An object of the present disclosure is to provide a trench gate type power semiconductor device that does not easily break even when stress is applied. A SiC-MOSFET includes a SiC substrate, a drift layer of a first conductive type, formed on the SiC substrate, a base region of a second conductivity type formed in a surface layer of the drift layer, a source region of the first conductivity type selectively formed in a surface layer of the base region, a trench extending through the base region and the source region and reaching the drift layer, a gate electrode embedded in the trench and having a V-shaped groove on an upper surface thereof, and an oxide film formed on an upper surface including the groove of the gate electrode, in which a bottom of the V-shape groove is deeper than the base region.

The present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure and a manufacturing method therefor. In the semiconductor structure, a semiconductor substrate, a heterojunction and an in-situ insulation layer are disposed from bottom to top, a trench is provided in the in-situ insulation layer, and a transition layer is located on at least an in-situ insulation layer, the p-type semiconductor layer is located in the trench and on the gate region of the transition layer, and the heavily doped n-type layer is located on at least one of the p-type semiconductor layer in the gate region, the source region of the heterojunction, or the drain region of the heterojunction.

A transistor device and a method for producing thereof are disclosed. The transistor device includes: a SiC semiconductor body that includes a first semiconductor layer; a plurality of trenches each extending from a first surface of the first semiconductor layer into the first semiconductor layer; and a plurality of transistor cells each coupled to a source node. The first semiconductor layer includes a plurality of mesa regions each formed between two neighboring ones of the trenches, in each of the mesa regions, at least one of the plurality of transistor cells is at least partially integrated, each of the transistor cells is connected to the source node via a respective source contact, and each of the source contacts is arranged in a respective one of the trenches and is spaced apart from a bottom of the respective trench.

A transistor device and a method for forming a transistor device are disclosed. The transistor device includes: a SiC semiconductor body that includes a first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer formed on top of the first semiconductor; a trench structure extending from a first surface of the semiconductor body through the second semiconductor layer into the first semiconductor layer; a drain region arranged in the first semiconductor layer; and a plurality of transistor cells each coupled between the drain region and a source node. The trench structure subdivides the second semiconductor layer into a plurality of mesa regions and includes at least one cavity. At least one of the plurality of transistor cells is at least partially integrated in each of the mesa regions.

Techniques are provided to form semiconductor devices having a multi-layer spacer structure. In an example, a semiconductor device includes a semiconductor region extending between a source region and a drain region, and a gate layer extending over the semiconductor region. A spacer structure made up of one or more dielectric layers is present along a sidewall of the gate structure and along a sidewall of the source region or the drain region. The spacer structure has three different portions: a first portion along the sidewall of the gate, a second portion along the sidewall of the source or drain region, and a third portion that connects between the first two portions. The third portion of the spacer structure has a multi-layer configuration while the first and second portions have a fewer number of material layers.

Semiconductor structures and methods for manufacturing the same are provided. The semiconductor structure includes a substrate and first nanostructures and second nanostructures formed over the substrate. The semiconductor structure also includes a gate structure including a first portion wrapping around the first nanostructures and a second portion wrapping around the second nanostructures. The semiconductor structure also includes a dielectric feature sandwiched between the first portion and the second portion of the gate structure. In addition, the dielectric feature includes a bottom portion and a top portion over the bottom portion, and the top portion of the dielectric feature includes a shell layer and a core portion surrounded by the shell layer.

A lateral diffusion metal-oxide semiconductor (LDMOS) device includes a first gate structure and a second gate structure extending along a first direction on a substrate, a first source region extending along the first direction on one side of the first gate structure, a second source region extending along the first direction on one side of the second gate structure, a drain region extending along the first direction between the first gate structure and the second gate structure, a guard ring surrounding the first gate structure and the second gate structure, and a shallow trench isolation (STI) surrounding the guard ring.

A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor film and a gate structure on the semiconductor film. The gate structure includes a multi-stepped gate dielectric on the semiconductor film and a gate electrode on the multi-stepped gate dielectric. The multi-stepped gate dielectric includes a first gate dielectric segment having a first thickness and a second gate dielectric segment having a second thickness that is less than the first thickness.

A high voltage transistor structure including a substrate, a first isolation structure, a second isolation structure, a gate structure, a first source and drain region, and a second source and drain region is provided. The first isolation structure and the second isolation structure are disposed in the substrate. The gate structure is disposed on the substrate, at least a portion of the first isolation structure, and at least a portion of the second isolation structure. The first source and drain region and the second source and drain region are located in the substrate on two sides of the first isolation structure and the second isolation structure. The depth of the first isolation structure is greater than the depth of the second isolation structure.

A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer, a drift region, a source area, a well region, a drain area, and a dielectric film. The drift region and the source area are formed in the semiconductor layer. The well region is formed in the semiconductor layer and between the drift region and the source area. The drain area is formed in the drift region. The dielectric film is formed in the drift region and is located between the source area and the drain area. The dielectric film includes a proximate end portion and a distal end portion which are proximate to and distal from the source area, respectively, and which are asymmetrical to each other.