IP Library Patent Application 12230774
Patent Application
App. No. 12/230,774

Semiconductor device and method of producing the same

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12/230,774
Abstract

A semiconductor device includes a silicon carbide substrate having a channel region formed on a surface thereof; a silicon layer formed on the channel region; a gate insulation film formed on the silicon layer; and a gate electrode formed on the gate insulation film. A method of producing a semiconductor device includes the steps of: forming a silicon layer on a surface of a silicon carbide substrate; forming a gate insulation film on the silicon layer to form a laminated structure of the silicon layer and the gate insulation film; and forming a gate electrode on the gate insulation film.

Claims (16)

1 . A semiconductor device, comprising:

a silicon carbide substrate having a channel region formed on a surface thereof;

a silicon layer formed on the channel region;

a gate insulation film formed on the silicon layer; and

a gate electrode formed on the gate insulation film.

2 . The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein said gate insulation film is formed of one of a silicon oxide film, a silicon oxynitride film, a silicon nitride film, an aluminum oxide film, a titanium oxide film, a tantalum oxide film, a hafnium oxide film, and a zirconium oxide film.

3 . A method of producing a semiconductor device, comprising the steps of:

forming a silicon layer on a surface of a silicon carbide substrate;

oxidizing the silicon layer to form a gate insulation film formed of an oxide film so that a part of the silicon remains; and

forming a gate electrode on the gate insulation film.

4 . A method of producing a semiconductor device, comprising the steps of:

forming a silicon layer on a surface of a silicon carbide substrate;

oxynitriding the silicon layer to form a gate insulation film formed of an oxynitride film so that a part of the silicon remains; and

forming a gate electrode on the gate insulation film.

5 . The method of producing the semiconductor device according to claim 3 , wherein, in the step of oxidizing the silicon layer to form the gate insulation film, the gate insulation film is formed of one of a silicon oxide film, a silicon oxynitride film, an aluminum oxide film, a titanium oxide film, a tantalum oxide film, a hafnium oxide film, and a zirconium oxide film.

6 . The method of producing the semiconductor device according to claim 4 , wherein, in the step of oxynitriding the silicon layer to form the gate insulation film, the gate insulation film is formed of one of a silicon oxynitride film and a silicon nitride film.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 29, 2009
From: OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
To: OKI SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 022231/0935 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 4, 2008
From: UCHIDA, HIDETSUGU
To: OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 021545/0748 →