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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2000
Emmanuel Collard, Tours, FR;
André Lhorte, Saint Avertin, FR;
STMicroelectronics S.A., Gentilly, FR;
Abstract
A vertical Schottky diode including an N-type silicon carbide layer of low doping level formed by epitaxy on a silicon carbide substrate of high doping level. The periphery of the active area of the diode is coated with a P-type epitaxial silicon carbide layer. A trench crosses the P-type epitaxial layer and penetrates into at least a portion of the height of the N-type epitaxial layer beyond the periphery of the active area. The doping level of the P-type epitaxial layer is chosen so that, for the maximum voltage that the diode is likely to be subjected to, the equipotential surfaces corresponding to approximately ¼ to ¾ of the maximum voltage extend up to the trench.