A silicon carbide field-effect transistor is doped with protons to reduce interface defects, and a method of proton doping a silicon carbide field-effect transistor is provided to reduce interface defects. Various FET structures (e.g., source, body, well) may be implanted in a drift region at a first end of a volume of semiconductor material. A drain may be provided (e.g., at a second end of the volume of semiconductor material). In a first example, protons (H+ ions) may be implanted to create a doped region at the first end prior to depositing a dielectric material associated with a gate. The resulting doped interface region underlying the dielectric material exhibits a reduction in trapped charges. In a second example, the dielectric material is deposited prior to proton implantation. The resulting doped interface region exhibits the reduction in trapped charges, and the dielectric material exhibits a reduction in mobile ionic charges.

A semiconductor device has a substrate made of a first semiconductor material. The first semiconductor material is silicon carbide. A first semiconductor layer made of the first semiconductor material is disposed over the substrate. A second semiconductor layer made of a second semiconductor material dissimilar from the first semiconductor material is disposed over the first semiconductor layer. The first semiconductor material is substantially defect-free silicon carbide, and the second semiconductor material is silicon. A semiconductor device is formed in the second semiconductor layer. The semiconductor device can be a power MOSFET, diode, insulated gate bipolar transistor, cluster trench insulated gate bipolar transistor, and thyristor. The second semiconductor layer with the electrical component provides a first portion of a breakdown voltage for the semiconductor device and the first semiconductor layer and substrate provide a second portion of the breakdown voltage for the semiconductor device.

A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor body having a first surface and a second surface; a plurality of semiconductor device elements in the semiconductor body at the first surface; a wiring area over the first surface of the semiconductor body; and an impurity in the semiconductor body. A profile of concentration of the impurity has a penetration depth from the second surface into the semiconductor body along a vertical direction. The profile of concentration has a concentration plateau along a vertical segment ranging from 30% to 70% of the penetration depth, the plateau having a fluctuation of the concentration of less than 20%.

Disclosed is a split-gate power MOS device and a manufacturing method thereof. The method comprises: forming a trench in an epitaxial layer on a substrate; forming a first insulation layer on a surface of the epitaxial layer and in the trench; filling a cavity with polycrystalline silicon, performing back-etching; performing spin-coating on the first gate conductor layer to form a second insulation layer; forming a mask on the second insulation layer, removing a portion of the first insulation layer, to expose an upper portion of the trench; forming a gate oxide layer on a sidewall of the upper portion of the trench and the surface of the epitaxial layer; and forming a second gate conductor layer in the upper portion of the trench. According to the present disclosure, voltage withstand and electric leakage between the first gate conductor layer and the second gate conductor layer are reduced.

A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer made of a wide bandgap semiconductor and including a gate trench; a gate insulating film formed on the gate trench; and a gate electrode embedded in the gate trench to be opposed to the semiconductor layer through the gate insulating film. The semiconductor layer includes a first conductivity type source region; a second conductivity type body region; a first conductivity type drift region; a second conductivity type first breakdown voltage holding region; a source trench passing through the first conductivity type source region and the second conductivity type body region from the front surface and reaching a drain region; and a second conductivity type second breakdown voltage region selectively formed on an edge portion of the source trench where the sidewall and the bottom wall thereof intersect with each other in a parallel region of the source trench.

The disclosure provides dyes for marking hydrocarbon compositions. More particularly, the disclosure relates to non-mutagenic dyes for marking hydrocarbon compositions.

A method of forming a semiconductor device includes forming a fin on a substrate, the fin comprising alternately stacked first semiconductor layers and second semiconductor layers, removing the first semiconductor layers to form a plurality of spaces each between adjacent two of the second semiconductor layers, implanting oxygen into the second semiconductor layers, and forming a gate structure wrapping around the second semiconductor layers.

Semiconductor devices are described that have a metal interconnect extending vertically through a portion of the device to the back side of a semiconductor substrate. A top region of the metal interconnect is located vertically below a horizontal plane containing a metal routing layer. Method of fabricating the semiconductor device can include etching a via into a semiconductor substrate, filling the via with a metal material, forming a metal routing layer subsequent to filling the via, and removing a portion of a bottom of the semiconductor substrate to expose a bottom region of the metal filled via.

A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor region made of a material to which conductive impurities are added, an insulating film formed on a surface of the semiconductor region, and an electroconductive gate electrode formed on the insulating film. The gate electrode is made of a material whose Fermi level is closer to a Fermi level of the semiconductor region than a Fermi level of Si in at least a portion contiguous to the insulating film.

A device includes a substrate, a gate structure, a source/drain region, a first silicide layer, a second silicide layer and a contact. The gate structure wraps around at least one vertical stack of nanostructure channels. The source/drain region abuts the gate structure. The first silicide layer includes a first metal component on the source/drain region. The second silicide layer includes a second metal component different than the first metal component, and is on the first silicide layer. The contact is on the second silicide layer.