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A method and apparatus for protection against electrostatic discharge (ESD) with improved latch-up robustness featuring a silicide blocked p-type field effect transistor is disclosed. The transistor has a snapback voltage that is less than the breakdown voltage of its gate oxide. The transistor is part of an integrated circuit and coupled to an I/O pad having no n-diffusions connected directly to it. A given integrated circuit may employ one or more the transistors configured in accordance with the invention that are associated with one or more I/O pads within the integrated circuit.

The invention belongs to the semi-conductor power device technical field. A SOI layer of the device is thinner (1to 2um); a grid oxide layer is thick (100 to 800nm); a grid field plate gets across a grid and extends above a drift region. An active expansion region positioned below the thick grid oxide layer and connected with a source region can be also arranged in the body of the device to assure the more effective formation of the whole device. The grid oxide layer of the invention is thicker, can bear high grid-source voltage and meet the need of a level displacement circuit; the SIO layer is thinner, can decrease the parasitic effect of the device and reduce consumption; through adding the grid field plate striding over the grid on the surface of the power device, the depletion of the drift region can be increased, the electric field peak value on the silicon surface at the tail end of the grid is decreased, the breakdown characteristic of the device is improved, further more the concentration of the drift region is helped to improve, and the on-state resistance of the device is decreased. The invention has the advantages of low parasitic effect, fast speed, low power consumption, strong radiation-resistant ability and so on, and is compatible with the standard process. By adopting the invention, various high-voltage, high-speed and low conducting loss devices of excellent performance can be produced.

The invention relates to a clamp ESD protection circuit for a latch-up prevention type power supply, and relates to the technical field of electronic static discharge protection design of integrated circuit chips. The clamp ESD protection circuit for the latch-up prevention type power supply comprises a transient trigger module, a direct-current voltage detection module and a discharge transistor. Triggering of the discharge transistor of the clamp ESD protection circuit for the latch-up prevention type power supply is achieved through the transient trigger module, and maintenance of the start state of the discharge transistor is achieved through the direct-current voltage detection module. If the clamp ESD protection circuit for the latch-up prevention type power supply is mistakenly triggered by high-frequency noise, the circuit is automatically out of the mistaken trigger state in a short time, and the latch-up phenomenon is effectively prevented.

The invention relates to a silicon-on-insulator N-type transverse insulated gate bipolar transistor and a preparation method thereof. The silicon-on-insulator N-type transverse insulated gate bipolar transistor comprises a P-type silicon-on-insulator silicon wafer, wherein the right region of a first P-type epitaxial layer is provided with a P-type buried layer; a second P-type epitaxial layer is arranged above the first P-type epitaxial layer; a P-type high-energy ion-implantation layer and a P-type channel region are arranged in the second P-type epitaxial layer; the left side is provided with an N-type deep well and an N-type drift region; an N-type buffer layer and a P-type anode contact region are arranged in the N-type drift region; an N-type cathode contact region and a P-type body contact region are arranged in the P-type channel region; a first field oxide layer and a gate oxide layer are arranged above the N-type drift region; the gate oxide layer extends rightwards to above the P-type channel region; and polycrystalline silicon is arranged above the gate oxide layer and used as a gate. The preparation method comprises the following steps: carrying out implantation onto the right region of the first P-type epitaxial layer to form the P-type buried layer, and carrying out implantation onto the right region of the second P-type epitaxial layer to form the P-type high-energy ion-implantation layer which is communicated with the P-type buried layer, so that the concentration gradually increases from bottom to top so as to form an electrically conductive path which can effectively inhibit the latch effect.

The invention provides an integrated power device on a silicon on insulator (SOI) layer for negative supply voltage, belonging to the field of semiconductor power devices. The integrated power device on the SOI layer for the negative supply voltage is characterized in that the SOI layer is integrated with at least two or three high-voltage devices of an n-type lateral insulated gate bipolar transistor (nLIGBT), a p-type laterally diffused metal oxide semiconductor (pLDMOS) and an n-type laterally diffused metal oxide semiconductor (nLDMOS), and also can be integrated with a low-voltage metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) device; buried oxide layers and dielectrically isolated areas connected with the buried oxide layer are used to realize the complete isolation among the different devices; a conventional local oxidation of silicon (LOCOS) technology or a shallow trench isolation technology is adopted for realizing the dielectrically isolated area; the SOI layer is 0.5-3mu m in thickness; and the dielectric electric-field strength of the thick gate oxide layer of the high-voltage nLIGBT and nLDMOS devices is less than 5*106V/cm so as to meet the requirements of the high-voltage integrated circuit of the negative supply voltage for high voltage resistance between the grid electrodes and source electrodes of the devices. The integrated power device on a SOI layer for the negative supply voltage has the advantages of small parasitic effect, fast speed, low power consumption, strong irradiation resistance and the like, realizes compatibility of the high-voltage devices with the low-voltage devices, and meets the requirements of the working environment of the negative supply voltage. The integrated power device on a SOI layer for the negative supply voltage is used to manufacture a plurality of high-voltage, high-speed and low conducting-loss power devices with good performances, and is used for the high-voltage application of the negative supply voltage.

The invention discloses a high-voltage electronic static discharge (ESD) protection device with a positive-negative (PN) junction auxiliary trigger silicon controlled rectifier-laterally diffused metal oxide semiconductor (SCR-LDMOS) structure. The high-voltage ESD protection device comprises a P-type substrate, wherein a buried oxygen layer is arranged on the P-type substrate, a shift region is arranged on the buried oxygen layer, an N-buffer region, a P region and a P-body region are sequentially arranged on the shift region from left to right, a first drain heavily-doping N+ region and a first drain heavily-doping P+ region are sequentially arranged in the N-buffer region from left to right, a second source heavily-doping N+ region, a second source heavily-doping P+ region and a third source heavily-doping P+ region are sequentially arranged in the P-body region from left to right, and the P region and the second source heavily-doping P+ region are connected through a wire. When a drain of the ESD protection device encounters a positive ESD pulse, a reverse bias PN junction is used for helping improving the hole carrier concentration before trigger starting, and a trigger voltage V<t1> is reduced; and moreover, with the introduction of the reverse bias PN junction into the device, the positive and negative feedback effect of a parasitic SCR can be effectively prevented, thus, the maintaining voltage V<h> of the device can be effectively increased, and the latch-up effect of the device is prevented.

The invention discloses a storage and a column decoding circuit thereof. The column decoding circuit of the storage comprises a NAND gate circuit, a NOT gate circuit, a level shift circuit and a first driving circuit, which are connected in sequence, as well as a second driving circuit and a precharging circuit, wherein the second driving circuit comprises a first PMOS (P-channel Metal Oxide Semiconductor) tube, a first NMOS (N-channel metal oxide semiconductor) tube and a second NMOS tube; the precharging circuit comprises a second PMOS tube and a third NMOS tube; a source electrode of the second PMOS tube is suitable for being connected with a precharging power supply; and when the storage performs read operation, a voltage provided by the precharging power supply is a supply voltage of the storage. According to the storage and the column decoding circuit thereof provided by the technical scheme of the invention, the power consumption of the storage in reading operation can be reduced.

The invention relates to a high-voltage bidirectional ESD protective device based on a longitudinal NPN structure. The high-voltage bidirectional ESD protective device based on the longitudinal NPN structure comprises a P type substrate, a first high-voltage N type trap, a second high-voltage N type trap, a first P-body injection region, a second P-body injection region, a first N+ injection region, a first P+ injection region, a second N+ injection region, a third N+ injection region, a second P+ injection region, a fourth N+ injection region and a plurality of oxide isolation layers. Compared with the prior art, the reverse PN junction of the inside longitudinal NPN structure is triggered to conduct under the forward or negative ESD pulse effect, and meanwhile, the positive PN junction in the other N trap is conducted, an ESD current discharge route composed of a longitudinal NPN transistor and a forward diode in a series mode would be generated, the voltage of the device can be kept temporarily through respectively stretching the emitting zone width of each of two NPNS and separately changing the forward or reverse ESD pulse, and the device use environment flexibility is improved.

The invention provides an OTP memory which includes a memory unit array, which is composed of a plurality of memory units, and a peripheral circuit structure. Each memory unit includes a selectron and a memotron. The peripheral circuit structure includes a bit line, a word line and a voltage bus used for accessing a programming voltage. Grid electrodes of the selectron and the memotron are connected to the word line. A source electrode or a drain electrode of the selectron is connected to the bit line. Current-limiting resistors are disposed on the word line, and the bit line and/or the voltage bus used for accessing the programming voltage. The OTP memory also comprises substrate protective rings, each of which encircling at least two adjacent memory units. The current-limiting resistors can inhibit generation of hot carrier and prevent latch-up effect. In addition, each protective ring can at least enclose two adjacent memory units, so that the OTP memory is reduced in area when compared with the prior art.

The invention discloses an insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) with an anti-latchup effect, belonging to the technical field of power semiconductor devices. In the invention, partial SOI silicon wafer is used through an ion implantation, deposition or thermal growth method or directly; an isolation medium layer is arranged on the interface between the P-type base region and an N-drift region; a current channel for the hole current in the N-drift region to flow into an N-type source region through the P-type base region is blocked; and therefore, the opening of a parasitic NPN transistor in the IGBT structure can be effectively prevented, and the latchup effect caused by the NPNP structure in the IGBT is avoided so as to improve the current bearing capability of the device and providing a larger safe working region. The IGBT provided by the invention can be applied to the field of low-power and high-power semiconductor power devices as well as power integration circuits.

The invention discloses a chip layout structure and a method for preventing latch up effects and noise interference. Dual-ring protection is adopted, an analog module of the chip is wrapped by firstly using a P+ring (is grounded) and then using an N+ring (is connected with a power supply); a power module is protected by using the dual-ring structure which is the same as the analog module; and a digital module is wrapped by firstly using the N+ring (is connected with the power supply) and then using the P+ring (is grounded). A certain distance is kept between the analog module and the digital module for preventing the analog module from being disturbed by digital noise. An N+ (minority carrier) protection ring is added between the power module and other modules, the N+ring is connected with a ground potential, the concentration of a substrate close to the minority carrier ring is reduced, substrate resistance is added, the latch up effects can be prevented from happening to the chip, and noise of the digital module can be prevented from disturbing the power module. Effects of good anti-latch up effects and noise isolation can be generated, and the working performance of the chip is improved.

The invention provides a manufacturing method of an MOS (metal oxide semiconductor) power device, which includes the following steps of (1) forming a first oxidation layer on a semiconductor substrate; (2) forming a polycrystalline layer on the first oxidation layer; (3) forming stopping layers on two sides of the polycrystalline layer; (4) forming a first conductive trap area; (5) removing the stopping layers and forming a second conductive source area in the first conductive trap area; (6) forming a second oxidation layer on the polycrystalline; (7) forming a first metal layer on the source area and the surface of the trap area; and (8) forming a back electrode on the back of the semiconductor substrate. By the method, the stopping layers are formed on two sides of the polycrystalline layer firstly, so that the MOS power device with larger trap depth can be obtained on the premise of keeping the identical channel length by the aid of transverse stopping of the stopping layers during injection of ions in the process of forming the first conductive trap area, and latch-up effect can be prevented effectively.

The present application relate to the field of termination technology, and more particularly relates to an electrostatic protection device and method for alleviate the problem of irreversible damage caused by electrostatic breakdown of field effect transistors in the prior art. The device comprises an electrostatic detection module which generates a trigger signal and sends the trigger signal to the control module when detecting that the electrostatic voltage meets the protection condition; The control module generates a power-off signal according to the triggering signal and sends the power-off signal to the power management module. The power management module stops supplying power to the power module corresponding to the power-off signal. The application cuts off the power supply to turnoff the field effect transistor in the electronic equipment, so that the conduction between the source electrode and the drain electrode is not conducted, and static electricity is prevented from passing through the source electrode and the drain electrode. Thus, the latch-up effect caused by the high-voltage static electricity passing through the source electrode and the drain electrode of the field effect transistor is avoided, the damage to field effect transistor due to high-temperature caused by the latch-up effect is avoided, the static electricity protection capability of the electronic equipment is improved, and the static electricity damage to the electronic equipment is reduced.

The invention provides a finned-type field effect transistor structure and a fabrication method thereof. The finned-type field effect transistor structure comprises a silicon substrate, a finned structure, a gate insulation layer and a gate electrode, wherein the fined structure is arranged on the silicon structure, the gate insulation layer and the gate electrode are arranged on the finned structure, a dual-layer structure is arranged at the middle part of the finned structure below the gate electrode and forms a dual-layer channel structure, an upper channel is arranged at the upper layer of the dual-layer structure, a low channel is arranged at the lower layer of the dual-layer structure, single-layer structures are arranged at the two ends of the finned structure, insulation mediums are arranged between the single-layer structures and the silicon substrate, and the single-layer structures form source-drain extension regions. By isolating the source-drain extension regions from the silicon substrate through the insulation mediums, leakage passages between a source and a drain of the device and between devices are effectively blocked, the leakage current is reduced, and the latch-up effect is effectively avoided; on the other hand, the upper channel and the substrate are connected by a semiconductor material of the lower channel, the cooling performance is high, and the self heating effect is prevented; and moreover, the method provided by the invention is low in cost, and the process is simple and controllable.

The invention discloses a segmented type asymmetric silicon controlled rectifier electrostatic discharge device embedded with P+ injection regions. The device is characterized in that, to begin with,a floating P+ injection region is added into a shallow P well, so that the width and concentration of a base electrode of a transverse parasitic NPN transistor are increased, the amplification times of the transverse parasitic NPN transistor is reduced, static electricity tends to be discharged from a longitudinal parasitic NPN transistor, a current path becomes deeper and longer, and the maintaining voltage of the device can be effectively improved; then, the P+ injection region used for ohmic contact of the shallow P well adopts a segmented structure, so that the parasitic resistance of theshallow P well is increased; and meanwhile, an N+injection region adopts a comb-shaped structure, so that the emitter area of a parasitic triode can be increased, the emission efficiency can be improved, and the failure current of the device can be effectively improved. The silicon controlled rectifier electrostatic discharge device has the characteristics of high maintaining voltage and high failure current, and can realize a high protection level while effectively avoiding a latch-up effect.

The invention discloses an anti-latch circuit, comprising a first transistor, a second transistor and a control circuit, wherein the control end of the first transistor receives a first control voltage, and a first end of the first transistor receives a first power supply voltage; the second transistor has an opposite type of the first transistor, the control end of the second transistor receivesa second control voltage and is connected with a second end of the first transistor, a first end of the second transistor is connected with the control end of the first transistor, and a second end ofthe second transistor receives a second power supply voltage; and the control circuit is arranged on a path formed by the first transistor and the second transistor between the first power supply voltage and the second power supply voltage and is used to cut off the path when the first control voltage and/or the second control voltage exceed/exceeds a preset range. According to the anti-latch circuit provided by the invention, the control circuit is arranged on the path formed by the first transistor and the second transistor between the first power supply voltage and the second power supplyvoltage, the control circuit cuts off the path when the first control voltage and/or the second control voltage exceed/exceeds the preset range, and thus the occurrence of a latch-up effect in a power-on state can be prevented.

The invention discloses an asymmetric bidirectional silicon controlled rectifier electrostatic discharge device in an interdigital mode. An asymmetric silicon controlled rectifier structure is selected, a path of a protection ring is used as a temporary discharge path for negative pulses, and a problem that a traditional device has a parasitic path of the protection ring can be solved; and the protection grade of the device can be controlled by increasing or decreasing the number of cathodes in a novel interdigital mode. If the device protection grade is high, the number of cathodes is increased; and if the device protection grade is low, the number of cathodes is reduced, and the layout area is saved. The P + of the inner side interdigital is floated, so that the parasitic NPN base resistance of the inner side interdigital is increased; meanwhile, the outer side interdigital is helped be started, so that the conduction speed of the device is increased, and the current distribution ismore uniform; and finally, the maintaining voltage of the whole device is generally determined by the innermost interdigital, so that the problem that the maintaining voltage of the device in the traditional interdigital mode is reduced along with the increase of the interdigital index is solved.

The invention discloses a switching converter and a low-voltage starting circuit thereof, the low-voltage starting circuit comprises a comparator and a substrate voltage control module, the comparatoris used for comparing an input voltage with a reference voltage, and a voltage detection signal is obtained according to a comparison result; the substrate voltage control module is used for adjusting the substrate voltage of the main switching tube according to the voltage detection signal, and when the voltage detection signal represents that the input voltage is smaller than/equal to the reference voltage, the substrate voltage control module increases the substrate voltage of the main switching tube, and then reduces the conduction threshold of the main switching tube; normal conduction of the main switching tube when the input voltage is low is realized, and the low-voltage starting capability of the switching converter is improved.

The invention relates to a fingerprint identifying module and a device; a grounding protecting unit is grounded and contacts with a user prior to a fingerprint sensor when a user presses the fingerprint sensor, so as to conduct static electricity to the ground. The fingerprint sensor is connected with the controller. An input end of the ESD detecting circuit is connected with the grounding protecting unit, and the output end of the ESD detecting circuit is connected with the controller. The ESD detecting circuit is used for detecting the high-voltage ringing caused by electrostatic discharge through the grounding protecting unit, and applying corresponding protecting measures to the fingerprint sensor. In the fingerprint identifying module and the device, the controller can timely find out the high-voltage ringing through the ESD detecting circuit, and further apply corresponding protective measures to the fingerprint sensor so as to avoid the latch-up effect of the fingerprint senor, and thereby improving the service life of the fingerprint identifying module.