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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2021
Applicant:
Renesas Electronics Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/739 (2006.01); H01L 29/66 (2006.01); H01L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/7397 (2013.01); H01L 29/0607 (2013.01); H01L 29/66348 (2013.01);
Abstract
An IGBT capable of handling high-speed switching while reducing a leakage current of a semiconductor device including the IGBT is provided. The semiconductor device according to one embodiment includes an IGBT including a p-type collector layer on a back surface of a silicon substrate and a dislocation suppressing layer for forming a hetero junction with silicon in the p-type collector layer. The dislocation suppressing layer includes a silicon germanium (SiGe) layer.