Abstract:
At edge termination region (12), a trench (22) is disposed near an interface of an active region (11). Inside the trench (22), an embedded insulating film (23) is embedded, and inside the embedded insulating film (23), a FP (45) long in a direction of depth is disposed. The FP (45) curves outwardly away from an inner side wall (22a) of the trench (22) as a depth from a base front surface increases. At least near a bottom end of the FP (45), a distance (w3) between the FP (45) and the inner side wall (22a) of trench (22) is greater than a width (w2) of the groove (24). The FP (45) is connected to a front surface electrode (4) that extends on the embedded insulating film (23). As a result, breakdown voltage can be enhanced, adverse effects of the surface charge can be reduced, and chip size can be further reduced.
Abstract:
A gate insulating film (8) has a multilayer structure including a SiO2 film (8a), a LaAlO3 film (8b), and an Al2O3 film (8c) that are sequentially stacked, relative permittivity of the gate insulating film being optimized by the LaAlO3 film (8b). In forming the LaAlO3 film (8b) constituting the gate insulating film (8), a La2O3 film and an Al2O3 film are alternately deposited repeatedly using an ALD method. At this time, the La2O3 film is deposited first, whereby during a POA performed thereafter, a sub-oxide of the surface of the SiO2 film is removed by a cleaning effect of lanthanum atoms in the La2O3 film. A temperature of this POA is suitably set in a range from 700 degrees C to less than 900 degrees C. As a result, without disposing, near a bottom of a trench (7) embedded with the MOS gate, a p+-type region for mitigating electric field, electric field applied to the gate insulating film (8) at the bottom of the trench (7) can be mitigated, and reliability of the gate insulating film (8) can be ensured.