An integrated circuit comprising a surrounding gate transistor (SGT) MOSFET and a super barrier rectifier (SBR) is disclosed. The SBR horizontally disposed in different areas to the SGT MOSFET on single chip creates a low potential barrier for majority carrier in MOS channel, therefore has lower forward voltage and reverse leakage current than conventional Schottky Barrier Rectifier. Moreover, in some preferred embodiment, a multiple stepped oxide (MSO) structure is applied to the shielded gate structure to further reduce the on-resistance.

A switching device according to the present invention is a switching device for switching a load by on-off control of voltage, and includes an SiC semiconductor layer where a current path is formed by on-control of the voltage, a first electrode arranged to be in contact with the SiC semiconductor layer, and a second electrode arranged to be in contact with the SiC semiconductor layer for conducting with the first electrode due to the formation of the current path, while the first electrode has a variable resistance portion made of a material whose resistance value increases under a prescribed high-temperature condition for limiting current density of overcurrent to not more than a prescribed value when the overcurrent flows to the current path.

Disclosed is a transistor device which includes a semiconductor body having a first surface, a source region, a drift region, a body region being arranged between the source region and the drift region, a gate electrode adjacent the body region and dielectrically insulated from the body region by a gate dielectric, and a field electrode adjacent the drift region and dielectrically insulated from the drift region by a field electrode dielectric, wherein the field electrode comprises a first layer and a second layer, wherein the first layer has a lower electrical resistance than the second layer, wherein a portion of the second layer is disposed above and directly contacts a portion of the first layer.

Fabricating a steep-switch transistor includes receiving a semiconductor structure including a substrate, a fin disposed on the substrate, a source/drain disposed on the substrate adjacent to the fin, a gate disposed upon the fin, a cap disposed on the gate, a trench contact formed on and in contact with the source/drain, and a source/drain contact formed on an in contact with the trench contact. A recess is formed in a portion of the source/drain contact using a recess patterning process. A bi-stable resistive system (BRS) material is deposited in the recess in contact with the portion of the source/drain contact. A metallization layer is formed in contact upon the BRS material, a portion of the source/drain contact, the BRS material, and a portion of the metallization layer contact forming a reversible switch.

An integrated circuit comprising a SGT MOSFET and a SBR is disclosed. The SBR horizontally disposed in different areas to the SGT MOSFET on single chip creates a low potential barrier for majority carrier in MOS channel, therefore has lower forward voltage and reverse leakage current than conventional Schottky Barrier Rectifier. Moreover, in some preferred embodiment, a MSO structure is applied to the shielded gate structure to further reduce the on-resistance.

In an example, a transistor device is provided. The transistor device includes a plurality of transistor cells each including a gate electrode and each at least partially integrated in a semiconductor body that includes a wide bandgap semiconductor material. The transistor device includes a gate pad arranged on top of the semiconductor body, and a plurality of gate runners each arranged on top of the semiconductor body and each connected to gate electrodes of at least some of the plurality of transistor cells. Each gate runner of the plurality of gate runners has a longitudinal direction, and at least one of the gate runners includes at least a section in which a resistivity per area increases in the longitudinal direction as a distance to the gate pad along the gate runner increases.

A transistor device may include a semiconductor body, a plurality of cell regions each comprising a plurality of transistor cells that are at least partially integrated in the semiconductor body and that each comprise a respective gate electrode, a plurality of routing channels each arranged between two or more of the cell regions, a gate pad arranged above a first surface of the semiconductor body, and a plurality of gate runners each coupled to the gate pad and each arranged in one of the plurality of routing channels. Each of the plurality of gate runners may be associated with one of the plurality of cell regions such that the gate electrodes in each of the plurality of cell regions are connected to an associated gate runner, and each of the plurality of routing channels comprises two or more gate runners that are routed in parallel and spaced apart.

A semiconductor device includes a gate structure disposed over a substrate, and a first dielectric layer disposed over the substrate, including and over the gate structure. A first metal feature is disposed in the first dielectric layer, including an upper portion having a first width and a lower portion having a second width that is different than the first width. A dielectric spacer is disposed along the lower portion of the first metal feature, wherein the upper portion of the first metal feature is disposed over the dielectric spacer. A second dielectric layer is disposed over the first dielectric layer, including over the first metal feature and a second metal feature extends through the second dielectric layer to physically contact with the first metal feature. A third metal feature extends through the second dielectric layer and the first dielectric layer to physically contact the gate structure.

Disclosed is a transistor device which includes a semiconductor body having a first surface, a source region, a drift region, a body region being arranged between the source region and the drift region, a gate electrode adjacent the body region and dielectrically insulated from the body region by a gate dielectric, and a field electrode adjacent the drift region and dielectrically insulated from the drift region by a field electrode dielectric. The field electrode includes a first layer and a second layer. The second layer includes a different conductive material as the first layer. A portion of the second layer is disposed above and directly contacts a portion of the first layer.

A GaN field effect transistor (FET) including a plurality of transistor cells. A gate metal layer of a transistor cell includes a gate-drain overhang (width 0.2 um to 2.5 um) and a gate-source overhang (width 0.3 um to 1 um), and a widening at each narrow edge of the transistor cell, wherein the width of the widening of gate metal layer (150) is of 2-5 um. A metal (1) layer of the transistor sell extends beyond metal (0) layer. A last metal layer includes a drain plate and a source plate, each having a trapezoid form. More than two vias are located at a widening for connecting the gate metal layer to the gate bus. More than six vias distributed along the longitudinal dimension of the transistor cell connect metal (1) layer to metal (0) layer. A plurality of type 2 vias connect metal (1) layer to the last metal layer.