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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2020
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinya Morita, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsuhiko Takeuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor material layer forming a channel layer, a pair of source/drain electrodes formed on the semiconductor material layer, and a gate electrode arranged between the pair of source/drain electrodes and formed on the semiconductor material layer via a gate insulating film. The semiconductor device further includes a connection path using a capacitor in which an insulating film formed in the same layer as the gate insulating film is sandwiched by a pair of electrodes. The capacitor undergoes dielectric breakdown at a voltage lower than a dielectric breakdown voltage of the gate insulating film is formed between at least one of the pair of source/drain electrodes and the gate electrode.