SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE
    1.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240347584A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-17

    申请号:US18340485

    申请日:2023-06-23

    摘要: [Problem to be solved] To reduce recovery loss.
    [Solution] A semiconductor device 10 includes: an anode electrode 20, formed on a front surface of a semiconductor substrate 12; a cathode electrode 22, formed on a back surface; a P layer 16, formed on the anode electrode 20 side; an N layer 14, formed on the cathode electrode 22 side; an N+ layer 26, arranged between the P layer 16 and the N layer 14 and having a higher carrier concentration than the N layer 14; and an anode trench 30, which extends from the front surface of the semiconductor substrate 12 toward the back surface side thereof and extends to the N+ layer 26 through the P layer 16, and in which an insulating film 32 is formed between the peripheral N+ layer 26, and a conductive material 34 arranged inside is connected to the anode electrode 20.

    AMPLIFIER CIRCUIT
    3.
    发明公开
    AMPLIFIER CIRCUIT 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240204732A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-20

    申请号:US18158155

    申请日:2023-01-23

    发明人: HIROYUKI KIMURA

    IPC分类号: H03F1/08 H03F3/45

    摘要: An amplifier circuit includes a first transistor, through which a first input current is made to flow between the drain and the source; a second transistor, through which a second input current is made to flow between the drain and the source; a first-1 current source, which supplies a predetermined current to the gate of the first transistor; a first-2 current source, which supplies a predetermined current to the gate of the second transistor; a pair of adjustable resistors, which are connected in series between the gate of the first transistor and the gate of the second transistor; a connecting path, which connects a connection point of the pair of adjustable resistors to the drain of the first transistor; and a second current source, which supplies a current to the drain of the second transistor.

    OUTPUT DETECTION CIRCUIT
    6.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240201724A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-20

    申请号:US18155490

    申请日:2023-01-17

    发明人: HIROYUKI KIMURA

    IPC分类号: G05F3/26 G05F1/46

    CPC分类号: G05F3/262 G05F1/461

    摘要: The disclosure: a positive mirror FET, through which a positive mirror current that is proportional to a positive-direction current in currents of an output FET in positive and negative directions is made to flow; a first operational amplifier, receiving a constant voltage at one end, receiving an upstream side voltage regarding the positive mirror current of the positive mirror FET at the other end, and outputting a voltage corresponding to the upstream side voltage regarding the positive mirror current of the positive mirror FET by converting an output voltage into a current and feeding back the current to the other end; a negative mirror FET, through which a negative mirror current that is proportional to a negative-direction current in the currents of the output FET in positive and negative directions is made to flow; and a second operational amplifier, receiving a constant voltage at one end, receiving an upstream side voltage regarding the negative mirror current of the negative mirror FET at the other end, and outputting a voltage corresponding to the upstream side voltage regarding the negative mirror current of the negative mirror FET by converting an output voltage into a current and feeding back the current to the other end. A detection value is output based on an output current obtained by adding a positive output current corresponding to the output of the first operational amplifier and a negative output current corresponding to the output of the second operational amplifier.

    SWITCH CIRCUIT
    7.
    发明公开
    SWITCH CIRCUIT 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230396148A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-07

    申请号:US17858304

    申请日:2022-07-06

    发明人: Hiroyuki KIMURA

    IPC分类号: H02M1/08 H02M1/00 H02M3/155

    摘要: A switch circuit includes: a p-channel pass transistor, in which the source is connected to a power source and the drain is connected to a load; and a gate drive circuit, which is connected to the gate of the pass transistor. The gate drive circuit includes: a first transistor, through which a first current is made to flow by turn-on of an on/off signal; and an amplifier, in which a reference voltage corresponding to the first current is input to the negative input end, and a gate voltage of the gate is input to the positive input end, and which controls a gate current from the gate by an output from the output end in a manner that the gate voltage matches the reference voltage, and is capable of setting a maximum current of the output. A soft-on time from turn-on of the on/off signal to turn-on of the pass transistor is set by setting the maximum current according to the gate capacitance of the pass transistor.

    Clock generation circuit
    8.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11669125B1

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-06

    申请号:US17833995

    申请日:2022-06-07

    发明人: Hiroyuki Kimura

    摘要: The clock generation circuit outputs a clock signal with a constant cycle by repeating the following operations: when an enable signal becomes a H level, the clock signal immediately rises, and a sense end is changed to a L level via a first capacitor, then a voltage of the sense end is gradually increased via a resistor, and when the sense end reaches a predetermined potential, an output of a second inverter becomes the L level, the clock signal becomes the L level, an inverted clock signal becomes the H level, and accordingly the sense end becomes the H level; and thereafter, a current flows via the resistor so that the voltage of the sense end decreases gradually, when the sense end reaches a predetermined potential, the output of the second inverter becomes a H level, the clock signal becomes the H level, the sense end is changed to a L level via the first capacitor, then the voltage of the sense end is gradually increased via the resistor, and when the sense end reaches a predetermined potential, the output of the second inverter becomes the L level and the clock signal becomes the L level.

    TRENCH GATE TYPE IGBT AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20240356542A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-24

    申请号:US18213567

    申请日:2023-06-23

    摘要: [Problem to be solved] To reduce a loss according to an operating condition of high-frequency use or low-frequency use.
    [Solution] A trench gate type IGBT includes: a gate trench 120G, which extends from the front surface toward the back surface side of a semiconductor substrate, and causes a current to flow through a channel region formed in the periphery by an applied voltage; a switch trench 120SW, which extends from the front surface toward the back surface side of the semiconductor substrate and has no channel region formed therearound; and a setting terminal for externally controlling the voltage of the switch trench 120SW. A switching between a first state, in which a voltage drop at on-time is relatively small and an energy loss at turn-off time is relatively large, and a second state, in which the voltage drop at on-time is relatively large and the energy loss at turn-off time is relatively small, can be performed, according to a voltage applied to the setting terminal.