Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation

Takako Motai

Tomoko Matsudai

Yoko Iwakaji

Hiroko Itokazu

Keiko Kawamura

Kaori Fuse

Takaaki Yasumoto

Kenya Sano

Naoko Yanase

Kazuhiko Itaya

Takashi Kawakubo

Ryoichi Ohara

Kazuhide Abe

Akira Yoshioka

Hidetoshi Fujimoto

Atsuko Iida

Yasunobu Saito

Toshiyuki Naka

Tetsuya Ohno

Chisato Furukawa

Takeshi Suwa

Kohei Oasa

Miki Yumoto

Masaru Furukawa

Shingo Masuko

Masaaki Ogawa

Takeshi Uchihara

Yukako Murakami

Tasuku Ono

Yasuo Ebuchi

Wakana Nishiwaki

Yasunari Yagi

A semiconductor device includes first and second semiconductor layers of a first conductivity type, a third semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type, a plurality of electrodes, and a first insulating film. The second semiconductor layer is provided on the first semiconductor layer. The third semiconductor layer is provided on the second semiconductor layer with a first surface at a side opposite to the first semiconductor layer. The electrodes extend from the first surface into the second semiconductor layer. A first insulating film provided between the second and third semiconductor layers and each of electrodes. The electrodes include first and second electrode groups. The first electrode group is arranged in one column in the first direction and apart from each other by a first distance. The first and second electrode groups are apart from each other by a second distance in the second direction.

Semiconductor device

A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor part, first and second electrodes, and a control electrode. The semiconductor part is provided between the first and second electrodes. The control electrode is provided in a trench of the semiconductor part between the semiconductor part and the second electrode. The semiconductor part includes first to third layers. The first layer of a first conductivity type extends between the first and second electrodes. The second layer of a second conductivity type is provided between the first layer and the second electrode. The second layer is connected to the second electrode. The third layer of the second conductivity type is provided between the second layer and the control electrode. The third layer includes a second-conductivity-type impurity with a higher concentration than a second-conductivity-type impurity of the second layer. The third layer contacts the second electrode, and is electrically connected to the second electrode.

A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor part, first and second electrodes and a control electrode. The semiconductor part is provided between the first and second electrode. The semiconductor part includes first and third layers of a first conductivity type, and second, fourth and fifth layers of a second conductivity type. The first layer extends between the first and second electrodes. The second layer is provided between the first layer and the second electrode. The third semiconductor layer is provided between the second layer and the second electrode. The fourth layer is provided between the first layer and the first electrode. The semiconductor part includes an active region and a termination region. The active region includes the control electrode, the second layer, and the third layer. The termination region surrounds the active region. The fifth layer is provided in the first layer in the termination region.

A semiconductor device includes: a first electrode; a first semiconductor layer of first conductivity type provided on the first electrode; a second semiconductor layer of second conductivity type provided on the first semiconductor layer; a second electrode provided on the second semiconductor layer; a first trench reaching the first semiconductor layer from the second semiconductor layer; a first semiconductor region provided in the second semiconductor layer, the first semiconductor region being in contact with the first trench and the first semiconductor region having a higher concentration of impurities of second conductivity type than the second semiconductor layer; and a first insulating film provided in the second semiconductor layer and the first insulating film being in contact with the first semiconductor region.

A semiconductor element includes a semiconductor part, first to third electrodes and a control electrode. The first electrode is provided at a front side of the semiconductor part. The second and third electrodes are provided at a back side of the semiconductor part. The control electrode is provided between the semiconductor part and the first electrode. The semiconductor part includes first and third layers of a first conductivity type and second and fourth layers of a second conductivity type. The first layer is provided between the first and second electrodes and between the first and third electrodes. The first layer is connected to the third electrode at the back side. The second layer is provided between the first layer and the first electrode. The third layer is provided between the second layer and the first electrode. The fourth layer is provided between the second electrode and the first layer.

Semiconductor element and semiconductor device

A semiconductor device includes first and third semiconductor layers of a first conductivity type, and second, fourth and fifth semiconductor layers of a second conductivity type. The first semiconductor layer is provided on the fifth semiconductor layer. The second semiconductor layer is provided on the first semiconductor layer. The third and fourth semiconductor layers are arranged along the second semiconductor layer. In a plane parallel to an upper surface of the second semiconductor layer, the fourth semiconductor layer has a surface area greater than a surface area of the third semiconductor layer. The device further includes first to third electrodes, and first control electrode. The first to third electrodes are electrically connected to the third to fifth semiconductor layers, respectively. The first control electrode is provided in a first trench extending into the first semiconductor layer from an upper surface of the third semiconductor layer.

Semiconductor device and method for controlling same

A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a first nitride semiconductor layer on the substrate, a second nitride semiconductor layer on the first nitride semiconductor layer, a third nitride semiconductor layer on the second nitride semiconductor layer, an electrode on the third nitride semiconductor layer, and an insulating layer under the electrode and between the first nitride semiconductor layer and the second nitride semiconductor layer.

Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof

A semiconductor device includes a GaN-based semiconductor layer, a source electrode on the GaN-based semiconductor layer, a drain electrode on the GaN-based semiconductor layer, and a gate electrode formed on the GaN-based semiconductor layer between the source electrode and the drain electrode. A first layer is in contact with the GaN-based semiconductor layer between the gate electrode and the drain electrode.

A film bulk acoustic resonator includes a substrate having a cavity at a surface of the substrate; a bottom electrode provided on the surface of the substrate so as to extend over the cavity; a piezoelectric film disposed on the bottom electrode; a top electrode disposed on the piezoelectric film so as to face the bottom electrode and extending over the surface of the substrate; and a seal member configured to seal a capacitor defined by the bottom electrode, the piezoelectric film and the top electrode, and to provide an opening portion of the cavity outside the seal member at the surface of the substrate.

Film bulk acoustic resonator, filter circuit and method for manufacturing a film bulk acoustic resonator

A film bulk acoustic resonator, includes first to fourth insulator patterns disposed apart from each other. The third and fourth insulator patterns are disposed opposite the second and first insulator patterns in relation to the first and second insulating patterns, respectively. A bottom conductive layer is disposed above the first and third insulator patterns spreading from a region between the first and second insulator patterns to the third insulator pattern. A piezoelectric film is provided on the bottom conductive layer, disposed above the region between the first and second insulating patterns. A top conductive layer is facing the bottom conductive layer so as to sandwich the piezoelectric film, spreading from the region between the first and second insulator patterns to the fourth insulator pattern.

Film bulk acoustic resonator and method for manufacturing the same

A film bulk acoustic-wave resonator having, a substrate having a cavity, the substrate being formed of one of semi-insulating material and high-resistivity material, a bottom electrode partially fixed to the substrate, part of the bottom electrode is mechanically suspended above the cavity, a piezoelectric layer disposed on the bottom electrode, the shape of the piezoelectric layer is defined by a contour, a top electrode on the piezoelectric layer, a semiconductor intermediate electrode buried at and in a surface of the substrate, being located at the contour of the piezoelectric layer, the semiconductor region having a lower resistivity than the substrate, the intermediate electrode is connected to the bottom electrode in the inside of the contour, and a bottom electrode wiring connected to the semiconductor intermediate electrode extending from the contour to an outside of the contour in the plan view.

Film bulk acoustic-wave resonator and method for manufacturing the same

A film bulk acoustic-wave resonator encompasses (a) a substrate having a cavity, (b) a bottom electrode partially fixed to the substrate, part of the bottom electrode is mechanically suspended above the cavity, (c) a piezoelectric layer disposed on the bottom electrode, a planar shape of the piezoelectric layer is defined by a contour, which covers an entire surface of the bottom electrode in a plan view, (d) a top electrode on the piezoelectric layer, (e) an intermediate electrode located between the substrate and the piezoelectric layer, and at the contour of the piezoelectric layer, the intermediate electrode is connected to the bottom electrode in the inside of the contour, and (f) a bottom electrode wiring connected to the intermediate electrode extending from the contour to an outside of the contour in the plan view, wherein a longitudinal vibration mode along a thickness direction of the piezoelectric layer is utilized.

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