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Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2018

Filed:

Jun. 23, 2016
Applicant:

Infineon Technologies Americas Corp., El Segundo, CA (US);

Inventor:

Thomas Herman, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/06 (2006.01); H01L 29/20 (2006.01); H01L 29/778 (2006.01); H01L 29/205 (2006.01); H01L 29/47 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/063 (2013.01); H01L 29/2003 (2013.01); H01L 29/205 (2013.01); H01L 29/475 (2013.01); H01L 29/7787 (2013.01);
Abstract

A power semiconductor device includes a III-nitride heterojunction body including a first III-nitride body and a second III-nitride body having a different band gap than that of the first III-nitride body, a first power electrode coupled to the second III-nitride body, a second power electrode coupled to the second III-nitride body, a gate array arrangement disposed between the first and second power electrodes, and a conductive channel that includes a two-dimensional electron gas that in a conductive state includes a reduced charge region under the gate arrangement that is less conductive than its adjacent regions. The reduced charge region extends beyond an edge of the gate arrangement toward one of the power electrodes only.


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