IP Library Granted Patent US 7,759,700
Granted Patent B2
US 7,759,700 · App. 11/593,016 · Granted Jul 20, 2010

Semiconductor device

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Patent No.
US 7,759,700
App. No.
11/593,016
Granted
Jul 20, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device includes: a first group-III nitride semiconductor layer formed on a substrate; a second group-III nitride semiconductor layer made of a single layer or two or more layers, formed on the first group-III nitride semiconductor layer, and acting as a barrier layer; a source electrode, a drain electrode, and a gate electrode formed on the second group-III nitride semiconductor layer, the gate electrode controlling a current flowing between the source and drain electrodes; and a heat radiation film with high thermal conductivity which covers, as a surface passivation film, the entire surface other than a bonding pad.

Claims (15)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

a first group-III nitride semiconductor layer formed on a conductive substrate;

a second group-III nitride semiconductor layer made of a single layer or two or more layers, formed on the first group-III nitride semiconductor layer, and acting as a barrier layer;

a first source electrode, a drain electrode, and a gate electrode formed on the second group-III nitride semiconductor layer, the gate electrode controlling a current flowing between the first source electrode and the drain electrode;

an interconnection member connecting the first source electrode and the conductive substrate through a via hole;

a second source electrode connecting with the conductive substrate; and

a heat radiation film with high thermal conductivity existing on an uppermost surface of the interconnection member,

wherein the via hole is formed so as to penetrate the first group-III nitride semiconductor layer and the second group-III nitride semiconductor layer,

the via hole does not penetrate conductive substrate,

the interconnection member is directly on the first source electrode and covers the inside of the via hole, and

the heat radiation film covers the interconnection member inside the via hole, and the heat radiation film has insulative properties.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the heat radiation film is made of diamond, diamond-like carbon (DLC), carbon, or a stacked film including at least two of the listed materials from diamond, diamond-like carbon (DLC), and carbon.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein an insulating layer made of a different material from that of the heat radiation film is formed below the heat radiation film.

4. The device of claim 3 , wherein the insulating layer is made of a compound containing carbon.

5. The device of claim 4 , wherein the compound containing carbon is titanium carbide (TiC) or aluminum carbide (AlC).

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 4, 2025
From: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA AG
To: PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072853/0508 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 13, 2024
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 069631/0392 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 24, 2008
From: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 021897/0689 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 12, 2007
From: UENO, HIROAKI; YANAGIHARA, MANABU; UEMOTO, YASUHIRO; TANAKA, TSUYOSHI
To: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 019152/0405 →