Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

Ryoichi Ohara

Kenya Sano

Takashi Kawakubo

Takaaki Yasumoto

Kazuhiko Itaya

Naoko Yanase

Kazuhide Abe

Michihiko Nishigaki

Toshihiko Nagano

Takao Noda

Hiroshi Yoshida

Masahiko Hasunuma

Hiroshi Toyoda

Hiroshi Tsurumi

Ryuichi Fujimoto

Hironobu Shibata

Tomio Ono

Takako Motai

Yoichi Hori

Yoshitomo Sagae

Shingo Masuko

Yorito Kakiuchi

Fumio Sasaki

Tatsuo Shimizu

Hiroshi Kono

Katsutaro Ichihara

Keiichi Yamaguchi

Toru Sugiyama

Nobuyuki Itoh

Tadahiro Sasaki

Mayumi Morizuka

Kohei Morizuka

Minoru Kawase

Tooru Kozu

Takeshi Ookubo

A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes a semiconductor substrate having a first surface and a second surface. The semiconductor substrate includes an element region and a termination region provided around the element region. The termination region has a first semiconductor region of a first conductivity type provided at the first surface of the semiconductor substrate and a second semiconductor region of a second conductivity type provided between the first semiconductor region and the second surface. The semiconductor device further includes a first insulating film provided on the first semiconductor region, a second insulating film provided on the first semiconductor region and having a portion interposed between the first insulating films, a first electrode provided on the first surface of the element region and electrically connected to the first semiconductor region, and a second electrode provided at the second surface of the semiconductor substrate.

Semiconductor device having termination region with laterally heterogeneous insulating films

A semiconductor device includes a SiC layer that has a first surface and a second surface, a first electrode in contact with the first surface, a first SiC region of a first conductivity type in the SiC layer, a second SiC region of a second conductivity type in the SiC layer and surrounding a portion of the first SiC region, a third SiC region of the second conductivity type in the SiC layer and surrounding the second SiC region, the third SiC region having an impurity concentration of the second conductivity type lower than that of the second SiC region, and a fourth SiC region of the second conductivity type in the SiC layer between the second SiC region and the third Sic region, the fourth SiC region having an impurity concentration of the second conductivity type higher than that of the second SiC region.

Semiconductor device

According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes first and second electrodes, and first, second, and third semiconductor regions. The first semiconductor region has a first conductivity type. The first electrode is provided above the first semiconductor region. The second semiconductor region has a second conductivity type and is provided between the first semiconductor region and the first electrode. The third semiconductor region is provided between the first semiconductor region and the first electrode, and has the second conductivity type. The third semiconductor region has an impurity concentration substantially equal to an impurity concentration of the second semiconductor region, and has first and second portions. The first and second portions constitute a concave-convex form on a side of the first semiconductor region of the third semiconductor region. The second electrode is provided above an opposite side of the first semiconductor region from the first electrode.

Semiconductor diode device

A semiconductor device includes a SOI substrate including a silicon substrate, an oxide layer on the silicon substrate, and a silicon layer on the oxide layer; a source region and a drain region formed in the silicon layer; and an acceptor-doped layer formed between the oxide layer and the silicon substrate, the acceptor-doped layer being doped with acceptors.

SOI substrate with acceptor-doped layer

According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor region, a first electrode, a second semiconductor region, a third semiconductor region, a fourth semiconductor region, a fifth semiconductor region, and a second electrode. The first electrode forms a Schottky junction with the first region. The second region is provided between the first region and the first electrode. The third region is provided between the first region and the first electrode and forms an ohmic junction with the first electrode. The fourth region is provided between the first region and the third region. The fourth region has a higher impurity concentration than the first region. The fifth region is provided between the third region and the first electrode. The fifth region has a higher impurity concentration than the third region. The second electrode is provided on opposite side of the first region from the first electrode.

According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a SiC layer of a first conductivity type, a SiC region of a second conductivity type, and a conductive layer of the second conductivity type. The SiC layer of the first conductivity type has a hexagonal crystal structure. The SiC region of the second conductivity type is formed in a surface of the SiC layer. The conductive layer of the second conductivity type is provided on the SiC region and is in contact with a portion of the SiC region including SiC of a cubic crystal structure.

Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing semiconductor device

According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type, a first region of a second conductivity type selectively provided in a first major surface of the semiconductor layer, a second region of the second conductivity type selectively provided in the first major surface and connected to the first region, a first electrode provided in contact with the semiconductor layer and the first region, a second electrode provided in contact with the second region, and a third electrode electrically connected to a second major surface of the semiconductor layer opposite to the first major surface.

A semiconductor device receiving as input a radio frequency signal having a frequency of 500 MHz or more and a power of 20 dBm or more is provided. The semiconductor device includes: a silicon substrate; a silicon oxide film formed on the silicon substrate; a radio frequency interconnect provided on the silicon oxide film and passing the radio frequency signal; a fixed potential interconnect provided on the silicon oxide film and placed at a fixed potential; and an acceptor-doped layer. The acceptor-doped layer is formed in a region of the silicon substrate. The region is in contact with the silicon oxide film. The acceptor-doped layer is doped with acceptors.

Radio frequency semiconductor device

An antenna sharing device has a common signal terminal pair, a first terminal pair, a second terminal pair, a first filter, a second filter, a first inductor element, second inductor elements, third inductor elements. The second and third inductor elements have a plurality of inductor elements, respectively. An inductor element closest to the first terminal pair among the inductor elements included in the second inductor elements and an inductor element closest to the second terminal pair among the third inductor elements are arranged further away from the first inductor element than the other inductor elements included in the second and third inductor elements, or formed on a substrate different from a substrate on which the first inductor element is formed, or formed opposite to the first inductor element by sandwiching a shielding pattern.

Antenna sharing device and portable telephone

A piezoelectric thin film device includes an amorphous metal film disposed on a substrate and a piezoelectric film disposed on the amorphous metal. One of crystal axis of the piezoelectric film is aligned in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the amorphous metal.

Piezoelectric thin film device and method for manufacturing the same

A thin film piezoelectric resonator includes a substrate having a cavity; a first electrode extending over the cavity; a piezoelectric film placed on the first electrode; and a second electrode placed on the piezoelectric film, the second electrode having a periphery partially overlapping on the cavity and tapered to have an inner angle of 30 degrees or smaller defined by a part of the periphery thereof and a bottom thereof.

Thin film piezoelectric resonator and method of manufacturing the same

A thin film piezoelectric actuator comprises a driving part at least one end of which is supported by an anchor portion. The driving part includes: a piezoelectric film, a first lower electrode provided under a first region of the piezoelectric film, a second lower electrode provided under a second region different from the first region of the piezoelectric film, a first upper electrode provided opposite to the first lower electrode on the piezoelectric film, a second upper electrode provided opposite to the second lower electrode on the piezoelectric film, a first connection part that electrically connects the first lower electrode and the second upper electrode via a first via hole formed in the piezoelectric film, and a second connection part that electrically connects the second lower electrode and the first upper electrode via a second via hole formed in the piezoelectric film.

Thin film piezoelectric actuator

A thin film piezoelectric resonator includes: a substrate having a cavity; a first dielectric layer provided on the substrate to cover the cavity; a second dielectric layer provided on the substrate and disposed in a peripheral region of the cavity, and having a thickness larger than the first dielectric layer; a first electrode provided on the first dielectric layer and above the cavity; a piezoelectric layer provided on the first electrode and disposed to extend to a region on the second dielectric layer; and a second electrode provided on the piezoelectric layer and above the first electrode.

Thin film piezoelectric resonator, method of manufacturing the same, and filter including the same

A thin-film piezoelectric resonator includes a substrate, and first and second excitation portions. The substrate includes first and second cavities. The first excitation portion is disposed over the first cavity, and includes a first electrode, a first piezoelectric material and a second electrode laminated successively. An overlapping region among the first electrode, the first piezoelectric material and the second electrode defines a contour of a periphery of the first excitation portion. A first distance is defined as a distance from an end of the first excitation portion to an opening end of the first cavity. The second excitation portion is disposed over the second cavity, and includes a third electrode, a second piezoelectric material and a fourth electrode laminated successively. A second distance is defined as a distance from an end of the second excitation portion to an opening end of the second cavity and different from the first distance.

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