IP Library Granted Patent US 8,253,222
Granted Patent B2
US 8,253,222 · App. 13/027,792 · Granted Aug 28, 2012

Semiconductor device and fabrication method of semiconductor device

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Patent No.
US 8,253,222
App. No.
13/027,792
Granted
Aug 28, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor region of a first conductivity type; a second semiconductor region of a second conductivity type, disposed on a surface of the first semiconductor region, and having an impurity concentration higher than that of the first semiconductor region; a trench that penetrates the second semiconductor region to reach the first semiconductor region; a first electrode disposed inside the trench via an insulating film; a first recess portion disposed deeper than an upper end of the first electrode, in a surface layer of the second semiconductor region, so as to be in contact with the trench; and a second electrode embedded in the first recess portion.

Claims (21)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

a first semiconductor region of a first conductivity type;

a second semiconductor region of a second conductivity type, disposed on a surface of the first semiconductor region, and having an impurity concentration higher than that of the first semiconductor region;

a trench that penetrates the second semiconductor region to reach the first semiconductor region;

a first electrode disposed inside the trench via an insulating film;

a first recess portion disposed deeper than an upper end of the first electrode, in a surface layer of the second semiconductor region, so as to be in direct contact with the trench;

a protruding portion that is formed by a plurality of the first recess portions in the surface layer of the second semiconductor region;

a second electrode embedded in the first recess portion;

a third electrode disposed on a backside of the first semiconductor region, and

a third semiconductor region of the second conductivity type, disposed between the first semiconductor region and the third electrode, and having an impurity concentration higher than the first semiconductor region,

wherein the first recess portion is disposed having a depth equal to or greater than 0.05 μm and equal to or less than 1 μm from the upper end of the first electrode.

2. A semiconductor device comprising:

a first semiconductor region of a first conductivity type;

a second semiconductor region of a second conductivity type, selectively disposed on a surface of the first semiconductor region, and having an impurity concentration higher than that of the first semiconductor region;

a first electrode disposed via an insulating film to cover a portion of a surface of the second semiconductor region;

a second recess portion disposed in a surface layer of the second semiconductor region so as to occupy a portion of a region under the first electrode; and

a second electrode embedded in the second recess portion

wherein the second recess portion occupies the region under the first electrode by a width equal to or greater than 0.05 μm and equal to or less than 1 μm from an end of the first electrode on the side of the second recess portion.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 2 , further comprising:

a third electrode disposed on a backside of the first semiconductor region, and

a third semiconductor region of the second conductivity type, disposed between the first semiconductor region and the third electrode, and having an impurity concentration higher than the first semiconductor region.

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 Feb 17, 2011
From: MOMOTA, SEIJI; FUJII, TAKESHI; KAMIJIMA, SATOSHI; ASAI, MAKOTO
To: FUJI ELECTRIC SYSTEMS CO., LTD.; DENSO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 025821/0236 →