Abstract:
A semiconductor device includes a substrate including silicon carbide; a drift layer disposed over the substrate including a drift region doped with a first dopant and conductivity type; and a second region, doped with a second dopant and conductivity type, adjacent to the drift region and proximal to a surface of the drift layer. The semiconductor device further includes a junction termination extension adjacent to the second region with a width and discrete regions separated in a first and second direction doped with varying concentrations of the second dopant type, and an effective doping profile of the second conductivity type of functional form that generally decreases away from the edge of the primary blocking junction. The width is less than or equal to a multiple of five times the width of the one-dimensional depletion width, and the charge tolerance of the semiconductor device is greater than 1.0×1013 per cm2.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device may include a drift region having a first conductivity type, a source region having the first conductivity type, and a well region having a second conductivity type disposed adjacent to the drift region and adjacent to the source region. The well region may include a channel region that has the second conductivity type disposed adjacent to the source region and proximal to a surface of the semiconductor device cell. The channel region may include a non-uniform edge that includes at least one protrusion.
Abstract:
A method of fabricating a semiconductor device cell at a surface of a silicon carbide (SiC) semiconductor layer includes forming a segmented source and body contact (SSBC) of the semiconductor device cell over the surface of the SiC semiconductor layer. The SSBC includes a body contact portion disposed over the surface of the semiconductor layer and proximate to a body contact region of the semiconductor device cell, wherein the body contact portion is substantially disposed over the center of the semiconductor device cell. The SSBC also includes at least one source contact portion disposed over the surface of the semiconductor layer and proximate to a source contact region of the semiconductor device cell, wherein the at least one source contact portion only partially surrounds the body contact portion of the SSBC.
Abstract:
The subject matter disclosed herein relates to metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) devices, such as silicon carbide (SiC) power devices (e.g., MOSFETs, IGBTs, etc.). A semiconductor device includes a well region extending a first depth into a surface of an epitaxial semiconductor layer positioned above a drift region. The device includes a junction field-effect transistor (JFET) region positioned adjacent to the well region in the epitaxial semiconductor layer. The device also includes a trench extending a second depth into the JFET region, wherein the trench comprises a bottom and a sidewall that extends down to the bottom at an angle relative to the surface of the epitaxial semiconductor layer.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device includes a silicon carbide (SiC) drift layer disposed on a (0001) oriented SiC substrate. The SiC drift layer has a non-planar surface including a plurality of repeating features that are oriented parallel to a length of a channel of the semiconductor device. Further, the channel region is disposed in a particular crystallographic plane of the SiC drift layer.
Abstract:
A monolithically integrated semiconductor assembly is presented. The semiconductor assembly includes a substrate including silicon (Si), and gallium nitride (GaN) semiconductor device is fabricated on the substrate. The semiconductor assembly further includes at least one transient voltage suppressor (TVS) structure fabricated in or on the substrate, wherein the TVS structure is in electrical contact with the GaN semiconductor device. The TVS structure is configured to operate in a punch-through mode, an avalanche mode, or combinations thereof, when an applied voltage across the GaN semiconductor device is greater than a threshold voltage. Methods of making a monolithically integrated semiconductor assembly are also presented.
Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device is presented. The method includes providing a semiconductor layer comprising silicon carbide, wherein the semiconductor layer comprises a first region doped with a first dopant type. The method further includes implanting the semiconductor layer with a second dopant type using a single implantation mask and a substantially similar implantation dose to form a second region and a junction termination extension (JTE) in the semiconductor layer, wherein the implantation dose is in a range from about 2×1013 cm−2 to about 12×1013 cm−2. Semiconductor devices are also presented.
Abstract translation:提出了制造半导体器件的方法。 该方法包括提供包括碳化硅的半导体层,其中半导体层包括掺杂有第一掺杂剂类型的第一区域。 该方法还包括使用单个注入掩模和基本相似的注入剂量来注入具有第二掺杂剂类型的半导体层,以在半导体层中形成第二区域和结终止延伸(JTE),其中注入剂量在一个范围内 从约2×10 13 cm -2至约12×10 13 cm -2。 还提供了半导体器件。