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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016
Filed:
May. 15, 2015
Applicant:
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/15 (2006.01); H01L 29/745 (2006.01); H01L 21/00 (2006.01); H01L 21/338 (2006.01); H01L 29/06 (2006.01); H01L 27/06 (2006.01); H01L 29/872 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/0619 (2013.01); H01L 27/0629 (2013.01); H01L 29/872 (2013.01);
Abstract
A semiconductor device includes a first silicon carbide semiconductor layer of a first conductive type that is positioned on a front surface of a substrate of the first conductive type, a transistor region that includes transistor cells, a Schottky region, and a boundary region. The boundary region includes a second body region and a gate connector that is arranged on the second body region via an insulating film and electrically connected with a gate electrode. The Schottky region includes a Schottky electrode that is arranged on the first silicon carbide semiconductor layer.