Claims
- 1. A distributed power device, comprising:
a buried layer defmed on a substrate; a plurality of tank regions defined on said buried layer, said tank regions being separated from one another by a deep n-type region extending to said buried layer to form a guardring about said respective tank region; and a plurality of transistors having a source, drain and gate formed in each said tank region and interconnected to form a distributed power device, whereby said deep n-type region distributes a resistance of said buried layer with respect to each said tank region.
- 2. The device as specified in claim 1 wherein said deep n-type region is isolated from said drains of said transistors.
- 3. The device as specified in claim 1 wherein a first parasitic diode is defined from each said tank region to said buried layer.
- 4. The device as specified in claim 3 wherein a second parasitic diode is defined between said buried layer and said substrate.
- 5. The device as specified in claim 4 wherein said deep n-type regions distribute the first and second parasitic diodes with respect to said tank regions.
- 6. The device as specified in claim 5 wherein said deep n-type regions are tied to a potential.
- 7. The device as specified in claim 5 wherein deep n-type regions are tied to ground.
- 8. The device as specified in claim 1 wherein said buried layer comprises an NBL layer.
- 9. The device as specified in claim 9 wherein said deep n-type regions distribute the resistance of the NBL layer with respect to said tank regions.
- 10. The device as specified in claim 9 wherein said n-type regions are tied to a potential.
- 11. The device as specified in claim 9 wherein said n-type regions are tied to ground.
- 12. The device as specified in claim 1 wherein each said tank region has a first p-type region defined proximate each said source of said transistors, and a second p-type region defined proximate said first p-type region and extending to said drains of said transistors.
- 13. The device as specified in claim 12 wherein said second p-type region is adapted to reduce a minority carrier lifetime proximate said drains.
- 14. The device as specified in claim 12 wherein each said tank region is a P-epi tank.
- 15. The device as specified in claim 14 wherein said first p-type region has a higher dopant concentration than said second p-type region.
- 16. The device as specified in claim 15 wherein the second p-type region has a higher dopant concentration than said P-epi tank.
- 17. The device as specified in claim 1 wherein said transistors of each said tank region are interconnected in parallel to form a large power FET.
- 18. The device as specified in claim 17 wherein said large power FET is a low-side power FET coupled to a high side power FET.
CLAIM OF PRIORITY OF RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims priority of co-pending application Ser. No. 09/550,746, filed Apr. 17, 2000 entitled “HIGH SIDE AND LOW SIDE METHOD OF GUARD RINGS FOR LOWEST PARASITIC PERFORMANCE IN AN H-BRIDGE CONFIGURATION” commonly assigned to the present applicant and the teachings of which are incorporated herein by reference.