A terminal structure with optimized reliability for a power semiconductor device, a preparation method therefor, application thereof, a power device and a preparation method therefor are provided. The terminal structure includes a phosphorus-doped silicon oxide layer, a silicon nitride layer, a silicon-rich silicon nitride semi-insulating layer, an undoped silicon dioxide layer, and an organic medium layer. The silicon-rich silicon nitride semi-insulating layer is of an alternating superposition structure of a silicon-rich silicon nitride layer and an ultra-thin silicon nitride barrier layer. The terminal structure effectively prevents external moisture from invading the power device, which improves the robustness of the power device under a moisture condition. The multi-layer silicon-rich silicon nitride is used as a semi-insulating layer, which makes an electric field on a surface of the power device evenly distributed in gradient, prevents the electric field from being gathered at a device terminal.

A method of forming stacked vertical field effect devices is provided. The method includes forming a layer stack on a substrate, wherein the layer stack includes a first spacer layer on the substrate, a first protective liner on the first spacer layer, a first gap layer on the first protective liner, a second protective liner on the first gap layer, a second spacer layer on the second protective liner, a sacrificial layer on the second spacer layer, a third spacer layer on the sacrificial layer, a third protective liner on the third spacer layer, a second gap layer on the third protective liner, a fourth protective liner on the second gap layer, and a fourth spacer layer on the fourth protective liner. The method further includes forming channels through the layer stack, a liner layer on the sidewalls of the channels, and a vertical pillar in the channels.

Nano-pillar field-effect transistor (FET) structure that include one or more of the following characteristics: vertical device structure and vertical current flow; vertically displaced source and drain regions; different nanowire/nanosheet geometries and dimensions for different nano-pillar embodiments; and/or body contacts made through wide nano-pillar structures. In addition, by utilizing layer transfer techniques, direct access to drain contacts of a nano-pillar FET structure is available, which enables a significant improvement in transistor performance (e.g., lower R.sub.ON resistance, faster switching speed). An additional advantage of the novel nano-pillar FET structures is that available top and bottom contacts may be used in various 3-D integrated circuit structures, such as by using layer transfer and/or hybrid bonding.

A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes: a first electrode; a first semiconductor region of a first conductive type provided on the first electrode; a second semiconductor region of a second conductive type provided on the first semiconductor region; a third semiconductor region of a first conductive type provided on the second semiconductor region; a gate electrode provided in the second semiconductor region via a gate insulating film; a contact portion having a first portion and a second portion; and a second electrode electrically connected to the contact portion. The first portion is aligned with the third semiconductor region and a part of the second semiconductor region, and the second portion is provided at a lower end of the first portion and has a width larger than a width of the first portion at an upper end of the third semiconductor region.

A semiconductor device has an active region through which a main current flows, a gate ring region surrounding a periphery of the active region, a source ring region surrounding a periphery of the gate ring region, and a termination region surrounding a periphery of the source ring region. The semiconductor device has a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type, a first semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type, a second semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type, and further, in the active region, first semiconductor regions of the first conductivity type, a gate insulating film, first gate electrodes, an interlayer insulating film, a first first-electrode, a first plating film, and a second electrode. The semiconductor device has, in the source ring region, a second first-electrode provided at a surface of the second semiconductor layer, and a second plating film provided on the second first-electrode.

A method for making a semiconductor device may include forming spaced apart gate stacks on a substrate with adjacent gate stacks defining a respective trench therebetween. Each gate stack may include alternating layers of first and second semiconductor materials, with the layers of the second semiconductor material defining nanostructures. The method may further include forming respective source/drain regions within the trenches, respective insulating regions adjacent lateral ends of the layers of the first semiconductor material, and respective conductive contact liners in the trenches.

A method for making a semiconductor device may include forming spaced apart gate stacks on a substrate defining respective trenches therebetween. Each gate stack may include alternating layers of first and second semiconductor materials, with the layers of the second semiconductor material defining nanostructures. The method may further include forming respective source/drain regions within the trenches, forming respective insulating regions adjacent lateral ends of the layers of the first semiconductor material, and forming respective dopant blocking superlattices adjacent lateral ends of the nanostructures and flush with adjacent surfaces of the insulating regions. Each dopant blocking superlattice may include stacked groups of layers, with each group of layers including a plurality of stacked base semiconductor monolayers defining a base semiconductor portion, and at least one non-semiconductor monolayer constrained within a crystal lattice of adjacent base semiconductor portions.

A method for making semiconductor device may include forming spaced apart gate stacks on a substrate defining respective trenches therebetween. Each gate stack may include alternating layers of first and second semiconductor materials, with the layers of the second semiconductor material defining nanostructures. The method may further include forming respective source/drain regions within the trenches, forming respective insulating regions adjacent lateral ends of the layers of the first semiconductor material, and forming respective dopant blocking superlattices adjacent lateral ends of the nanostructures and offset outwardly from adjacent surfaces of the insulating regions. Each dopant blocking superlattice may include a plurality of stacked groups of layers, with each group of layers comprising stacked base semiconductor monolayers defining a base semiconductor portion, and at least one non-semiconductor monolayer constrained within a crystal lattice of adjacent base semiconductor portions.

A semiconductor device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a conductive region, an end region positioned at a portion where the conductive region ends, and a connection region positioned between the conductive region and the end region. The conductive region includes: an n+ type substrate; an n type layer positioned at the first surface of the n+ type substrate; and a p type region positioned on the n type layer, and a gate electrode that fills an inside of a trench penetrating the p type region and positioned in the n type layer, and a side wall of the trench positioned at the portion where the conductive region ends is inclined.

A semiconductor device includes a fin-shaped semiconductor layer on a semiconductor substrate. A first insulating film is around the fin-shaped semiconductor layer and a pillar-shaped semiconductor layer is on the fin-shaped semiconductor layer. A gate insulating film is around the pillar-shaped semiconductor layer. A metal gate electrode is around the gate insulating film and a metal gate line is connected to the metal gate electrode. A metal gate pad is connected to the metal gate line, and a width of the metal gate electrode and a width of the metal gate pad is larger than a width of the metal gate line.