substrate containing a first type of ions. Step  602  is executed to form a first doped region with the first type of ions. The step  601 ,  602  can be achieved by thermal driving for 6 to 12 hours under 1000 to 1200 degrees of Celsius. Step  603  is executed to form an oxide layer. Step  604  is executed to form a second doped region in the deep well with the first type of ions. Step  605  is executed to form a heavily doped region in the deep well with the second type of ions. Finally, step  606  is executed to form a first electrode on a Schottky contact on the deep well, and a second electrode on an Ohmic contact on the heavily doped region. 
     Wherein the first type of ions and the second type of ions are complementary, the second doped region is around the first electrode, the deep well has a geometry gap with a width formed under the Schottky contact, and the first doped region and the deep well are separated by a distance. Alternatively, the first doped region may be formed before the deep well being formed. That is, step  601  can be executed posterior to step  602 . Moreover, the sequence of the aforementioned steps is for the purpose of an example. The sequence is not intended to be a limitation of the present invention. 
     Accordingly, the present invention is capable to provide a Schottky device with a high breakdown voltage. The corresponding semiconductor processes are also provided. First, a deep N-well of the Schottky device contains a geometry gap with a width. Second, a doped region being doped the p-type of ions is around the Schottky contact of the Schottky device. Finally, another doped region being doped the p-type of ions of the Schottky device is separated from the deep N-well of the same by a distance. The above conditions can be configured to adjust the breakdown voltage of the Schottky device. Therefore, the present invention can achieve the goal without extra masks and processes. 
     The above disclosure is related to the detailed technical contents and inventive features thereof. People skilled in this field may proceed with a variety of modifications and replacements based on the disclosures and suggestions of the invention as described without departing from the characteristics thereof. Nevertheless, although such modifications and replacements are not fully disclosed in the above descriptions, they have substantially been covered in the following claims as appended.