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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2019
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Teruyuki Ohashi, Kawasaki Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Kono, Himeji Hyogo, JP;
Masaru Furukawa, Himeji Hyogo, JP;
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Tokyo, JP;
TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes, a silicon carbide layer having first and second planes; a first electrode on the first plane; a second electrode on the second plane; a first conductivity type first silicon carbide region; second and third silicon carbide regions of a second conductivity type between the first silicon carbide region and the first plane; a first conductivity type fifth silicon carbide region between the first and the second silicon carbide region with higher impurity concentration than the first silicon carbide region; a first conductivity type sixth silicon carbide region between the first and the third silicon carbide region with higher impurity concentration than the first silicon carbide region; a first conductivity type seventh silicon carbide region between the fifth and the sixth silicon carbide region with lower impurity concentration than the fifth and the sixth silicon carbide region; and a gate electrode.