A semiconductor device is provided that includes an insulated gate field effect transistor series connected with a FET having several parallel conductive layers, a substrate of first conductivity type extending under both transistors, and a first layer of a second conductivity type overlies the substrate. Above this first layer are several conductive layers with channels formed by several of the first conductivity type doped epitaxial layers with layers of a first conductivity type on both sides. The uppermost layer of the device may be substantially thicker than the directly underlying parallel conductive layers. The JFET is isolated with deep poly trenches of second conductivity type on the source side. The insulated gate field effect transistor is isolated with deep poly trenches of the first conductivity type on both sides. A further isolated region is isolated with deep poly trenches of the first conductivity type on both sides.

A semiconductor device includes a deep well region located on a substrate, a drift region located in the deep well region, a first gate electrode that overlaps with the first body region and the drift region, a second gate electrode that overlaps with the second body region and the drift region, a first source region and a second source region located in the first and second body regions, respectively, a drain region located in the drift region and disposed between the first gate electrode and the second gate electrode, a silicide layer located on the substrate, a first non-silicide layer located between the drain region and the first gate electrode, wherein the first non-silicide layer extends over a top surface of the first gate electrode, and a first field plate contact plug in contact with the first non-silicide layer.

A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer having first and second planes; a first semiconductor region of a first conductivity type; second and third semiconductor regions of a second conductivity type between the first semiconductor region and the first plane; a fourth semiconductor region of a first conductivity type between the second semiconductor region and the first plane; a fifth semiconductor region of a first conductivity type between the third semiconductor region and the first plane; first and second trenches between the fourth and fifth semiconductor regions and over from the second to third semiconductor region; a sixth semiconductor region between the second and third semiconductor regions and between the first and second trenches; a seventh semiconductor region of a second conductivity type between the first trench and the first semiconductor region and contacting the second and third semiconductor regions; a first and second gate electrode in the trenches.

A semiconductor device includes a deep well region located on a substrate, a drift region located in the deep well region, a first gate electrode that overlaps with the first body region and the drift region, a second gate electrode that overlaps with the second body region and the drift region, a first source region and a second source region located in the first and second body regions, respectively, a drain region located in the drift region and disposed between the first gate electrode and the second gate electrode, a silicide layer located on the substrate, a first non-silicide layer located between the drain region and the first gate electrode, wherein the first non-silicide layer extends over a top surface of the first gate electrode, and a first field plate contact plug in contact with the first non-silicide layer.

A semiconductor device is provided that includes an insulated gate field effect transistor series connected with a FET having several parallel conductive layers, a substrate of first conductivity type extending under both transistors, and a first layer of a second conductivity type overlies the substrate. Above this first layer are several conductive layers with channels formed by several of the first conductivity type doped epitaxial layers with layers of a first conductivity type on both sides. The uppermost layer of the device may be substantially thicker than the directly underlying parallel conductive layers. The JFET is isolated with deep poly trenches of second conductivity type on the source side. The insulated gate field effect transistor is isolated with deep poly trenches of the first conductivity type on both sides. A further isolated region is isolated with deep poly trenches of the first conductivity type on both sides.

A device includes a cell, wherein each cell includes a body having a main top surface and a main bottom surface, a gate on the main surface on the device having a first length, a gate isolation layer over the gate having a second length at least twice as long as the first length, a source contact in the device body adjacent to the gate, a source metal layer over the gate isolation layer, and a drain on the main bottom surface of the cell.

A field effect transistor includes a substrate comprising a fin structure. The field effect transistor further includes an isolation structure in the substrate. The field effect transistor further includes a source/drain (S/D) recess cavity below a top surface of the substrate. The S/D recess cavity is between the fin structure and the isolation structure. The field effect transistor further includes a strained structure in the S/D recess cavity. The strain structure includes a lower portion. The lower portion includes a first strained layer, wherein the first strained layer is in direct contact with the isolation structure, and a dielectric layer, wherein the dielectric layer is in direct contact with the substrate, and the first strained layer is in direct contact with the dielectric layer. The strained structure further includes an upper portion comprising a second strained layer overlying the first strained layer.

Techniques for forming bottom source and drain extensions in VTFET devices are provided. In one aspect, a method of forming a VTFET device includes: patterning fins in a wafer; forming a liner at a base of the fins having a higher diffusivity for dopants than the fins; forming sidewall spacers alongside an upper portion of the fins; forming bottom source/drains on the liner at the base of the fins including the dopants; annealing the wafer to diffuse the dopants from the bottom source/drains, through the liner, into the base of the fins to form bottom extensions; removing the sidewall spacers; forming bottom spacers on the bottom source/drains; forming gate stacks alongside the fins above the bottom spacers; forming top spacers above the gate stacks; and forming top source/drains above the top spacers at tops of the fins. A VTFET device is also provided.

A power semiconductor device includes a control cell for controlling a load current. The control cell is electrically connected to a load terminal structure on one side and to a drift region on another side. The drift region includes dopants of a first conductivity type. The control cell includes: a mesa extending along a vertical direction and including: a contact region having dopants of the first conductivity type or of a second conductivity type and electrically connected to the load terminal structure, and a channel region coupled to the drift region; a control electrode configured to induce a conduction channel in the channel region; and a contact plug including a doped semiconductive material and arranged in contact with the contact region. An electrical connection between the contact region and load terminal structure is established by the contact plug, a portion of which projects beyond lateral boundaries of the mesa.

A semiconductor device includes: a gate trench extending into a Si substrate; a body region in the Si substrate, the body region including a vertical channel region adjacent a sidewall of the gate trench; a source region in the Si substrate above the body region; a contact trench extending into the Si substrate and separated from the gate trench by a portion of the source region and by a portion of the body region; an electrically conductive material in the contact trench; and a diffusion barrier structure interposed between a sidewall of the contact trench and the vertical channel region, the diffusion barrier structure including alternating layers of Si and oxygen-doped Si and configured to increase carrier mobility within the vertical channel region. Corresponding methods of manufacture are also described.