The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer which has a main surface, a switching device which is formed in the semiconductor layer, a first electrode which is arranged on the main surface and electrically connected to the switching device, a second electrode which is arranged on the main surface at an interval from the first electrode and electrically connected to the switching device, a first terminal electrode which has a portion that overlaps the first electrode in plan view and a portion that overlaps the second electrode and is electrically connected to the first electrode, and a second terminal electrode which has a portion that overlaps the second electrode in plan view and is electrically connected to the second electrode.

A semiconductor device comprises a source and a pair of drains disposed on either side of the source in a first direction and spaced apart therefrom. A channel layer extending in the first direction is disposed on at least one radially outer surface of the source and the pair of drains in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. A memory layer extending in the first direction is disposed on a radially outer surface of the channel layer in the second direction. At least one gate layer that extends in the first direction, is disposed on a radially outer surface of the memory layer in the second direction. A gate extension structure extends from the each of the drains at least part way towards the source in the first direction, and is located proximate to, and in contact with each of the channel layer and the corresponding drain.

The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer which has a main surface, a switching device which is formed in the semiconductor layer, a first electrode which is arranged on the main surface and electrically connected to the switching device, a second electrode which is arranged on the main surface at an interval from the first electrode and electrically connected to the switching device, a first terminal electrode which has a portion that overlaps the first electrode in plan view and a portion that overlaps the second electrode and is electrically connected to the first electrode, and a second terminal electrode which has a portion that overlaps the second electrode in plan view and is electrically connected to the second electrode.

A semiconductor device includes a chip that has a main surface, a gate resistor that includes a trench resistor structure formed in the main surface, a gate pad that has a lower resistance value than the trench resistor structure and is arranged on the main surface such as to be electrically connected to the trench resistor structure, and a gate wiring that has a lower resistance value than the trench resistor structure and is arranged on the main surface such as to be electrically connected to the gate pad via the trench resistor structure.

A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer including a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; a source trench formed in the semiconductor layer and including a side wall that is continuous with the second surface; an insulation layer formed on the second surface of the semiconductor layer; an embedded electrode arranged in the source trench and insulated from the side wall of the source trench by the insulation layer; a source interconnection formed on the insulation layer; and a source contact plug electrically connecting the source interconnection to the semiconductor layer. The source contact plug contacts the embedded electrode, and the source contact plug contacts the semiconductor layer via a part of the side wall of the source trench.

The present disclosure provides a trench field effect transistor structure and a manufacturing method thereof. The manufacturing method includes: providing a substrate (100), forming an epitaxial layer (101), forming a device trench (102) in the epitaxial layer, and forming a shielding dielectric layer (107), a shielding gate layer (105), a first isolation dielectric layer (108), a gate dielectric layer (109), a gate layer (110), a second isolation dielectric layer (112), a body region (114), a source (115), a source contact hole (118), a source electrode structure (122), and a drain electrode structure (123). During manufacturing of a trench field effect transistor structure, a self-alignment process is adopted in a manufacturing process, so that a cell pitch is not limited by an exposure capability and alignment accuracy of a lithography machine, to further reduce the cell pitch of the device, improve a cell density, and reduce a device channel resistance.

Microelectronic devices include a tiered stack having vertically alternating insulative and conductive structures. A first series of stadiums is defined in the tiered stack within a first block of a dual-block structure. A second series of stadiums is defined in the tiered stack within a second block of the dual-block structure. The first and second series of stadiums are substantially symmetrically structured about a trench at a center of the dual-block structure. The trench extends a width of the first and second series of stadiums. The stadiums of the first and second series of stadiums have opposing staircase structures comprising steps at ends of the conductive structures of the tiered stack. Conductive source/drain contact structures are in the stack and extend substantially vertically from a source/drain region at a floor of the trench. Additional microelectronic devices are also disclosed, as are methods of fabrication and electronic systems.

The present invention provides an AlGaN/GaN power HEMT device and a preparation method therefor. The device comprises: an n-type GaN substrate, a first p-type GaN layer, an AlGaN layer, a hole-injection-type PN junction layer and a gate structure, wherein the gate structure penetrates the hole-injection-type PN junction layer, the AlGaN layer and the first p-type GaN layer and stops in the n-type GaN substrate, and comprises a gate metal aluminum layer and a gate silicon dioxide layer; and the hole-injection-type PN junction layer comprises a second p-type GaN layer and a second n-type GaN layer, which are distributed in the horizontal direction, and the second n-type GaN layer is located on the side close to the gate structure.

At a front surface of a silicon carbide base, an n.sup.-type drift layer, a p-type base layer, a first n.sup.+-type source region, a second n.sup.+-type source region, and a trench that penetrates the first and the second n.sup.+-type source regions and the p-type base layer and reaches the n-type region are provided. In the trench, the gate electrode is provided via a gate insulating film, an interlayer insulating film is provided in the trench on the gate electrode.

A semiconductor device includes an SiC semiconductor layer which has a first main surface on one side and a second main surface on the other side, a semiconductor element which is formed in the first main surface, a raised portion group which includes a plurality of raised portions formed at intervals from each other at the second main surface and has a first portion in which some of the raised portions among the plurality of raised portions overlap each other in a first direction view as viewed in a first direction which is one of the plane directions of the second main surface, and an electrode which is formed on the second main surface and connected to the raised portion group.