A semiconductor component includes a semiconductor component, including: a merged PiN Schottky (MPS) diode structure in a SiC semiconductor body having a drift zone of a first conductivity type; an injection region of a second conductivity type adjoining a first surface of the SiC semiconductor body; a contact structure at the first surface, the contact structure forming a Schottky contact with the drift zone and electrically contacting the injection region; and a zone of the first conductivity type formed between the injection region and a second surface of the SiC semiconductor body, the second surface being situated opposite the first surface. The zone is at a maximal distance of 1 μm from the injection region of the second conductivity type.

Devices and methods for enhancing insertion loss performance of an antenna switch are disclosed. In one example, a semiconductor device formed to serve as an antenna switch is disclosed. The semiconductor device includes: a substrate, a dielectric layer and a polysilicon region. The substrate includes: an intrinsic substrate; a metal-oxide-semiconductor device extending into the intrinsic substrate; and at least one isolation feature extending into and in contact with the intrinsic substrate. The at least one isolation feature is disposed adjacent to the metal-oxide-semiconductor device.

A semiconductor device of embodiments includes a silicon carbide layer including an element region and a termination region around the element region, the termination region having first straight-line portions extending in a first direction, second straight-line portions extending in a second direction, and corner portions between the first straight-line portions and the second straight-line portions, the termination region including a second-conductivity-type second silicon carbide region having a dot-line shape with first dot portions and first space portions surrounding the element region, an occupation ratio of the first dot portions is larger in the corner portions than in the first straight-line portions, and a second-conductivity-type third silicon carbide region having a dot-line shape with second dot portions and second space portions surrounding the second silicon carbide region, an occupation ratio of the second dot portions is lager in the corner portions than in the first straight-line portions.

A semiconductor device includes: an N.sup.− drift layer of a first conductivity type formed in the semiconductor substrate; a P base layer formed on the N.sup.− drift layer; and an N buffer layer of the first conductivity type formed under the N.sup.− drift layer and higher in peak impurity concentration than the N.sup.− drift layer. The N buffer layer includes: a first buffer layer in which a trap level derived from lattice defect is not detected by a photoluminescence method; and a second buffer layer provided between the first buffer layer and the N.sup.− drift layer and in which two types of trap levels derived from lattice defect are detected by the photoluminescence method.

Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a semiconductor device, including a substrate, a channel layer, a barrier layer, a p-type doped III-V layer, a source, a drain and a doped semiconductor layer. The channel layer is disposed on the substrate. The barrier layer is disposed on the channel layer. The p-type doped III-V layer is disposed on the barrier layer. A gate is disposed on the p-type doped III-V layer. The source and the drain are arranged on two opposite sides of the gate. The doped semiconductor layer is provided with a first side close to the gate and a second side away from the gate. The drain covers the first side of the doped semiconductor layer.

In some examples, a transistor comprises a gallium nitride (GaN) layer; a GaN-based alloy layer having a top side and disposed on the GaN layer, wherein source, drain, and gate contact structures are supported by the GaN layer; and a first doped region positioned in a drain access region and extending from the top side into the GaN layer.

An electronic device includes a solid body of SiC having a surface and having a first conductivity type. A first implanted region and a second implanted region have a second conductivity type and extend into the solid body in a direction starting from the surface and delimit between them a surface portion of the solid body. A Schottky contact is on the surface and in direct contact with the surface portion. Ohmic contacts are on the surface and in direct contact with the first and second implanted regions. The solid body includes an epitaxial layer including the surface portion and a bulk portion. The surface portion houses a plurality of doped sub-regions which extend in succession one after another in the direction, are of the first conductivity type, and have a respective conductivity level higher than that of the bulk portion.

The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a microelectronic device from a semiconductor-on-insulator substrate, said device comprising active components (23) formed in active areas of the substrate (10) separated by isolation trenches and which are delimited by first sidewalls (19B), said isolation trenches being filled, at least partially, with a first dielectric material, the method comprising:

a step of chemically attacking a passive section (21) of the first bottom of the isolation trenches intended to generate, at said section, a roughness quadratic mean comprised between 2 nm and 6 nm,

a step of forming a passive component (27), covering the first dielectric material and directly above the passive section (21).

A device includes a first doped semiconductor region and a second oppositely doped semiconductor region that are separated by an undoped or lightly-doped semiconductor drift region. The device further includes a first electrode structure making an ohmic contact with the first doped semiconductor region, and a second electrode structure making a universal contact with the second doped semiconductor region. The universal contact of the second electrode structure allows flow of both electrons and holes into, and out of, the device.

A thin film transistor and its manufacturing method, a display panel, and a display device are provided. The thin film transistor includes an insulating layer on an active layer; the insulating layer includes m sub-insulating layers which are alternately stacked, and any two adjacent sub-insulating layers in the m sub-insulating layers have different refractive indexes, and m is an integer not less than 2.