Flosfia Inc.

Koji Amazutsumi

Masahiro Sugimoto

Takashi Shinohe

Isao Takahashi

Mitsuru Okigawa

Yasushi Higuchi

Yuji Kato

Fujio Okui

Hidetaka Shibata

Kazuyoshi Norimatsu

Atsushi Terai

Provided is a semiconductor device in which a leakage current is reduced, the semiconductor device which is particularly useful for power devices. A semiconductor device including at least: an n+-type semiconductor layer, which contains a crystalline oxide semiconductor as a major component; an n−-type semiconductor layer that is placed on the n+-type semiconductor layer, the n−-type semiconductor layer containing a crystalline oxide semiconductor as a major component; a high-resistance layer with at least a part thereof being embedded in the n−-type semiconductor layer, a depth d (μm) of the part embedded in the n−-type semiconductor layer satisfying d≥1.4; and a Schottky electrode that forms a Schottky junction with the n−-type semiconductor layer, the Schottky electrode having an edge located on the high-resistance layer.

Semiconductor device

A semiconductor device with enhanced semiconductor characteristics that is useful for power devices. A semiconductor device, including: an n-type semiconductor layer; one or more p-type semiconductors; an electrode, the one or more p-type semiconductors that are provided between the n-type semiconductor layer and the electrode, and at least a part of the one or more p-type semiconductors is protruded in the electrode.

Semiconductor device including one or more p-type semiconductors provided between an n-type semiconductor layer and an electrode

Provided is a semiconductor device in which a leakage current is reduced, the semiconductor device which is particularly useful for power devices. A semiconductor device including at least: an n+-type semiconductor layer, which contains a crystalline oxide semiconductor as a major component; an n−-type semiconductor layer that is placed on the n+-type semiconductor layer, the n−-type semiconductor layer containing a crystalline oxide semiconductor as a major component; a high-resistance layer with at least a part thereof being embedded in the n−-type semiconductor layer, the high-resistance layer having a bottom surface located at a distance of less than 1.5 μm from an upper surface of the n+-type semiconductor layer; and a Schottky electrode that forms a Schottky junction with the n−-type semiconductor layer, the Schottky electrode having an edge located on the high-resistance layer.

A semiconductor device with enhanced semiconductor characteristics that is useful for power devices. A semiconductor device, including: an n-type semiconductor layer; an electrode; two or more p-type semiconductors provided between the n-type semiconductor layer and the electrode, the n-type semiconductor layer containing a corundum-structured crystallin oxide semiconductor as a major component, a number of the two or more p-type semiconductor that is equal to or more than three, and the two or more p-type semiconductors that are embedded in the n-type semiconductor layer.

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Koji Amazutsumi