A wide gap semiconductor device has: a first MOSFET region (M0) having a first gate electrode 10 and a first source region 30 provided in a first well region 20 made of a second conductivity type; a second MOSFET region (M1) provided below a gate pad 100 and having a second gate electrode 110 and a second source region 130 provided in a second well region 120 made of the second conductivity type; and a built-in diode region electrically connected to the second gate electrode 110. The second source region 130 of the second MOSFET region (M1) is electrically connected to the gate pad 100.

A system includes an inductor, and a first switch coupled between a first end of the inductor and a voltage supply node. The system also includes a second switch coupled between the first end of the inductor and a negative output supply node, wherein the second switch comprises a self-operated arrangement. The system also includes a third switch coupled between a second end of the inductor and a positive output supply node. The system also includes a fourth switch coupled between the second end of the inductor and a ground node. The system also includes a controller coupled to the first, second, third, and fourth switches.

A method of forming a semiconductor device includes providing an engineered substrate, forming a gallium nitride layer coupled to the engineered substrate, forming a channel region coupled to the gallium nitride layer by forming an aluminum gallium nitride barrier layer on the front surface of the gallium nitride layer, forming a gate dielectric layer coupled to the aluminum gallium nitride barrier layer in the central portion of the channel region, forming a gate contact coupled to the gate dielectric layer, forming a source contact at the first end of the channel region, forming a via at the second end of the channel region, filling the via with a conductive material, forming a drain contact coupled to the via, removing the engineered substrate to expose the back surface of the epitaxial gallium nitride layer, and forming a drain pad on the back surface of the epitaxial gallium nitride layer.

A composite semiconductor device with improved response performance and reliability is provided while an increase in wiring area being suppressed. Fingers 1 are arranged in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns. A signal inputted via a gate terminal (3) is supplied from intermediate regions in a row-wise direction of gate wires (18) connected to gate electrodes (G) of the same row or two adjacent rows of fingers 1 of the fingers 1 and formed along the rows.

A structural body made of semiconductor material includes an active area housing a drain region, a body region and a source region within the body region. An electrical-isolation trench extends in the structural body to surround the active area. A first PN-junction and a second PN-junction are integrated in the structural body between the active area and the trench, respectively located on opposite sides of the active area. The first and the second PN-junctions form a first diode and a second diode, with each diode having a respective cathode electrically coupled to the drain region of the MOSFET device and a respective anode electrically coupled to the source region of the MOSFET device.

A system includes an inductor, and a first switch coupled between a first end of the inductor and a voltage supply node. The system also includes a second switch coupled between the first end of the inductor and a negative output supply node, wherein the second switch comprises a self-operated arrangement. The system also includes a third switch coupled between a second end of the inductor and a positive output supply node. The system also includes a fourth switch coupled between the second end of the inductor and a ground node. The system also includes a controller coupled to the first, second, third, and fourth switches.

A transistor device includes, in a semiconductor body, a drift region, a body region, and a source region separated from the drift region by the body region and connected to a source node. The transistor device further includes a gate electrode dielectrically insulated from the body region by a gate dielectric, and a field electrode structure. The field electrode structure includes: a first field electrode connected to the source node and dielectrically insulated from the drift region by a first field electrode dielectric; a second field electrode dielectrically insulated from the drift region by a second field electrode dielectric; and a coupling circuit connected between the second field electrode and the source node and configured to connect the second field electrode to the source node dependent on a voltage between the source node and the second field electrode.

A method of forming a semiconductor device includes providing an engineered substrate, forming a gallium nitride layer coupled to the engineered substrate, forming a channel region coupled to the gallium nitride layer by forming an aluminum gallium nitride barrier layer on the front surface of the gallium nitride layer, forming a gate dielectric layer coupled to the aluminum gallium nitride barrier layer in the central portion of the channel region, forming a gate contact coupled to the gate dielectric layer, forming a source contact at the first end of the channel region, forming a via at the second end of the channel region, filling the via with a conductive material, forming a drain contact coupled to the via, removing the engineered substrate to expose the back surface of the epitaxial gallium nitride layer, and forming a drain pad on the back surface of the epitaxial gallium nitride layer.

A method of forming a semiconductor device includes providing an engineered substrate, forming a gallium nitride layer coupled to the engineered substrate, forming a channel region coupled to the gallium nitride layer by forming an aluminum gallium nitride barrier layer on the front surface of the gallium nitride layer, forming a gate dielectric layer coupled to the aluminum gallium nitride barrier layer in the central portion of the channel region, forming a gate contact coupled to the gate dielectric layer, forming a source contact at the first end of the channel region, forming a via at the second end of the channel region, filling the via with a conductive material, forming a drain contact coupled to the via, removing the engineered substrate to expose the back surface of the epitaxial gallium nitride layer, and forming a drain pad on the back surface of the epitaxial gallium nitride layer.

A semiconductor device includes an active region formed over a substrate. The active region includes a FET and a diode. The FET includes one or more FET fingers. Each FET finger includes a FET source region, a FET drain region, and a lateral FET gate electrode. The diode includes one or more diode fingers. Each of the diode fingers includes a diode anode region electrically coupled to the FET source region, a diode cathode region electrically coupled to the FET drain region, and a lateral diode gate electrode electrically coupled to the diode anode region and electrically isolated from the lateral FET gate electrode. The FET fingers are active fingers of the semiconductor device and the diode fingers are dummy fingers of the semiconductor device. The diode is configured to clamp a maximum voltage developed across the FET drain region and the FET source region.