A semiconductor device includes an anode doping region of a diode structure arranged in a semiconductor substrate. The anode doping region has a first conductivity type. The semiconductor device further includes a second conductivity type contact doping region having a second conductivity type. The second conductivity type contact doping region is arranged at a surface of the semiconductor substrate and surrounded in the semiconductor substrate by the anode doping region. The anode doping region includes a buried non-depletable portion. At least part of the buried non-depletable portion is located below the second conductivity type contact doping region in the semiconductor substrate.

The present disclosure is directed to a diode with a semiconductor body of silicon including a cathode region, which has a first conductivity type and is delimited by a front surface; and an anode region, which has a second conductivity type and extends into the cathode region from the front surface. The diode further includes a barrier region of cobalt disilicide, arranged on the anode region; and a metallization region of aluminum or of an aluminum alloy, arranged on the barrier region. The barrier region contacts the anode region.

A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type having a device forming region and an outside region, an impurity region of a second conductivity type formed in a surface layer portion of a first main surface in the device forming region, a field limiting region of a second conductivity type formed in the surface layer portion in the outside region and having a impurity concentration higher than that of the impurity region, and a well region of a second conductivity type formed in a region between the device forming region and the field limiting region in the surface layer portion in the outside region, having a bottom portion positioned at a second main surface side with respect to bottom portions of the impurity region and the field limiting region, and having a impurity concentration higher than that of the impurity region.

Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards an integrated chip. The integrated chip includes a well region disposed within a semiconductor substrate and comprises a first doping type. A gate electrode overlies the well region. A first contact region is disposed within the well region and comprises a second doping type opposite the first doping type. A second contact region is disposed within the semiconductor substrate and laterally offset from the well region. The second contact region comprises the first doping type and the gate electrode is disposed between the first contact region and the second contact region. A gate dielectric layer is disposed between the semiconductor substrate and the well region, where a thickness of the gate dielectric layer is greater than about 140 Angstroms.

A semiconductor device including a bootstrap diode is provided. The semiconductor device comprises a first deep well region and a second deep well region disposed in a substrate; a pinch-off region disposed between the first and second deep well regions and configured to have a depth smaller than depths of the first and second deep well regions from a top surface of a substrate; a first buried layer and a second buried layer respectively disposed in the first and second deep well regions; a P-type source region and a N-type drain region respectively disposed in the first and second deep well regions; and a N-type sink region surrounding the P-type source region, where the N-type sink region has a doping concentration higher than a doping concentration of the first deep well region.

A transient voltage suppressor is disclosed that includes an electrode, a substrate disposed on the electrode, the substrate having a first doping, an epitaxial layer disposed on the substrate, the epitaxial layer having a second doping that is different from the first doping, a channel formed in the epitaxial layer having a width W, a length L and a plurality of curved regions, the channel forming a plurality of adjacent sections, the channel having a third doping that is different from the first doping and the second doping and a metal layer formed on top of the channel and contained within the width W of the channel.

A semiconductor device including: a semiconductor substrate having a first and a second side, and including a donor layer with a doping concentration profile in a depth direction from the first to the second side. The donor layer includes: a first peak, situated at a first distance from the first side of said substrate; a first region adjacent to the first peak and extending in the depth direction from the first peak toward the first side, a second peak in said doping concentration profile, situated at a second distance from the first side of said substrate. Said second distance is less than said first distance and greater than zero; and a second region adjacent to the second peak and extending in the depth direction from the second peak toward the first side of the substrate, which has a doping concentration which is substantially uniform.

A semiconductor structure is provided. The semiconductor structure includes a substrate, a diode region, and a dummy stripe. The substrate has a first surface. The diode region is in the substrate. The diode region includes a first implant region of a first conductivity type approximate to the first surface, and a second implant region of a second conductivity type approximate to the first surface and surrounded by the first implant region. The dummy stripe is on the first surface and located between the first implant region and the second implant region. A method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure is also provided.

A high voltage edge termination structure for a power semiconductor device is provided. The high voltage edge termination structure comprises a semiconductor body of a first conductive type, a JTE region of a second conductive type, a heavily doped channel stop region of the first conductive type, and a plurality of field plates. The JTE region is formed in the semiconductor body, wherein the JTE region is adjacent to an active region of the power semiconductor device. The heavily doped channel stop region is formed in the semiconductor body, wherein the heavily doped channel stop region is spaced apart from the JTE region. The plurality of field plates is formed on the JTE region.

A p-type semiconductor region is formed in a front surface side of an n-type semiconductor substrate. An n-type field stop (FS) region including protons as a donor is formed in a rear surface side of the semiconductor substrate. A concentration distribution of the donors in the FS region include first, second, third and fourth peaks in order from a front surface to the rear surface. Each of the peaks has a peak maximum point, and peak end points formed at both sides of the peak maximum point. The peak maximum points of the first and second peaks are higher than the peak maximum point of the third peak. The peak maximum point of the third peak is lower than the peak maximum point of the fourth peak.