Vertical semiconductor structure with integrated sampling structure and method for manufacturing same

    公开(公告)号:US12046664B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-23

    申请号:US18286152

    申请日:2022-05-20

    摘要: A vertical semiconductor structure with an integrated sampling structure and a method for manufacturing the same; the vertical semiconductor structure includes a vertical-semiconductor-structure unit cell, a sampling unit cell, a control electrode, a first electrode, a second electrode, and a sampling electrode. The sampling electrode performs real-time sampling of a voltage difference between the first electrode and the second electrode; a PN junction is formed between a first/second P-type diffusion region and a second N-type base region, which forms a potential barrier blocking electron emission from the sampling electrode. Therefore, a voltage signal of the sampling electrode is input into a protection circuit, which detects whether the vertical-semiconductor-structure unit cell is desaturated when it determines that the unit cell is in the open state. Second, a sampling resistor is connected between the sampling electrode and the first electrode to ensure the stable operation of the sampling unit cell.