摘要:
A silicon carbide semiconductor device includes a silicon carbide layer, an element region including a semiconductor element portion formed in the silicon carbide layer, a JTE region (first electric field relaxing region), an insulating film disposed on a first main surface and covering the JTE region, and a pad electrode electrically connected to the JTE region. The pad electrode includes an extension portion extending from an end of the JTE region close to the element region in a peripheral direction from the element region toward the JTE region, the extension portion being disposed on the insulating film. The extension portion overlies at least a portion of the JTE region.
摘要:
A silicon carbide substrate has at least one of a first structure and a second structure. The first structure is such that a first impurity region is in contact with a second impurity region, a third impurity region is separated from a fourth impurity region by a second drift region, and the second impurity region has a width greater than a width of the fourth impurity region in a direction parallel to a first main surface. The second structure is such that the first impurity region is separated from the second impurity region by a first drift region, the third impurity region is in contact with the fourth impurity region, and the fourth impurity region has a width greater than a width of the second impurity region in the direction parallel to the first main surface.
摘要:
A silicon carbide substrate has a first main surface and a second main surface opposite to the first main surface. A gate pad faces the first main surface. A drain electrode is in contact with the second main surface. The silicon carbide substrate includes a first impurity region constituting the second main surface and having a first conductivity type, a second impurity region provided on the first impurity region and having a second conductivity type different from the first conductivity type, a third impurity region provided on the second impurity region and having the first conductivity type, and a fourth impurity region provided on the third impurity region, constituting the first main surface, and having the second conductivity type. Each of the first impurity region, the second impurity region, the third impurity region, and the fourth impurity region is located between the gate pad and the drain electrode.
摘要:
The side surface has a first outer end surface. The bottom surface has a first bottom portion continuous to the first outer end surface, and a second bottom portion continuous to the first bottom portion and located on a side opposite to the inner end surface with respect to the first bottom portion. A silicon carbide substrate has a first region and a second region located between the at least one gate trench and a second main surface, and spaced from each other with a drift region being sandwiched therebetween. In a direction parallel to the first outer end surface, a spacing between the first region and the second region located between the first bottom portion and the second main surface is smaller than a spacing between the first region and the second region located between the second bottom portion and the second main surface.
摘要:
A first main surface is provided with: a gate trench defined by a first side surface and a first bottom surface; and a source trench defined by a second side surface and a second bottom surface. A silicon carbide substrate includes a drift region, a body region, a source region, a first region, and a second region. The first region is in contact with the second region. A gate insulating film is in contact with the drift region, the body region, and the source region at the first side surface, and is in contact with the drift region at the first bottom surface. A source electrode is in contact with the second region at the second side surface and the second bottom surface.
摘要:
A trench has first to third side surfaces respectively constituted of first to third semiconductor layers. A first side wall portion included in a first insulating film has first to third regions respectively located on the first to third side surfaces. A second insulating film has a second side wall portion located on the first side wall portion.The second side wall portion has one end and the other end, the one end being connected to the second bottom portion of the second insulating film, the other end being located on one of the first and second regions, the other end being separated from the third region.
摘要:
A first main surface of a silicon carbide substrate is provided with a first trench and a second trench. The first trench is defined by a first side surface and a first bottom surface. The second trench is defined by a second side surface and a second bottom surface. The silicon carbide substrate includes a first impurity region, a second impurity region, a third impurity region, and a fourth impurity region. A first insulating film is in contact with each of the first side surface and the first bottom surface. A gate electrode is provided on the first insulating film. A second insulating film is in contact with each of the second side surface and the second bottom surface. The second impurity region has a connection region electrically connected to the fourth impurity region and extending toward the fourth impurity region along the second side surface.
摘要:
There is provided a silicon carbide semiconductor device having an improved switching characteristic. A MOSFET includes a silicon carbide layer, a gate insulating film, a gate electrode, and a source electrode. The silicon carbide layer includes a drift region, a body region, and a contact region. The source electrode is in contact with the contact region in a main surface. The MOSFET is configured such that contact resistance of the source electrode with respect to the contact region is not less than 1×10 −4 Ωcm2 and not more than 1×10−1 Ωcm2. Moreover, when viewed in a plan view of the main surface, an area of the contact region is not less than 10% of an area of the body region.
摘要:
A silicon carbide semiconductor device includes a silicon carbide layer, a body region, a source region, a gate insulating film, a gate electrode, a source electrode, a first impurity region, and a second impurity region. The second impurity region is disposed within the silicon carbide layer so as to connect the body region and the first impurity region to each other, and has a second conductivity type. An impurity concentration in the second impurity region is equal to or higher than an impurity concentration in the silicon carbide layer and equal to or lower than a lower limit of an impurity concentration in the body region.
摘要:
Single crystal substrates are made of silicon carbide, and each have a first front-side surface and a first backside surface opposite to each other. A support substrate has a second front-side surface and a second backside surface opposite to each other. A connection layer has silicon carbide as a main component, and lies between the single crystal substrates and the support substrate for connecting each of the first backside surfaces and the second front-side surface such that each of the first backside surfaces faces the second front-side surface.