Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

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Takeshi Suwa

Tomoko Matsudai

Yoko Iwakaji

Hiroko Itokazu

Norio Negishi

Takako Motai

Teruo Suzuki

Takeo Onga

Takashi Kuramoto

Tetsuji Uzuda

A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor part, a first electrode, first and second control electrodes. The first electrode and the first control electrode are provided in an active region. The second control electrode is provided in a termination region. The semiconductor part including first and third layers of a first conductivity type, and second and fourth layers of a second conductivity type. The first layer is provided in the active and termination regions. The second layer is provided between the first layer and the first electrode, and faces the first control electrode via a first insulating film. The third layer is provided between the second layer and the first electrode. The fourth-layers are provided on the first layer in the termination region. The first layer includes a portion extending between the fourth layers. The second control electrode faces the portion of the first layer via a second insulating film.

Semiconductor device having control electrodes in termination region

A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor part, a first electrode and control electrodes at the front side of the semiconductor part. The semiconductor part includes first to fourth layers, first and third layers being of a first conductivity type, second and fourth layers being of a second conductivity type. The control electrodes are provided in a plurality of trenches, respectively. The control electrodes include a first control electrode, and a second control electrode next to the first control electrode. The second layer is provided between the first layer and the first electrode. The third and fourth layers are provided between the second layer and the first electrode. The semiconductor part further includes a first region partially provided between the first and second layers. The first region is provided between the first and third layers, the first region including a material having a lower thermal conductivity than the first layer.

Semiconductor device

A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer having a first plane and a second plane; an emitter electrode on a side of the first plane; at least one collector electrode on a side of the second plane; a first gate electrode on the side of the first plane; at least one second gate electrode on the side of the second plane; a drift region of a first conductivity-type in the semiconductor layer; a collector region of a second conductivity-type in the semiconductor layer; and a first conductivity-type region of the first conductivity-type provided between a part of the collector region and the second plane, wherein the semiconductor device has a first effective gate distance and a second effective gate distance different from the first effective gate distance.

Semiconductor device having gate electrodes on front side and back side

A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor part having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, a first electrode on the first surface, a second electrode on the second surface, first to third control electrodes between the first electrode and the semiconductor part. The first to third control electrodes are biased independently from each other. The semiconductor part includes a first layer of a first-conductivity-type, a second layer of a second-conductivity-type, a third layer of the first-conductivity-type and the fourth layer of the second-conductivity-type. The second layer is provided between the first layer and the first electrode. The third layer is selectively provided between the second layer and the first electrode. The fourth layer is provided between the first layer and the second electrode. The second layer opposes the first to third control electrode with insulating films interposed.

Semiconductor device and method of controlling same

A semiconductor device includes first and second electrodes, a semiconductor part therebetween, first to third control electrodes inside the semiconductor part, and first to third interconnects. The first and second control electrodes are arranged along a front surface of the semiconductor part. The third control electrodes are provided between the first electrode and the first and second electrodes, respectively. The first and second interconnect are electrically connected to the first and second control electrodes, respectively. The third interconnect is electrically connected to the third control electrodes. The semiconductor layer includes first and third layers of a first conductivity type and a second layer of a second conductivity type. The second layer is provided between the first layer and the second electrode. The third layer is provided between the second layer and the second electrode. The second layer faces the first and second control electrodes via insulating portions.

Semiconductor device and method for controlling same

A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor part, a first electrode at a back surface of the semiconductor part; a second electrode at a front surface of the semiconductor part; third and fourth electrodes provided between the semiconductor part and the second electrode. The third and fourth electrodes are arranged in a first direction along the front surface of the semiconductor part. The third electrode is electrically insulated from the semiconductor part by a first insulating film. The third electrode is electrically insulated from the second electrode by a second insulating film. The fourth electrode is electrically insulated from the semiconductor part by a third insulating film. The fourth electrode is electrically isolated from the third electrode. the third and fourth electrodes extend into the semiconductor part. The fourth electrode includes a material having a larger thermal conductivity than a thermal conductivity of a material of the third electrode.

Semiconductor device having thermally conductive electrodes

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 semiconductor part includes first to seventh layers. The second of a second conductivity type is provided between the first layer of a first conductivity type and the first electrode. The third and fourth layers of the first conductivity type are arranged along the second layer between the second layer and the first electrode. The fifth layer of the second conductivity type is provided between the second electrode and the first layer. The sixth and seventh layers are arranged along the fifth layer between the first and fifth layers. The sixth and seventh layers include the first-conductivity-type impurities with first and second surface densities, respectively. The first surface density is greater than the second surface density.

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.

A semiconductor device includes first and second electrodes, a semiconductor part therebetween, and first and second control electrodes in a trench of the semiconductor part. The first and second control electrodes are arranged along a front surface of the semiconductor part. The semiconductor part includes first and third layers of a first-conductivity-type, and the second and fourth layer of a second-conductivity-type. The second layer is provided between the first layer and the second electrode. Between the second layer and the second electrode, the third and fourth layers are provided apart from the first layer with first and second portions of the second layer interposed, respectively. The first portion of the second layer has a first thickness in a second direction from the first electrode toward the second electrode. The second portion of the second layer has a second thickness in the second direction larger than the first thickness.

A semiconductor device of an embodiment includes semiconductor layer including first and second planes, and in order from the first plane's side to the second plane's side, first region of first conductivity type, second region of second conductivity type, third region of second conductivity type having second conductivity type impurity concentration higher than the second region, fourth region of first conductivity type, and fifth region of second conductivity type, and including first and second trench on the first plane's side; first gate electrode in the first trench; first gate insulating film in contact with the fifth semiconductor region; second gate electrode in the second trench; second gate insulating film; a first electrode on the first plane; second electrode on the second plane; first gate electrode pad connected to the first gate electrode; and second gate electrode pad connected to the second gate electrode.

Semiconductor device and semiconductor circuit

A semiconductor device of an embodiment includes first and second electrodes; first and second gate electrodes; and semiconductor layer including first and second planes, the semiconductor layer including a first semiconductor region of first conductivity type including first portion, second portion having a carrier concentration higher than the first portion, and third portion having a carrier concentration lower than the second portion; a second semiconductor region of second conductivity type between the first semiconductor region and the first plane and facing the first gate electrode; a third semiconductor region of first conductivity type between the second semiconductor region and the first plane and contacting the first electrode; a fourth semiconductor region of second conductivity type between the first semiconductor region and the second plane and facing the second gate electrode; and a fifth semiconductor region of first conductivity type between the fourth semiconductor region and the second plane.

A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor body; a first electrode on the semiconductor body; control electrodes provided in the semiconductor body along the surface thereof; and first films electrically insulating the control electrodes from the semiconductor body. The semiconductor body includes first, third, sixth layers of a first conductivity type, and second, fourth, fifth layers of a second conductivity type. The second to sixth layers are provided between the first electrode and the first layer. The second and third layers are positioned between two adjacent control electrodes. The fourth to sixth layers are positioned between other two adjacent control electrodes. The sixth layer positioned between the fourth layer and the fifth layer. The sixth layer includes a major portion and a boundary portion between the major portion and one of the first films. An impurity concentration in the boundary portion is lower than that in the major portion.

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