Flosfia Inc.

Yasushi Higuchi

Mitsuru Okigawa

Koji Amazutsumi

Yuji Kato

Fujio Okui

Hidetaka Shibata

Atsushi Terai

Masahiro Sugimoto

Takashi Shinohe

Osamu Imafuji

Yusuke Matsubara

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

There is provided a semiconductor device comprising at least, a crystalline oxide semiconductor layer which has a band gap of 4.5 eV or more; and a field-effect mobility of 10 cm/V·s or higher.

Semiconductor device comprising crystalline oxide semiconductor layer and semiconductor system having the same

Provided are a multilayer structure in which crystal defects due to stress concentration in a semiconductor layer caused by an insulator film are prevented and a semiconductor device using the multilayer structure, the multilayer structure and the semiconductor device that are particularly useful for power devices. A multilayer structure in which an insulator film is arranged on a part of a semiconductor film, wherein the semiconductor film has a corundum structure and contains a crystalline oxide semiconductor containing one or two or more metals selected from groups 9 and 13 of the periodic table, and wherein the insulator film has a taper angle of 20° or less.

Multilayer structure and semiconductor device

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.

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Kyoto, Japan

Yasushi Higuchi