Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080197405 | TRENCH DIFFUSION ISOLATION IN POWER TRANSISTORS - A semiconductor structure comprises a plurality of columns doped with alternating dopants. The columns are separated by trenches, and the dopant is diffused in the doped columns. The trenches are filled with semiconductor material. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. | 08-21-2008 |
20090032851 | Method for Producing a Semiconductor Body Having a Recombination Zone, Semiconductor Component Having a Recombination Zone, and Method for Producing Such a Semiconductor Component - In a method for producing a semiconductor body, impurities which act as recombination centers in the semiconductor body and form a recombination zone are introduced into the semiconductor body during the process of producing the semiconductor body. In a semiconductor component, comprising a semiconductor body having a front surface and an opposite rear surface, and also a recombination zone formed by impurities between the front and rear surfaces, wherein the impurities act as recombination centres, the surface state density at the front and rear surfaces of the semiconductor body is just as high as the surface state density at a front and rear surface of an identical semiconductor body without a recombination zone. | 02-05-2009 |
20090085103 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD - A semiconductor device and production method is disclosed. In one embodiment, the semiconductor device includes a first electrode and a second electrode, located on surfaces of a semiconductor body, and an insulated gate electrode. The semiconductor body has a contact groove for the first electrode in an intermediate oxide layer. Highly doped zones of a first conduction type are located in edge regions of the source connection zone. Below the highly doped zones of the first conduction type, there are highly doped zones of a body zone with a complementary conduction type. In a central region of the source connection zone, the body zone has a net charge carrier concentration with a complementary conduction type which is lower than the charge carrier concentration in the edge regions of the source connection zone. | 04-02-2009 |
20090108303 | SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENT AND METHOD - A semiconductor component and method of making a semiconductor component. One embodiment provides a first metallization structure electrically coupled to charge compensation zones via an ohmic contact and to drift zones via a Schottky contact. A second metallization structure, which is arranged opposite the first metallization structure, is electrically coupled to the charge compensation zones via a Schottky contact and to drift zones via an ohmic contact. | 04-30-2009 |
20090130806 | POWER SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENT WITH CHARGE COMPENSATION STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR THE FABRICATION THEREOF - A semiconductor component with charge compensation structure has a semiconductor body having a drift path between two electrodes. The drift path has drift zones of a first conduction type, which provide a current path between the electrodes in the drift path, while charge compensation zones of a complementary conduction type constrict the current path of the drift path. For this purpose, the drift path has two alternately arranged, epitaxially grown diffusion zone types, the first drift zone type having monocrystalline semiconductor material on a monocrystalline substrate, and a second drift zone type having monocrystalline semiconductor material in a trench structure, with complementarily doped walls, the complementarily doped walls forming the charge compensation zones. | 05-21-2009 |
20090218621 | SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENT WITH A DRIFT REGION AND A DRIFT CONTROL REGION - A semiconductor component with a drift region and a drift control region. One embodiment includes a semiconductor body having a drift region of a first conduction type in the semiconductor body. A drift control region composed of a semiconductor material, which is arranged, at least in sections, is adjacent to the drift region in the semiconductor body. An accumulation dielectric is arranged between the drift region and the drift control region. | 09-03-2009 |
20090325361 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SEMICONDUCTOR INCLUDING A MATERIAL LAYER - A method for producing a semiconductor including a material layer. In one embodiment a trench is produced having two opposite sidewalls and a bottom, in a semiconductor body. A foreign material layer is produced on a first one of the two sidewalls of the trench. The trench is filled by epitaxially depositing a semiconductor material onto the second one of the two sidewalls and the bottom of the trench. | 12-31-2009 |
20100044788 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH A CHARGE CARRIER COMPENSATION STRUCTURE AND PROCESS - A semiconductor device with a charge carrier compensation structure. In one embodiment, the semiconductor device has a central cell field with a gate and source structure. At least one bond contact area is electrically coupled to the gate structure or the source structure. A capacitance-increasing field plate is electrically coupled to at least one of the near-surface bond contact areas. | 02-25-2010 |
20100117117 | Vertical IGBT Device - According to one embodiment, a power semiconductor device comprises a semiconductor substrate. A transistor gate structure is arranged in a trench formed in the semiconductor substrate. A body region of a first conductivity type is arranged adjacent the transistor gate structure and a first highly-doped region of a second conductivity type is arranged in an upper portion of the body region. A drift zone of the second conductivity type is arranged below the body region and a second highly-doped region of the second conductivity type is arranged below the drift zone. An end-of-range irradiation region is arranged adjacent the transistor gate structure and has a plurality of vacancies. In some embodiments, at least some of the vacancies are occupied by metals. | 05-13-2010 |
20100127304 | BIPOLAR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD - A bipolar semiconductor device and manufacturing method. One embodiment provides a diode structure including a structured emitter coupled to a first metallization is provided. The structured emitter includes a first weakly doped semiconductor region of a first conductivity type which forms a pn-load junction with a weakly doped second semiconductor region of the diode structure. The structured emitter includes at least a highly doped first semiconductor island of the first conductivity type which at least partially surrounds a highly doped second semiconductor island of the second conductivity type. | 05-27-2010 |
20110018029 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING A FLOATING SEMICONDUCTOR ZONE - A semiconductor device includes a first trench and a second trench extending into a semiconductor body from a surface. A body region of a first conductivity type adjoins a first sidewall of the first trench and a first sidewall of the second trench, the body region including a channel portion adjoining to a source structure and being configured to be controlled in its conductivity by a gate structure. The channel portion is formed at the first sidewall of the second trench and is not formed at the first sidewall of the first trench. An electrically floating semiconductor zone of the first conductivity type adjoins the first trench and has a bottom side located deeper within the semiconductor body than the bottom side of the body region. | 01-27-2011 |
20110049593 | Semiconductor Component - A semiconductor component comprising a semiconductor body, a channel zone in the semiconductor body, a channel control electrode adjacent to the channel zone, and a dielectric layer between the channel zone and the channel control electrode, wherein the dielectric layer has a relative dielectric constant ε | 03-03-2011 |
20110207310 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH A FIELD STOP ZONE AND PROCESS OF PRODUCING THE SAME - Embodiments discussed herein relate to processes of producing a field stop zone within a semiconductor substrate by implanting dopant atoms into the substrate to form a field stop zone between a channel region and a surface of the substrate, at least some of the dopant atoms having energy levels of at least 0.15 eV below the energy level of the conduction band edge of semiconductor substrate; and laser annealing the field stop zone. | 08-25-2011 |
20110215858 | CONTROLLING THE RECOMBINATION RATE IN A BIPOLAR SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENT - Disclosed is a method for controlling the recombination rate in the base region of a bipolar semiconductor component, and a bipolar semiconductor component. | 09-08-2011 |
20110309423 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING A TRENCH GATE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING - A semiconductor device having a trench gate and method for manufacturing is disclosed. One embodiment includes a first semiconductor area and a second semiconductor area, a semiconductor body area between the first semiconductor area and the second semiconductor area, and a gate arranged in a trench and separated from the semiconductor body by an insulation layer, wherein the trench has a top trench portion which extends from the semiconductor surface at least to a depth which is greater than a depth of the first semiconductor area, wherein the trench further has a bottom trench portion extending subsequent to the top trench portion at least up to the second semiconductor area, and wherein the top trench portion has a first lateral dimension and the bottom trench portion has a second lateral dimension which is greater than the first lateral dimension. | 12-22-2011 |
20120181575 | Semiconductor Device and a Reverse Conducting IGBT - A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor body with a base region and a first electrode arranged on a main horizontal surface of the semiconductor body. The semiconductor body further includes an IGBT-cell with a body region forming a first pn-junction with the base region, and a diode-cell with an anode region forming a second pn-junction with the base region. A source region in ohmic contact with the first electrode and an anti-latch-up region in ohmic contact with the first electrode are, in a vertical cross-section, only formed in the IGBT-cell. The anti-latch-up region has higher maximum doping concentration than the body region. Further a reverse conducting IGBT is provided. | 07-19-2012 |
20120313225 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT HAVING DOPED SEMICONDUCTOR BODY AND METHOD - An integrated circuit and method for making an integrated circuit including doping a semiconductor body is disclosed. One embodiment provides defect-correlated donors and/or acceptors. The defects required for this are produced by electron irradiation of the semiconductor body. Form defect-correlated donors and/or acceptors with elements or element compounds are introduced into the semiconductor body. | 12-13-2012 |
20130001640 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING A FLOATING SEMICONDUCTOR ZONE - A semiconductor device includes a first trench and a second trench extending into a semiconductor body from a surface. A body region of a first conductivity type adjoins a first sidewall of the first trench and a first sidewall of the second trench, the body region including a channel portion adjoining to a source structure and being configured to be controlled in its conductivity by a gate structure. The channel portion is formed at the first sidewall of the second trench and is not formed at the first sidewall of the first trench. An electrically floating semiconductor zone of the first conductivity type adjoins the first trench and has a bottom side located deeper within the semiconductor body than the bottom side of the body region. | 01-03-2013 |
20130113087 | SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENT - A semiconductor component is disclosed. One embodiment provides a semiconductor body having a cell region with at least one zone of a first conduction type and at least one zone of a second conduction type in a rear side. A drift zone of the first conduction type in the cell region is provided. The drift zone contains at least one region through which charge carriers flow in an operating mode of the semiconductor component in one polarity and charge carriers do not flow in an operating mode of the semiconductor component in an opposite polarity. | 05-09-2013 |
20130175605 | FIELD PLATE TRENCH TRANSISTOR AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING IT - A field plate trench transistor having a semiconductor body. In one embodiment the semiconductor has a trench structure and an electrode structure embedded in the trench structure. The electrode structure being electrically insulated from the semiconductor body by an insulation structure and having a gate electrode structure and a field electrode structure. The field plate trench transistor has a voltage divider configured such that the field electrode structure is set to a potential lying between source and drain potentials. | 07-11-2013 |
20130193510 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING A TRENCH GATE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING - A semiconductor device having a trench gate and method for manufacturing is disclosed. One embodiment includes a first semiconductor area and a second semiconductor area, a semiconductor body area between the first semiconductor area and the second semiconductor area, and a gate arranged in a trench and separated from the semiconductor body by an insulation layer, wherein the trench has a top trench portion which extends from the semiconductor surface at least to a depth which is greater than a depth of the first semiconductor area, wherein the trench further has a bottom trench portion extending subsequent to the top trench portion at least up to the second semiconductor area, and wherein the top trench portion has a first lateral dimension and the bottom trench portion has a second lateral dimension which is greater than the first lateral dimension. | 08-01-2013 |
20130270632 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING A FLOATING SEMICONDUCTOR ZONE - A semiconductor device includes a first trench and a second trench extending into a semiconductor body from a surface. A body region of a first conductivity type adjoins a first sidewall of the first trench and a first sidewall of the second trench, the body region including a channel portion adjoining to a source structure and being configured to be controlled in its conductivity by a gate structure. The channel portion is formed at the first sidewall of the second trench and is not formed at the first sidewall of the first trench. An electrically floating semiconductor zone of the first conductivity type adjoins the first trench and has a bottom side located deeper within the semiconductor body than the bottom side of the body region. | 10-17-2013 |
20140001528 | SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENT WITH A DRIFT REGION AND A DRIFT CONTROL REGION | 01-02-2014 |
20140015007 | Semiconductor Device with Charge Carrier Lifetime Reduction Means - A semiconductor device includes a cell region having at least one device cell, wherein the at least one device cell includes a first device region of a first conductivity type. The semiconductor device further includes a drift region of a second conductivity type adjoining the first device region of the at least one device cell, a doped region of the first conductivity type adjoining the drift region, and charge carrier lifetime reduction means configured to reduce a charge carrier lifetime in the doped region of the first conductivity type. | 01-16-2014 |
20140213022 | Method of Manufacturing a Reduced Free-Charge Carrier Lifetime Semiconductor Structure - A method of manufacturing a reduced free-charge carrier lifetime semiconductor structure includes forming a plurality of transistor gate structures in trenches arranged in a semiconductor substrate, forming a body region between adjacent ones of the transistor gate structures and forming an end-of-range irradiation region between adjacent ones of the transistor gate structures, the end-of-range irradiation region having a plurality of vacancies. | 07-31-2014 |
20140284702 | FIELD PLATE TRENCH TRANSISTOR AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING IT - A field plate trench transistor having a semiconductor body. In one embodiment the semiconductor has a trench structure and an electrode structure embedded in the trench structure. The electrode structure being electrically insulated from the semiconductor body by an insulation structure and having a gate electrode structure and a field electrode structure. The field plate trench transistor has a voltage divider configured such that the field electrode structure is set to a potential lying between source and drain potentials. | 09-25-2014 |
20150028415 | SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENT HAVING A TRANSITION REGION - A semiconductor component is disclosed. One embodiment provides a semiconductor component including a semiconductor body having a cell array region with trenches and an edge region with pn junction. A transition region with at least one trench is formed between the cell array region and the edge region. | 01-29-2015 |