IP Library Granted Patent US 8,742,454
Granted Patent B2
US 8,742,454 · App. 13/738,292 · Granted Jun 3, 2014

Semiconductor device

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Patent No.
US 8,742,454
App. No.
13/738,292
Granted
Jun 3, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a semiconductor device having a semiconductor substrate on which a diode and an IGBT are formed, a cathode region of the diode and a collector region of the IGBT are formed in a range exposed to one surface of the semiconductor substrate. On the surface, a first conductor layer that is in contact with the cathode region, and a second conductor layer that is in contact with the collector region are formed. The work function of the second conductor layer is larger than the work function of the first conductor layer.

Claims (14)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

a semiconductor substrate comprising:

a drift layer on a buffer layer,

a diode region having a cathode region, and

an IGBT region having a collector region,

wherein the cathode region and collector region are formed under the buffer layer, and wherein the drift layer, the buffer layer, the cathode region and the collector region each comprises different dopant concentrations relative to each other;

wherein a first conductor layer is in contact with the cathode region, and wherein a second conductor layer is in contact with the collector region is formed on the surface of the semiconductor substrate, and

a work function of the second conductor layer is larger than a work function of the first conductor layer.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein

the cathode region is in contact with the collector region,

the first conductor layer is in contact with the second conductor layer, and

a boundary between the cathode region and the collector region is arranged closer to a cathode region side than a boundary between the first conductor layer and the second conductor layer.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the work function of the first conductor layer is equal to or smaller than 4.45 eV.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the work function of the second conductor layer is equal to or larger than 4.75 eV.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 1, 2020
From: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: DENSO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 052285/0419 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 10, 2013
From: IWASAKI, SHINYA
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 029626/0712 →