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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2012
Applicant:
Ngk Insulators, Ltd., Nagoya, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
NGK Insulators, Ltd., Nagoya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/74 (2006.01); H01L 29/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/74 (2013.01); H01L 29/1066 (2013.01);
Abstract
A semiconductor device contains a semiconductor substrate, a cathode, an anode, and a gate electrode. The semiconductor device has a cathode segment disposed in a portion corresponding to at least the cathode, an anode segment disposed in a portion corresponding to the anode, a plurality of embedded segments disposed in a portion closer to the cathode segment than to the anode segment, a takeoff segment disposed between the gate electrode and the embedded segments to electrically connect the gate electrode to the embedded segments, and a channel segment disposed between the adjacent embedded segments.