H10D8/422

IGBT, Method of Operating an RC IGBT, and a Circuit Including an IGBT
20250006727 · 2025-01-02 ·

An IGBT includes, in a single chip, an active region configured to conduct a forward load current between first and second load terminals at different sides of a semiconductor body. The active region is separated into at least first and second IGBT regions. At least 90% of the first IGBT region is configured to conduct, based on a first control signal, the forward load current. At least 90% of the second IGBT region is configured to conduct, based on a second control signal, the forward load current. A first MOS-channel-conductivity-to-area-ratio is determined by a total channel width in the first IGBT region divided by a total lateral area of first IGBT region. A second MOS-channel-conductivity-to-area-ratio is determined by a total channel width in the second IGBT region divided by a total lateral area of the second IGBT region. The second MOS-channel-conductivity-to-area-ratio amounts to less than 80% of the first MOS-channel-conductivity-to-area-ratio.

Vertically emitting laser devices and chip-scale-package laser devices and laser-based, white light emitting devices
12191626 · 2025-01-07 · ·

Horizontal Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers (HCSELs) with angled facets may be fabricated by a chemical or physical etching process, and the epitaxially grown semiconductor device layers may be transferred through a selective etch and release process from their original epitaxial substrate to a carrier wafer.

Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof

A semiconductor device including a semiconductor substrate having an upper surface and a lower surface is provided. In a depth direction connecting the upper and lower surfaces of the semiconductor substrate, a donor concentration distribution includes a first donor concentration peak at a first depth, a second donor concentration peak at a second depth between the first donor concentration peak and the upper surface, a flat region between the first donor concentration peak and the second donor concentration peak, and a plurality of donor concentration peaks between the first donor concentration peak and the lower surface. The second donor concentration peak has a lower concentration than the first donor concentration peak. The donor concentration distribution in the flat region is substantially flat. The thickness of the flat region in the depth direction is 10% or more of the thickness of the semiconductor substrate.

Semiconductor device with gradual injection of charge carriers for softer reverse recovery

A semiconductor device a first semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type at a first main side of a semiconductor wafer and a second semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type at second main side. The second semiconductor layer forms a pn junction with the first semiconductor layer. A first electrode is in ohmic contact with the first semiconductor layer and a second electrode layer is in ohmic contact with the second semiconductor layer. A first semiconductor region of the first conductivity type completely embedded in the second semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor region of the first conductivity type completely embedded in the second semiconductor layer.

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE
20250022710 · 2025-01-16 ·

Provided is a semiconductor device including: a semiconductor substrate including an active portion in which transistor portions and diode portions are alternately provided and provided with a plurality of trench portions extending in an extending direction of the transistor portion and the diode portion; an emitter electrode provided above a front surface of the semiconductor substrate; and a protective film of polyimide provided on an upper surface of the emitter electrode, wherein the diode portion includes a lifetime control region including a lifetime killer irradiated from a front surface side of the semiconductor substrate, wherein the active portion includes a protected region provided with the protective film and an unprotected region not provided with the protective film, and wherein the diode portion is included in the unprotected region and the protected region is included in the transistor portion.

Stacked diode with side passivation and method of making the same

Process flow for a stacked power diode and design of the resulting diode is disclosed. Blanket epitaxy over heavy doped wafers is performed. By controlling dopant addition during epitaxy, desired n-type, diode base, and p-type doping profiles and thicknesses achieved. V-groove pattern if formed on wafers by depositing mask film, lithography and anisotropic etch. Islands surrounded by V-grooves define individual diodes. V-grooves serve as side insulation. Next, oxidation step passivates V-grooves. Further, the mask film is stripped to open diode contact areas on both sides of wafers. Next high melting point metal and low melting point metal films are selectively electroplated on all open silicon surfaces. Stacking is performed on wafer level by bonding of desired wafer count by solid-liquid interdiffusion process. Wafer stacks are sawed into individual stacked diode dies along outer slopes of V-grooves. Final stacked devices can be used as DSRDdrift step recovery diodes. Compared to DSRDs made by known methods, better fabrication yield and higher pulse power electrical performance is achieved.

Semiconductor device with reduced emitter efficiency

A method of producing a semiconductor device includes providing a semiconductor body having a front side 10-1 and a back side, wherein the semiconductor body includes a drift region having dopants of a first conductivity type and a body region having dopants of a second conductivity type complementary to the first conductivity type, a transition between the drift region and the body region forming a pn-junction. The method further comprises: creating a contact groove in the semiconductor body, the contact groove extending into the body region along a vertical direction pointing from the front side to the back side; and filling the contact groove at least partially by epitaxially growing a semiconductor material within the contact groove, wherein the semiconductor material has dopants of the second conductivity type.

Semiconductor device with a reduced band gap zone

A semiconductor device comprising a source region being electrically connected to a first load terminal (E) of the semiconductor device and a drift region comprising a first semiconductor material (M1) having a first band gap, the drift region having dopants of a first conductivity type and being configured to carry at least a part of a load current between the first load terminal (E) and a second load terminal (C) of the semiconductor device, is presented. The semiconductor device further comprises a semiconductor body region having dopants of a second conductivity type complementary to the first conductivity type and being electrically connected to the first load terminal (E), a transition between the semiconductor body region and the drift region forming a pn-junction, wherein the pn-junction is configured to block a voltage applied between the first load terminal (E) and the second load terminal (C). The semiconductor body region isolates the source region from the drift region and includes a reduced band gap zone comprising a second semiconductor material (M2) having a second band gap that is smaller than the first band gap, wherein the reduced band gap zone is arranged in the semiconductor body region such that the reduced band gap zone and the source region exhibit, in a cross-section along a vertical direction (Z), at least one of a common lateral extension range (LR) along a first lateral direction (X) and a common vertical extension range (VR) along the vertical direction (Z).

CIRCUIT CONFIGURATION AND MANUFACTURING PROCESSES FOR VERTICAL TRANSIENT VOLTAGE SUPPRESSOR (TVS) AND EMI FILTER
20170373158 · 2017-12-28 ·

A vertical TVS (VTVS) circuit includes a semiconductor substrate for supporting the VTVS device thereon having a heavily doped layer extending to the bottom of substrate. Deep trenches are provided for isolation between multi-channel VTVS. Trench gates are also provided for increasing the capacitance of VTVS with integrated EMI filter.

Display device
09837582 · 2017-12-05 · ·

A display device is provided. The display device includes a substrate and a light-emitting diode. The light-emitting diode includes first and second conductive-type semiconductor layers and a light-emitting layer. The second conductive-type semiconductor layer is adjacent to the substrate. The first conductive-type semiconductor layer includes a bulk portion and a reflection layer disposed over a side of the bulk portion. The bulk portion has a first surface away from the light-emitting layer and a second surface adjacent to the light-emitting layer. The second conductive-type semiconductor layer has a third surface adjacent to the light-emitting layer and a fourth surface away from the light-emitting layer. There is a specific relationship between the width of the first surface, the width of the light-emitting layer, the distance from the first surface to the fourth surface, and the distance from the first surface to the light-emitting layer.