H01L29/0878

Super Junction Structure and Method for Manufacturing the Same
20230006037 · 2023-01-05 · ·

The present application discloses a super junction device, which includes: an N-type redundant epitaxial layer and an N-type buffer layer sequentially formed on an N-type semiconductor substrate; a trench filled super junction structure is formed on the N-type buffer layer; a back structure includes a drain region and a patterned back P-type impurity region; the N-type semiconductor substrate is removed in a back thinning process, and the N-type redundant epitaxial layer is completely or partially removed in the back thinning process; the resistivity of the N-type semiconductor substrate is 0.1-10 times the resistivity of a top epitaxial layer, the resistivity of the N-type redundant epitaxial layer is 0.1-10 times the resistivity of the N-type semiconductor substrate, and the resistivity of the N-type redundant epitaxial layer is lower than the resistivity of the N-type buffer layer. The present application further discloses a method for manufacturing a super junction device.

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING A POWER MOSFET AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME
20220416079 · 2022-12-29 ·

A semiconductor device has an impurity region covering a bottom of a gate trench and a column region. A bottom of the column region is deeper than a bottom of the gate trench. The impurity region is arranged between the gate trench and the column region. This structure can improve the characteristics of the semiconductor device.

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE

A first semiconductor region, a second semiconductor region, and a third semiconductor region are arranged in layers. Trenches penetrate through the second semiconductor region and reach the first semiconductor region. Each of the trenches may include a gate electrode, and an insulating film insulating the gate electrode from the first semiconductor region and the second semiconductor region. An upper electrode is electrically connected to the second semiconductor region and the third semiconductor region. A fourth semiconductor region of the second conductivity type is arranged on an outer side of the trench of which the gate electrode is an outermost gate electrode in a plan view. An edge trench is arranged on an outer side of the fourth semiconductor region. The fourth semiconductor region is electrically connected to the upper electrode and a bottom of the fourth semiconductor may be arranged deeper than a bottom of the second semiconductor region.

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE
20220416018 · 2022-12-29 · ·

A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type; a second semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type; a first semiconductor region of a second conductivity type; a second semiconductor region of the first conductivity type; a trench; a gate insulating film; a gate electrode; a third semiconductor region of the second conductivity type; a fourth semiconductor region of the second conductivity type; a fifth semiconductor region of the first conductivity type, selectively provided in the second semiconductor layer and having an impurity concentration lower than an impurity concentration of the second semiconductor layer; a first electrode; and a second electrode. The fifth semiconductor region has one surface in contact with the first semiconductor region, another surface in contact with the third semiconductor region, and a side surface in contact with the gate insulating film.

Silicon carbide semiconductor device
11538902 · 2022-12-27 · ·

A silicon carbide semiconductor device, including a semiconductor substrate, and a first semiconductor region, a plurality of second semiconductor regions, a plurality of third semiconductor regions and a plurality of fourth semiconductor regions formed in the semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor device further includes a plurality of trenches penetrating the second, third and fourth semiconductor regions, a plurality of gate electrodes respectively provided via a plurality of gate insulating films in the trenches, a plurality of fifth semiconductor regions each provided between one of the gate insulating films at the inner wall of one of the trenches, and the third semiconductor region and the fourth semiconductor region through which the one trench penetrates. The semiconductor device further includes first electrodes electrically connected to the second, third and fourth semiconductor regions, and a second electrode provided on a second main surface of the semiconductor substrate.

SILICON CARBIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, POWER CONVERSION APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SILICON CARBIDE SEMICONDUCTOR

A silicon carbide semiconductor device includes: a body region of a second conductivity type provided on a drift layer of a first conductivity type; a source region of a first conductivity type provided on the body region; a source electrode connected to the source region; a gate insulating film provided on an inner surface of a trench; a gate electrode provided inside the trench with interposition of the gate insulating film; a protective layer of a second conductivity type provided below the gate insulating film; a connection layer of a second conductivity type being in contact with the protective layer and the body region; and an electric field relaxation layer of a second conductivity type being in contact with a bottom surface of the connection layer, provided below the connection layer, and having a lower impurity concentration of a second conductivity type than the connection layer.

METAL-OXIDE FILM SEMICONDUCTOR FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME
20220406889 · 2022-12-22 · ·

The present disclosure can be applied to semiconductor devices and, in particular, relates to a MOSFET device made of silicon carbide and a method for manufacturing same. A metal-oxide film semiconductor field-effect transistor device of the present disclosure may comprise: a drain electrode; a substrate arranged on the drain electrode; an N-type drift layer arranged on the substrate; a current-spreading layer arranged on the drift layer; P-type well layers arranged on the current-spreading layer to define a channel; an N+ region arranged on the well layers; a damage prevention layer adjacent to the N+ region and having a lower N-type doping concentration than that of the N+ region; a P+ region arranged on one side of the channel; a gate oxide layer arranged on the current-spreading layer; a gate layer arranged on the gate oxide layer; and a source electrode arranged on the gate layer.

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE

A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a gate electrode disposed on an upper surface of the substrate, a source region disposed on a first side of the gate electrode, a drain region disposed on a second side of the gate electrode opposite to the first side of the gate electrode in a horizontal direction, and an insulating structure at least partially buried inside the substrate on the substrate. The insulating structure includes a first portion disposed between the substrate and the gate electrode, and a second portion in contact with the drain region. An uppermost surface of the second portion of the insulating structure is lower than an uppermost surface of the first portion of the insulating structure. At least a part of the gate electrode is disposed on the uppermost surface of the second portion of the insulating structure.

Semiconductor structure and the forming method thereof

A semiconductor structure, the semiconductor structure includes a substrate with a first conductivity type and a laterally diffused metal-oxide-semiconductor (LDMOS) device on the substrate, the LDMOS device includes a first well region on the substrate, and the first well region has a first conductivity type. A second well region with a second conductivity type, the second conductivity type is complementary to the first conductivity type, a source doped region in the second well region with the first conductivity type, and a deep drain doped region in the first well region, the deep drain doped region has the first conductivity type.

SILICON CARBIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE
20220406932 · 2022-12-22 ·

A silicon carbide semiconductor device includes a substrate, a drift layer, a base layer, a first electrode, and a second electrode. The substrate includes a cell region at which a semiconductor element is disposed and a temperature detection region at which a diode element is disposed. The first electrode is disposed at a side facing the substrate with the drift layer sandwiched between the substrate and the first electrode. The second electrode is disposed at a side facing the drift layer with the substrate sandwiched between the drift layer and the second electrode. The semiconductor element includes a first impurity region and a second impurity region disposed at a surface layer portion of the base layer. The diode element includes a first constituent layer at a surface layer portion of the base layer and a second constituent layer connected to the first constituent layer.