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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2017
Applicant:
Shindengen Electric Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Shunichi Nakamura, Saitama, JP;
Assignee:
SHINDENGEN ELECTRIC MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/78 (2006.01); H01L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/7808 (2013.01); H01L 29/086 (2013.01);
Abstract
A wide gap semiconductor device has: a drift layer using wide gap semiconductor material being a first conductivity type; a well region being a second conductivity type and provided in the drift layer; a source region provided in the well region; a gate contact region provided in the well region and electrically connected to a gate pad; and a Zener diode region provided in the well region and provided between the source region and the gate contact region.