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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2019
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A silicon carbide semiconductor device includes an upper gate electrode including a gate pad and a gate wiring line, and an upper source electrode including first and second source pads. The gate wiring line includes a gate global wiring line extending to encircle the source pads, and a gate connection wiring line. The upper source electrode includes an outer periphery source wiring line extending to encircle the gate global wiring line, and first and second source connections connecting the outer periphery source wiring line to the first and second source pads, respectively. The gate global wiring line includes a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion. The first portion is split at a first substrate corner and a second substrate corner and lies between the first substrate corner and the second substrate corner.