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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2016
Shindengen Electric Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Yusuke Fukuda, Hanno, JP;
SHINDENGEN ELECTRIC MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor layer of silicon carbide including a plurality of layers disposed on a main surface side; an electrode layer that is one of the plurality of layers, wherein the electrode layer has an electrode connecting surface to which a conductive connecting member is connected, and the electrode layer is composed mainly of silver; and a first metal layer that is a layer, different from the electrode layer, among the plurality of layers, wherein the first metal layer has a first bonding surface bonded onto the electrode layer such that the electrode connecting surface is exposed to an outside, and a second bonding surface electrically connected to the semiconductor layer, and the first metal layer is composed mainly of titanium carbide.