公开(公告)号：US20140239311A1

公开(公告)日：2014-08-28

申请号：US14188462

申请日：2014-02-24

Applicant: Renesas Electronics Corporation

Inventor： Tohru Kawai ,  Takashi Inoue ,  Tatsuo Nakayama ,  Yasuhiro Okamoto ,  Hironobu Miyamoto

IPC: H01L29/778 ,  H01L29/20

CPC classification number: H01L29/778 ,  H01L21/76895 ,  H01L29/1045 ,  H01L29/105 ,  H01L29/2003 ,  H01L29/36 ,  H01L29/41758 ,  H01L29/4236 ,  H01L29/452 ,  H01L29/66431 ,  H01L29/66462 ,  H01L29/7783 ,  H01L29/7786 ,  H01L29/7789

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a buffer layer, a channel layer and a barrier layer formed over a substrate, a trench penetrating through the barrier layer to reach the middle of the channel layer, and a gate electrode disposed inside the trench via a gate insulating film. The channel layer contains n-type impurities, and a region of the channel layer positioned on a buffer layer side has an n-type impurity concentration larger than a region of the channel layer positioned on a barrier layer side, and the buffer layer is made of nitride semiconductor having a band gap wider than that of the channel layer. The channel layer is made of GaN and the buffer layer is made of AlGaN. The channel layer has a channel lower layer containing n-type impurities at an intermediate concentration and a main channel layer formed thereon and containing n-type impurities at a low concentration.

Abstract translation: 半导体器件包括缓冲层，沟道层和在衬底上形成的势垒层，穿过势垒层的沟槽到达沟道层的中间，以及通过栅极绝缘膜设置在沟槽内的栅电极。 沟道层含有n型杂质，位于缓冲层侧的沟道层的区域的n型杂质浓度大于位于势垒层侧的沟道层的区域，并且形成缓冲层 的氮化物半导体具有比沟道层宽的带隙。 沟道层由GaN制成，缓冲层由AlGaN制成。 沟道层具有含有中等浓度的n型杂质的沟道下层和形成在其上的主沟道层并且含有低浓度的n型杂质。