摘要:
A power transistor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a gate trench extending into the semiconductor substrate, a transistor gate provided in the gate trench, and an insulating structure formed between the transistor gate and a side wall of the gate trench. The insulating structure is configured to electrically insulate the transistor gate from a channel region which extends along the side wall of the gate trench. The insulating structure includes a layer of piezoelectric material.
摘要:
A semiconductor device is provided. In an example, the semiconductor device includes a trench gate structure in a silicon carbide (SiC) semiconductor body. The semiconductor device includes a source region of a first conductivity type that adjoins the trench gate structure in a first segment. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor region of a second conductivity type. The semiconductor region includes a first sub-region arranged below the source region in the first segment, and a second sub-region arranged in a second segment that adjoins the first segment. The semiconductor device includes a current spread region of the first conductivity type. The current spread region includes a first sub-region that adjoins the trench gate structure in the first segment at a vertical distance to a first surface of the SiC semiconductor body, and a second sub-region that is spaced from the trench gate structure in the second segment at the vertical distance to the first surface by a lateral distance.
摘要:
A semiconductor device includes a SiC substrate and a plurality of transistor cells formed in the SiC substrate and electrically connected in parallel to form a transistor. Each transistor cell includes a gate structure including a gate electrode and a gate dielectric stack separating the gate electrode from the SiC substrate. The gate dielectric stack includes a ferroelectric insulator. The transistor has a specified operating temperature range, and the ferroelectric insulator is doped with a doping material such that the Curie temperature of the ferroelectric insulator is in a range above the specified operating temperature range of the transistor. A corresponding method of producing the semiconductor device is also described.
摘要:
A method for forming a wide band gap semiconductor device is provided. The method includes forming a gate insulation layer on a wide band gap semiconductor substrate and annealing the gate insulation layer using at least a first reactive gas species and a second reactive gas species, wherein the first reactive gas species differs from the second reactive gas species. The method can include forming a gate electrode on the gate insulation layer after annealing the gate insulation layer.
摘要:
A semiconductor component includes: gate structures extending from a first surface into an SiC semiconductor body; a drift zone of a first conductivity type formed in the SiC semiconductor body; first mesas and second mesas arranged between the gate structures in the SiC semiconductor body; body areas of a second conductivity type arranged in the first mesas and the second mesas, the body areas each adjoining a first side wall of one of the gate structures; first shielding areas of the second conductivity type adjoining a second side wall of one of the gate structures; second shielding areas of the second conductivity type adjoining the body areas in the second mesas; and diode areas of the conductivity type of the drift zone, the diode areas forming Schottky contacts with a load electrode between the first shielding areas and the second shielding areas.
摘要:
A method for forming a wide band gap semiconductor device is provided. The method includes forming a gate insulation layer on a wide band gap semiconductor substrate and annealing the gate insulation layer using at least a first reactive gas species and a second reactive gas species, wherein the first reactive gas species differs from the second reactive gas species. The method can include forming a gate electrode on the gate insulation layer after annealing the gate insulation layer.
摘要:
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor body formed from a semiconductor material with a band-gap of at least 2.0 eV, the semiconductor body having a diode region and a source region. The semiconductor device further includes a trench gate structure having a first sidewall and a second sidewall opposite the first sidewall, the first sidewall and the second sidewall extending along a common longitudinal direction. A doping concentration of a first doping type is higher in the diode region than in the source region. The trench gate structure projects from a first surface of the semiconductor body into the semiconductor body. A first portion of the second sidewall at the first surface is directly adjoined by the source region. A second portion of the second sidewall is in direct contact with the diode region. Additional semiconductor device embodiments are provided.
摘要:
A trench is formed that extends from a main surface into a crystalline silicon carbide semiconductor layer. A mask is formed that includes a mask opening exposing the trench and a rim section of the main surface around the trench. By irradiation with a particle beam a first portion of the semiconductor layer exposed by the mask opening and a second portion outside of the vertical projection of the mask opening and directly adjoining to the first portion are amorphized. A vertical extension of the amorphized second portion gradually decreases with increasing distance to the first portion. The amorphized first and second portions are removed.
摘要:
A semiconductor device includes a transistor cell with a stripe-shaped trench gate structure that extends from a first surface into a semiconductor body. A gate connector structure at a distance to the first surface is electrically connected to a gate electrode in the trench gate structure. A gate dielectric separates the gate electrode from the semiconductor body. First sections of the gate dielectric outside a vertical projection of the gate connector structure are thinner than second sections within the vertical projection of the gate connector structure.
摘要:
A silicon-carbide semiconductor substrate having a plurality of first doped regions being laterally spaced apart from one another and beneath a main surface, and a second doped region extending from the main surface to a third doped region that is above the first doped regions is formed. Fourth doped regions extending from the main surface to the first doped regions are formed. A gate trench having a bottom that is arranged over a portion of one of the first doped regions is formed. A high-temperature step is applied to the substrate so as to realign silicon-carbide atoms along sidewalls of the trench and form rounded corners in the gate trench. A surface layer that forms along the sidewalls of the gate trench during the high-temperature step from the substrate is removed.