Abstract:
A semiconductor device includes a transistor in a semiconductor body having a main surface. The transistor includes a source region; a drain region; a body region; a drift zone; a gate electrode at the body region, the body region and the drift zone being disposed along a first direction between the source region and the drain region, and the first direction being parallel to the main surface; a field plate disposed in each of a plurality of field plate trenches, each of the field plate trenches having a longitudinal axis extending along the first direction; and a field dielectric layer between the field plate and the drift zone, a thickness of the field dielectric layer at a bottom of each of the field plate trenches gradually increases along the first direction, the thickness being measured along a depth direction of the plurality of field plate trenches.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device includes a first transistor and a second transistor in a semiconductor substrate. The first transistor includes a first drain contact electrically connected to a first drain region, the first drain contact including a first drain contact portion and a second drain contact portion. The first drain contact portion includes a drain conductive material in direct contact with the first drain region. The second transistor includes a second source contact electrically connected to a second source region. The second source contact includes a first source contact portion and a second source contact portion. The first source contact portion includes a source conductive material in direct contact with the second source region.
Abstract:
A method for producing a MEMS device comprises forming a semiconductor layer stack, the semiconductor layer stack comprising at least a first monocrystalline semiconductor layer, a second monocrystalline semiconductor layer and a third monocrystalline semiconductor layer, the second monocrystalline semiconductor layer formed between the first and third monocrystalline semiconductor layers. A semiconductor material of the second monocrystalline semiconductor layer is different from semiconductor materials of the first and third monocrystalline semiconductor layers. After forming the semiconductor layer stack, at least a portion of each of the first and third monocrystalline semiconductor layers is concurrently etched.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device includes a transistor in a semiconductor substrate having a first main surface. The transistor includes a source region, a source contact, the source contact including a first and second source contact portion, and a gate electrode in a gate trench in the first main surface adjacent to a body region. The body region and a drift zone are disposed along a first direction parallel to the first main surface between the source region and a drain region. The second source contact portion is disposed at a second main surface of the semiconductor substrate. The first source contact portion includes a source conductive material in direct contact with the source region, the first source contact portion further including a portion of the semiconductor substrate between the source conductive material and the second source contact portion. The semiconductor device further includes a temperature sensor in the semiconductor substrate.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device is provided that includes a transistor in a semiconductor body having a main surface. The transistor includes a source region, a drain region, a body region, a drift zone, and a gate electrode at the body region. The body region and the drift zone are disposed along a first direction between the source region and the drain region. The first direction is parallel to the main surface. The semiconductor device further includes a field plate disposed in field plate trenches extending along the first direction in the drift zone, and a field dielectric layer between the field plate and the drift zone. A thickness of the field dielectric layer gradually increases along the first direction from a portion adjacent to the source region to a portion adjacent to the drain region.