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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2013
Applicant:
Hitachi, Ltd., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/74 (2006.01); H01L 21/332 (2006.01); H01L 27/06 (2006.01); H01L 29/739 (2006.01); H01L 29/66 (2006.01); H01L 29/10 (2006.01); H01L 29/08 (2006.01); H01L 29/36 (2006.01); H01L 21/8249 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/0623 (2013.01); H01L 21/8249 (2013.01); H01L 29/0804 (2013.01); H01L 29/0821 (2013.01); H01L 29/1095 (2013.01); H01L 29/36 (2013.01); H01L 29/66348 (2013.01); H01L 29/7397 (2013.01);
Abstract
An IGBT () includes a pcollector region () and an ndrift region (), in which a first transistor (TR) and a second transistor (TR) are formed on the ndrift region (). In the ndrift region (), a p-type hole extraction region () is formed in contact with the second transistor (TR). When the IGBT () is in an on-state, electrons and holes flow through the first transistor (TR), but a current does not flow through the second transistor (TR). On the other hand, when the IGBT () is switched from the on-state to an off-state, holes flow through the first transistor (TR), and holes flow through the hole extraction region () and the second transistor (TR).