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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2015
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Ayanori Ikoshi, Kyoto, JP;
Hiroto Yamagiwa, Hyogo, JP;
Abstract
A nitride semiconductor device includes the followings. A semiconductor multilayer structure is above a substrate and includes a first nitride semiconductor layer and a second nitride semiconductor layer. A source electrode, a drain electrode, and a gate electrode are on the semiconductor multilayer structure. A gate wiring line transmits a gate driving signal to gate electrodes. A first shield structure is on the semiconductor multilayer structure between the drain electrode and the gate electrode or between the drain electrode and the gate wiring line in a non-channel region where an actual current path from the drain electrode to the source electrode is not formed in the semiconductor multilayer structure. The first shield structure is a normally-off structure, suppresses a current flowing from the semiconductor multilayer structure, and is set to have a substantially same potential as a potential of the source electrode.