摘要:
A semiconductor power device includes a drift region of a first conductivity type, a well region extending above the drift region and having a second conductivity type opposite the first conductivity type, an active trench extending through the well region and into the drift region, source regions having the first conductivity type formed in the well region adjacent the active trench, and a first termination trench extending below the well region and disposed at an outer edge of an active region of the device. The sidewalls and bottom of the active trench are lined with dielectric material, and substantially filled with a first conductive layer forming an upper electrode and a second conductive layer forming a lower electrode, the upper electrode being disposed above the lower electrode and separated therefrom by inter-electrode dielectric material. The first termination trench can be lined with a layer of dielectric material that is thicker than the dielectric material lining the sidewalls of the active trench, and is substantially filled with conductive material.
摘要:
A method for forming thick oxide at the bottom of a trench formed in a semiconductor substrate includes forming a conformal oxide film by a sub-atmospheric chemical vapor deposition process that fills the trench and covers a top surface of the substrate. The method also includes etching the oxide film off the top surface of the substrate and inside the trench to leave a substantially flat layer of oxide having a target thickness at the bottom of the trench.
摘要:
A semiconductor power device includes a drift region of a first conductivity type, a well region extending above the drift region and having a second conductivity type opposite the first conductivity type, an active trench extending through the well region and into the drift region. The active trench, which includes sidewalls and bottom lined with dielectric material, is substantially filled with a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer. The second conductive layer forms a gate electrode and is disposed above the first conductive layer and is separated from the first conductive layer by an inter-electrode dielectric material. The device also includes source regions having the first conductivity type formed inside the well region and adjacent the active trench and a charge control trench that extends deeper into the drift region than the active trench and is substantially filled with material to allow for vertical charge control in the drift region. The charge control trench can be lined with a layer of dielectric material and substantially filled with conductive material. The active trench can include a second shield electrode made of conductive material disposed below the first shield electrode. The first conductive layer inside the active trench can form a secondary gate electrode that is configured to be electrically biased to a desired potential. The semiconductor device can also include a Schottky structure formed between the charge control trench and a second adjacent charge control trench.
摘要:
A method for forming thick oxide at the bottom of a trench formed in a semiconductor substrate includes forming a conformal oxide film that fills the trench and covers a top surface of the substrate. and etching the oxide film off the top surface of the substrate and inside the trench to leave a substantially flat layer of oxide having a target thickness at the bottom of the trench. The oxide film can be deposited by sub-atmospheric chemical vapor deposition processes, directional Tetraethoxysilate (TEOS) processes, or high density plasma deposition processes that form a thicker oxide at the bottom of the trench than on the sidewalls of the trench.
摘要:
A method can include forming a drift region, forming a well region above the drift region, and forming an active trench extending through the well region and into the drift region. The method can include forming a first source region in contact with a first sidewall of the active trench and a second source region in contact with a second sidewall of the active trench. The method also includes forming a charge control trench where the charge control trench is aligned parallel to the active trench and laterally separated from the active trench by a mesa region, and where the portion of the well region is in contact with the charge control trench and excludes any source region. The method also includes forming an oxide along a bottom of the active trench having a thickness greater than a thickness of an oxide along the first sidewall of the active trench.
摘要:
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device having a charge control trench and an active control trench with a thick oxide bottom includes forming a drift region, a well region extending above the drift region, an active trench extending through the well region and into the drift region, a charge control trench extending deeper into the drift region than the active trench, an oxide film that fills the active trench, the charge control trench and covers a top surface of the substrate, an electrode in the active trench, and source regions. The method also includes etching the oxide film off the top surface of the substrate and inside the active trench to leave a substantially flat layer of thick oxide having a target thickness at the bottom of the active trench.
摘要:
Semiconductor devices and methods for making such devices using nitride consumption LOCOS oxidation are described. The semiconductor devices contain a planar field oxide structure that has been grown using a nitride layer as an oxidation mask. Once the field oxide structure has been grown, the nitride mask is not etched away, but rather converted to an oxide layer by an oxidation process using radicals of hydrogen and oxygen. The semiconductor devices also contain a shielded gate trench MOSFET that can be created using an oxide layer with an overlying nitride layer as the channel (sidewall) gate dielectric. An inter-poly-dielectric (IPD) layer can be formed from a thermally grown oxide which uses the nitride layer as a oxidation mask. The thickness of the IPD layer can be adjusted to any thickness needed with minimal effect of the channel gate dielectric layer. An oxidation process using radicals of hydrogen and oxygen can be preformed to consume the nitride layer and form the gate oxide in the channel region. Since the gate channel nitride acts as a barrier to the oxidation, the IPD oxide layer can be grown to any needed thickness with minimal oxidation to the channel gate and the nitride layer can be removed without any etching processes. Other embodiments are described.
摘要:
A shielded gate field effect transistor includes a trench extending into a semiconductor region. A shield electrode is in a lower portion of the trench, and is insulated from the semiconductor region by a shield dielectric. The shield dielectric comprises first and second dielectric layers, the first dielectric layer extending between the second dielectric layer and the semiconductor region. The second dielectric layer comprises a material which during oxidation process inhibits growth of oxide along surfaces of the semiconductor region covered by the second dielectric layer. An inter-electrode dielectric overlies the shield electrode, and a gate dielectric lines upper trench sidewalls. A gate electrode is in an upper portion of the trench over the inter-electrode dielectric.
摘要:
A shielded gate field effect transistor includes a trench extending into a semiconductor region. A shield electrode is in a lower portion of the trench, and is insulated from the semiconductor region by a shield dielectric. The shield dielectric comprises first and second dielectric layers, the first dielectric layer extending between the second dielectric layer and the semiconductor region. The second dielectric layer comprises a material which during oxidation process inhibits growth of oxide along surfaces of the semiconductor region covered by the second dielectric layer. An inter-electrode dielectric overlies the shield electrode, and a gate dielectric lines upper trench sidewalls. A gate electrode is in an upper portion of the trench over the inter-electrode dielectric.
摘要:
A method of manufacturing a trench structure for a trench MOSFET, including the steps of providing a semiconductor substrate having a major surface, forming a dielectric pillar on the substrate major surface (the dielectric pillar extending substantially perpendicularly from the major surface of the substrate), selectively forming a semiconductor layer around the dielectric pillar, and removing a predetermined length of the dielectric pillar to create a trench in the substrate, the trench defined by sidewalls and a bottom. The method permits the controlled formation of a dielectric plug at the bottom of the trench, the plug having predetermined dimensions.