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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2020
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, JP;
Shinichi Kimoto, Tsukuba, JP;
Katsuhisa Tanaka, Tsukuba, JP;
Shinya Kyogoku, Yokohama, JP;
Ryosuke Iijima, Setagaya, JP;
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Minato-ku, JP;
Abstract
A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes: a silicon carbide layer having a first plane, a second plane facing the first plane, a first trench, a second trench, an n-type first silicon carbide region, a p-type second silicon carbide region between the first silicon carbide region and the first plane, an n-type third silicon carbide region between the second silicon carbide region and the first plane, and a p-type fourth silicon carbide region between the second trench and the first silicon carbide region; a gate electrode being located in the first trench; a gate insulating layer; a first electrode, a portion of the first electrode being located in the second trench; a second electrode; and an interlayer insulating layer being located between the gate electrode and the first electrode, in which an interface between the first electrode and the interlayer insulating layer is located in the first trench.