Abstract:
In one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having an upper surface, a trench electrode placed inside a trench formed on the upper surface, and a trench insulating film placed between the trench electrode and the semiconductor substrate, and the semiconductor substrate includes a drift layer, a floating layer for electric field reduction, a hole barrier layer, a body layer and an emitter layer, and the emitter layer, the body layer and the hole barrier layer are separated from the drift layer by the floating layer for electric field reduction, and a path of a carrier passing through an inverted layer formed in the body layer includes the body layer, the hole barrier layer, a non-inverted region of the floating layer for electric field reduction, and the drift layer.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device includes a first and second semiconductor chips, a resistive component, and a semiconductor chip including a first circuit coupled to electrodes on both ends of the resistive component. A sealing body has a first long side, a second side, a third short side, and a fourth short side. In a Y-direction, each of the first and second semiconductor chips is disposed at a position closer to the first side than to the second side, while the semiconductor chip is disposed at a position closer to the second side than to the first side. Also, in the Y-direction, the resistive component, the second semiconductor chips, and the first semiconductor chips are arranged in order of increasing distance from the third side toward the fourth side, while the semiconductor chip is disposed at a position closer to the third side than to the fourth side.
Abstract:
Reliability of a semiconductor device is improved. A third semiconductor chip on which a control circuit is formed, and a first semiconductor chip of a plurality of IGBT chips are electrically connected via a high-side relay board. That is, the first semiconductor chip and the third semiconductor chip are electrically connected via a first wire, a high-side relay board and a second wire. Similarly, the third semiconductor chip on which the control circuit is formed and a second semiconductor chip of a plurality of IGBT chips are electrically connected via a low-side relay board. That is, the second semiconductor chip and the third semiconductor chip are electrically connected via the first wire, the low-side relay board and the second wire.
Abstract:
To improve the reliability of a semiconductor device. A chip mounting portion TAB5 is arranged to be shifted to the +x direction side. Further, a gate electrode pad of a semiconductor chip CHP1 (LV) and a pad of a semiconductor chip CHP3 are electrically coupled by a wire W1a and a wire W1b through a relay lead RL1. Likewise, a gate electrode pad of a semiconductor chip CHP1 (LW) and the pad of the semiconductor chip CHP3 are electrically coupled by a wire W1c and a wire W1d through a relay lead RL2. At this time, the structures of parts of the relay leads RL1 and RL2, which are exposed from a sealing body MR are different from the structures of respective parts exposed from the sealing body MR, of a plurality of leads LD1 and LD2 which function as external terminals.
Abstract:
A driver integrated circuit includes a bootstrap circuit (BSC) configured to output a boot power supply voltage (VB) based on a first power supply voltage, the boot power supply voltage being higher than the first power supply voltage; a level shift circuit (LSC) configured to output an output pulse signal based on an input pulse signal and the boot power supply voltage; a high side driving circuit (HSU) configured to output a high side driving voltage based on the boot power supply voltage and the output pulse signal, wherein the bootstrap circuit includes a sense metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) transistor and a boot MOS transistor, wherein the sense MOS transistor includes a depression-type transistor.
Abstract:
To improve the reliability of a semiconductor device. A chip mounting portion TAB5 is arranged to be shifted to the +x direction side. Further, a gate electrode pad of a semiconductor chip CHP1 (LV) and a pad of a semiconductor chip CHP3 are electrically coupled by a wire W1a and a wire W1b through a relay lead RL1. Likewise, a gate electrode pad of a semiconductor chip CHP1 (LW) and the pad of the semiconductor chip CHP3 are electrically coupled by a wire W1c and a wire W1d through a relay lead RL2. At this time, the structures of parts of the relay leads RL1 and RL2, which are exposed from a sealing body MR are different from the structures of respective parts exposed from the sealing body MR, of a plurality of leads LD1 and LD2 which function as external terminals.
Abstract:
In order to reduce the cost and the like of a power control device including a semiconductor device such as a driver IC, as well as an electronic system, the driver IC includes a high side driver, a level shift circuit, first and second transistors, and a comparator circuit. The first transistor is formed in a termination area. The second transistor is formed in the termination region and is driven by a first power supply voltage. The comparator circuit is formed in a first region to drive the first transistor to be ON when the voltage of a sense node is lower than the first power supply voltage, while driving the first transistor to be OFF when the voltage of the sense node is higher than the first power supply voltage. The second transistor is a depression type transistor.
Abstract:
A field plate electrode is repetitively disposed in a folded manner or a spiral shape in a direction along an edge of a first circuit region. A coupling transistor couples a first circuit to a second circuit lower in supply voltage than the first circuit. A second conductivity type region is disposed around the coupling transistor. A part of the field plate electrode partially overlaps with the second conductivity type region. The field plate electrode is electrically coupled to a drain electrode of the coupling transistor at a portion located on the first circuit region side from a center thereof in a width direction of the separation region. A ground potential or a power potential of the second circuit is applied to the field plate electrode at a portion located on the second conductivity type region side from the center.