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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2021
Fuji Electric Co., Ltd., Kawasaki, JP;
Naoki Kumagai, Matsumoto, JP;
FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD., Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A silicon carbide semiconductor device, including a semiconductor substrate, and a first semiconductor region, a plurality of second semiconductor regions, a plurality of third semiconductor regions and a plurality of fourth semiconductor regions formed in the semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor device further includes a plurality of trenches penetrating the second, third and fourth semiconductor regions, a plurality of gate electrodes respectively provided via a plurality of gate insulating films in the trenches, a plurality of fifth semiconductor regions each provided between one of the gate insulating films at the inner wall of one of the trenches, and the third semiconductor region and the fourth semiconductor region through which the one trench penetrates. The semiconductor device further includes first electrodes electrically connected to the second, third and fourth semiconductor regions, and a second electrode provided on a second main surface of the semiconductor substrate.