IP Library Granted Patent US 8,039,346
Granted Patent B2
US 8,039,346 · App. 12/842,116 · Granted Oct 18, 2011

Insulated gate silicon carbide semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same

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Patent No.
US 8,039,346
App. No.
12/842,116
Granted
Oct 18, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

An insulated gate silicon carbide semiconductor device is provided having small on-resistance in a structure obtained by combining the SIT and MOSFET structures having normally-off operation. The device includes an n − semiconductor layer on an SiC n + substrate, a p-type base region and highly doped p-region both buried in the layer, a trench from the semiconductor layer surface to the p-base region, an n + first source region in the surface of a p-type base region at the bottom of the trench, a p-type channel region in the surface of the sidewall of the trench, one end of which contacts the first source region, a gate electrode contacting the trench-side surface of the channel region via a gate insulating film, and a source electrode contacting the trench-side surface of the gate electrode via an interlayer insulating film and contacting the exposed first source region and p-base region at the bottom of the trench.

Claims (31)

1. A method for manufacturing an insulated gate silicon carbide semiconductor device, the method comprising:

forming a first conduction-type low-concentration deposition semiconductor layer deposited on a first conduction-type high-concentration semiconductor substrate;

forming a second conduction-type base region in the low concentration layer of the first conduction-type substrate via ion implantation;

forming a trench in the substrate that extends from the surface of the substrate to the gate region;

performing oblique ion implantation with respect to the substrate surface to form second conduction-type channel regions of low concentration in the sidewalls of the trench;

forming first conduction-type first source regions of high concentration at the bottom of the trench, wherein the first source region is formed within the base region;

forming a first conduction-type second source region of high concentration in a surface layer of the substrate, wherein the second source region is formed on the channel region;

depositing a gate insulating film over the sidewalls of the trench and forming a gate electrode on the gate insulating film;

forming an interlayer insulating file over the gate electrodes; and

forming a source electrode in the trench and a drain electrode on a bottom surface of the substrate.

2. A method for manufacturing an insulated gate silicon carbide semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first conduction-type first source region and a first conduction-type second source region are formed simultaneously.

3. A method for manufacturing an insulated gate silicon carbide semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the gate insulating film and the gate electrode extend over the second source region.

4. A method for manufacturing an insulated gate silicon carbide semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the base region is formed of second conduction-type high concentration layer and a second conduction-type low concentration layer.

5. A method for manufacturing an insulated gate silicon carbide semiconductor device, the method comprising:

forming a second conductivity type base region in a low concentration layer of a first conductivity type substrate via ion implantation, the second conduction-type base region having a two-layer configuration including a deep high-concentration first base region and a shallow low-concentration second base region;

forming a first conductivity type second source region of high concentration in a surface layer of the substrate;

forming a trench in the substrate that extends from the surface of the substrate to the gate region;

performing oblique ion implantation with respect to the substrate surface to form second conductivity-type channel regions of low concentration in the sidewalls of the trench;

forming first conductivity-type first source regions of high concentration at the bottom of the trench;

depositing a gate insulating film over the sidewalls of the trench and forming a gate electrode on the gate insulating film;

forming an interlayer insulating file over the gate electrodes; and

forming a source electrode in the trench.

6. A method for manufacturing an insulated gate silicon carbide semiconductor device, the method comprising:

forming a first conduction-type low-concentration deposition semiconductor layer deposited on a first conduction-type high-concentration semiconductor substrate;

forming a second conduction-type base region in the low concentration layer of the first conduction-type substrate via ion implantation, the base region being formed of a second conduction-type high concentration layer and a second conduction-type low concentration layer;

forming a trench in the substrate that extends from the surface of the substrate to the gate region;

performing oblique ion implantation with respect to the substrate surface to form second conduction-type channel regions of low concentration in the sidewalls of the trench;

forming first conduction-type first source regions of high concentration at the bottom of the trench;

depositing a gate insulating film over the sidewalls of the trench and forming a gate electrode on the gate insulating film;

forming an interlayer insulating file over the gate electrodes; and

forming a source electrode in the trench and a drain electrode on a bottom surface of the substrate.

Assignments (2)
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 26, 2011
From: FUJI ELECTRIC SYSTEMS CO., LTD. (FES); FUJI TECHNOSURVEY CO., LTD. (MERGER BY ABSORPTION)
To: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 026970/0872 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 23, 2010
From: UENO, KATSUNORI
To: FUJI ELECTRIC SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 024730/0352 →