Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090072306 | Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing semiconductor device - A semiconductor device according to the present invention includes a semiconductor layer. A first conductivity type region is formed on a base layer portion of the semiconductor layer. A body region of a second conductivity type is formed on the semiconductor layer to be in contact with the first conductivity type region. A trench in which a gate electrode is embedded through a gate insulating film is formed on the semiconductor layer. The trench penetrates through the body region, so that a deepest portion thereof reaches the first conductivity type region. A source region of the first conductivity type is formed on a surface layer portion of the semiconductor layer around the trench. The gate insulating film includes a thick-film portion having a relatively large thickness on a bottom surface of the trench. | 03-19-2009 |
20090078995 | Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing semiconductor device - A semiconductor device includes a first conductivity type layer of a first conductivity type, a body layer of a second conductivity type formed on the first conductivity type layer, a gate trench passing through the body layer so that the deepest portion thereof reaches the first conductivity type layer, a source region of the first conductivity type formed around the gate trench on the surface layer portion of the body layer, a gate insulating film formed on the bottom surface and the side surface of the gate trench, and a gate electrode embedded in the gate trench through the gate insulating film, and the bottom surface of the gate electrode and the upper surface of the first conductivity type layer are flush with each other. | 03-26-2009 |
20090078996 | Semiconductor device - A semiconductor device according to the present invention includes: an insulating layer; a semiconductor layer of a first conductive type laminated on the insulating layer; an annular deep trench having a thickness reaching the insulating layer from a top surface of the semiconductor layer; a body region of a second conductive type formed across an entire thickness of the semiconductor layer along a side surface of the deep trench in an element forming region surrounded by the deep trench; a drift region of the first conductive type constituted of a remainder region besides the body region in the element forming region; a source region of the first conductive type formed in a top layer portion of the body region; a drain region of the first conductive type formed in a top layer portion of the drift region; and a first conductive type region formed in the drift region, having a deepest portion reaching a position deeper than the drain region, and having a first conductive type impurity concentration higher than the first conductive type impurity concentration of the semiconductor layer and lower than the first conductive type impurity concentration of the drain region. | 03-26-2009 |
20090085109 | Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing semiconductor device - A semiconductor device according to the present invention includes: a semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type; a body region of a second conductivity type formed in a surface layer portion of the semiconductor layer; a trench dug from the surface of the semiconductor layer to penetrate the body region; a source region of a first conductivity type formed on a side portion of the trench in a surface layer portion of the body region; a gate insulating film formed on the bottom surface and the side surface of the trench; a gate electrode embedded in the trench through the gate insulating film and so formed that the surface thereof is lower by one stage than the surface of the source region; and a peripheral wall film formed on a peripheral edge portion of the surface of the gate electrode to be opposed to an upper end portion of the side surface of the trench. | 04-02-2009 |
20090085113 | Semiconductor device - A semiconductor device according to the present invention includes: a semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type; an annular deep trench penetrating the semiconductor layer in the depth direction to surround an element forming region; a drain region of a second conductivity type formed in a surface layer portion of the semiconductor layer in the element forming region; a drift region of the second conductivity type formed in the surface layer portion of the semiconductor layer to come into contact with the drain region in the element forming region; a body region of the first conductivity type formed in the surface layer portion of the semiconductor layer at an interval from the drift region in the element forming region; a source region of the second conductivity type formed in a surface layer portion of the body region; and a first high-concentration buried region, formed in the semiconductor layer between a portion opposed to the source region in the depth direction and the deep trench, having a higher impurity concentration than that of the semiconductor layer. | 04-02-2009 |
20090096018 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device according to the present invention includes: a body region of a first conductive type; trenches formed by digging in from a top surface of the body region; gate electrodes embedded in the trenches; source regions of a second conductive type formed at sides of the trenches in a top layer portion of the body region; and body contact regions of the first conductive type, penetrating through the source regions in a thickness direction and contacting the body region. The body contact regions are formed in a zigzag alignment in a plan view. With respect to a column formed by the body contact regions aligned in a predetermined column direction, the trenches are disposed at both sides in a row direction orthogonal to the column direction in a plan view, extend in the column direction, and form meandering lines each connecting a plurality of curved portions so that a predetermined gap in the row direction is formed respectively between adjacent trenches extending in the column direction and between the trenches and the body contact regions. | 04-16-2009 |
20090283823 | Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing semiconductor device - A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor layer; a first conductivity type region of a first conductivity type formed in a base layer portion of the semiconductor layer; a body region of a second conductivity type formed in the semiconductor layer to be in contact with the first conductivity type region; a trench formed by digging the semiconductor layer from the surface thereof to pass through the body region so that the deepest portion thereof reaches the first conductivity type region; a gate insulating film formed on the bottom surface and the side surface of the trench; a gate electrode buried in the trench through the gate insulating film; a source region of the first conductivity type formed in a surface layer portion of the semiconductor layer on a side in a direction orthogonal to the gate width with respect to the trench to be in contact with the body region; and a high-concentration region of the second conductivity type, formed in the body region on a position opposed to the trench in the direction orthogonal to the gate width, having a higher second conductivity type impurity concentration than that of the periphery thereof. | 11-19-2009 |
20090289294 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - The semiconductor device according to the present invention includes: a semiconductor layer; a trench dug downward from the surface of the semiconductor layer; a source region formed on the surface layer portion of the semiconductor layer adjacently to a first side of the trench in a prescribed direction; a drain region formed on the surface layer portion of the semiconductor layer adjacently to a second side of the trench opposite to the first side in the prescribed direction; a first insulating film formed on the bottom surface and the side surface of the trench; a floating gate stacked on the first insulating film and opposed to the bottom surface and the side surface of the trench through the first insulating film; a second insulating film formed on the floating gate; and a control gate at least partially embedded in the trench so that the portion embedded in the trench is opposed to the floating gate through the second insulating film. | 11-26-2009 |
20090302384 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device according to an aspect of the present invention includes a semiconductor layer, an insulating film formed on the surface of the semiconductor layer, a first insulator embedded in the semiconductor layer with a thickness larger than the thickness of the insulating film, and a resistive element formed on the first insulator. A semiconductor device according to another aspect of the present invention includes a semiconductor layer, an insulating film formed on the surface of the semiconductor layer, a resistive element formed on the insulating film, and a floating region formed on a portion of the semiconductor layer opposed to the resistive element through the insulating film and electrically floating from a periphery thereof. | 12-10-2009 |
20100102383 | Semiconductor device - An inventive semiconductor device includes: a body region of a second conductivity type provided on the drift region of a first conductivity type in a semiconductor layer; a trench extending from a surface of the body region in the semiconductor layer with its bottom located in the drift region; a gate electrode provided in the trench with the intervention of a gate insulation film; a source region of the first conductivity type provided in a surface layer portion of the body region; a first impurity region of the second conductivity type provided around the bottom of the trench in spaced relation from the body region; and a second impurity region of the second conductivity type provided on a lateral side of the body region in the semiconductor layer, the second impurity region being isolated from the body region and electrically connected to the first impurity region. | 04-29-2010 |
20110278664 | Semiconductor device - An inventive semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor layer; a drift region of a first conductivity type provided in the semiconductor layer; a body region of a second conductivity type provided on the drift region in the semiconductor layer; a trench extending from a surface of the body region in the semiconductor layer with its bottom located in the drift region; a gate insulation film provided on an interior surface of the trench; a gate electrode provided in the trench with the intervention of the gate insulation film; a source region of the first conductivity type provided in the surface of the body region; a first impurity region of the second conductivity type provided around the bottom of the trench in spaced relation from the body region; and a second impurity region of the second conductivity type provided on a lateral side of the body region in the semiconductor layer, the second impurity region being isolated from the body region and electrically connected to the first impurity region. | 11-17-2011 |
20120146137 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTORDEVICE - A semiconductor device according to the present invention includes a semiconductor layer. A first conductivity type region is formed on a base layer portion of the semiconductor layer. A body region of a second conductivity type is formed on the semiconductor layer to be in contact with the first conductivity type region. A trench in which a gate electrode is embedded through a gate insulating film is formed on the semiconductor layer. The trench penetrates through the body region, so that a deepest portion thereof reaches the first conductivity type region. A source region of the first conductivity type is formed on a surface layer portion of the semiconductor layer around the trench. The gate insulating film includes a thick-film portion having a relatively large thickness on a bottom surface of the trench. | 06-14-2012 |
20120256246 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING A FLOATING GATE - A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer with a trench dug downward from its surface, a source region formed on a surface layer portion adjacent to a first side of the trench in a prescribed direction, a drain region formed on the surface layer portion, adjacent to a second side of the trench opposite to the first side in the prescribed direction, a first insulating film on the bottom surface and the side surface of the trench, a floating gate stacked on the first insulating film and opposed to the bottom surface and the side surface of the trench through the first insulating film, a second insulating film formed on the floating gate, and a control gate at least partially embedded in the trench so that the portion embedded in the trench is opposed to the floating gate through the second insulating film. | 10-11-2012 |
20130214351 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device having a VDMOSFET (Vertical Double-diffused Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor) and a planar gate MOSFET (Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor), including forming a semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type by epitaxy, forming a body region recess for forming a body region of the VDMOSFET on the semiconductor layer, and embedding a semiconductor material of a second conductivity type in the body region recess by epitaxy or CVD (Chemical Vapor Deposition). | 08-22-2013 |
20130270633 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device according to the present invention includes: a body region of a first conductive type; trenches formed by digging in from a top surface of the body region; gate electrodes embedded in the trenches; source regions of a second conductive type formed at sides of the trenches in a top layer portion of the body region; and body contact regions of the first conductive type, penetrating through the source regions in a thickness direction and contacting the body region. The body contact regions are formed in a zigzag alignment in a plan view. With respect to a column formed by the body contact regions aligned in a predetermined column direction, the trenches are disposed at both sides in a row direction orthogonal to the column direction in a plan view, extend in the column direction, and form meandering lines each connecting a plurality of curved portions so that a predetermined gap in the row direction is formed respectively between adjacent trenches extending in the column direction and between the trenches and the body contact regions. | 10-17-2013 |
20140183616 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING A FLOATING GATE - A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer with a trench dug downward from its surface, a source region formed on a surface layer portion adjacent to a first side of the trench in a prescribed direction, a drain region formed on the surface layer portion, adjacent to a second side of the trench opposite to the first side in the prescribed direction, a first insulating film on the bottom surface and the side surface of the trench, a floating gate stacked on the first insulating film and opposed to the bottom surface and the side surface of the trench through the first insulating film, a second insulating film formed on the floating gate, and a control gate at least partially embedded in the trench so that the portion embedded in the trench is opposed to the floating gate through the second insulating film. | 07-03-2014 |