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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2011
Filed:
May. 07, 2009
Applicants:
Akitaka Soeno, Toyota, JP;
Yukihiro Hisanaga, Toyota, JP;
Inventors:
Akitaka Soeno, Toyota, JP;
Yukihiro Hisanaga, Toyota, JP;
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A semiconductor device in which both an IGBT element region and a diode element region exist in the same semiconductor substrate includes a low lifetime region, which is formed in at least a part of a drift layer within the diode element region and shortens the lifetime of holes. A mean value of the lifetime of holes in the drift layer that includes the low lifetime region is shorter within the IGBT element region than within the diode element region.