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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2004
Keiko Kawamura, Yokohama, JP;
Noboru Matsuda, Yokohama, JP;
Yasuo Ebuchi, Yokosuka, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A power semiconductor device comprises a semiconductor layer; a polysilicon-containing gate; a first semiconductor region formed in said semiconductor layer at one surface of said semiconductor layer and operative to serve as at least one of a source region and an emitter region; a second semiconductor region formed in said semiconductor layer at the other surface of said semiconductor layer and operative to serve as at least one of a drain region and a collector region; a gate routing wire commonly connected to a plurality of said gates and including a polysilicon portion and a metal portion formed adjacent to it in the direction of plane of said semiconductor layer; an interlayer insulator film formed to cover said first semiconductor region, said gate routing wire and a plurality of said gates; an electrode portion formed in said interlayer insulator film and connected to said first semiconductor region; and a strap electrode plate located to cover said interlayer insulator on said gate routing wire and cover a plurality of said electrode portions and commonly connected to a plurality of said electrode portions.