发明名称 Semiconductor electronic components with integrated current limiters
摘要 An electronic component includes a high-voltage depletion-mode transistor and a low-voltage enhancement-mode transistor. A source electrode of the high-voltage depletion-mode transistor is electrically connected to a drain electrode of the low-voltage enhancement-mode transistor, and a gate electrode of the high-voltage depletion-mode transistor is electrically coupled to the source electrode of the low-voltage enhancement-mode transistor. The on-resistance of the enhancement-mode transistor is less than the on-resistance of the depletion-mode transistor, and the maximum current level of the enhancement-mode transistor is smaller than the maximum current level of the depletion-mode transistor.
申请公布号 US9171910(B2) 申请公布日期 2015.10.27
申请号 US201414311600 申请日期 2014.06.23
申请人 Transphorm Inc. 发明人 Wu Yifeng;Mishra Umesh;Chowdhury Srabanti
分类号 H01L27/12;H01L29/20;H01L29/778;H01L27/06;H01L27/088 主分类号 H01L27/12
代理机构 Fish & Richardson P.C. 代理人 Fish & Richardson P.C.
主权项 1. An electronic component, comprising: a depletion-mode transistor having a first breakdown voltage and a first maximum current level, the depletion-mode transistor comprising a source electrode, a gate electrode, a drain electrode, a semiconductor material layer, and a channel in the semiconductor material layer; and an enhancement-mode transistor having a second breakdown voltage and a second maximum current level, the enhancement-mode transistor comprising a source electrode, a gate electrode, and a drain electrode; wherein the source electrode of the depletion-mode transistor is electrically connected to the drain electrode of the enhancement-mode transistor and the gate electrode of the depletion-mode transistor is electrically coupled to the source electrode of the enhancement-mode transistor; and the semiconductor material layer of the depletion-mode transistor includes a recess in a gate region of the depletion-mode transistor, the recess causing a conductivity or charge density of the channel to be smaller in the gate region than in an access region of the depletion-mode transistor when 0V is applied to the gate electrode of the depletion-mode transistor relative to the source electrode of the depletion-mode transistor, the recess further causing the first maximum current level to be smaller than the second maximum current level.
地址 Goleta CA US