Semiconductor device including junction field effect transistor and method of manufacturing the same

1. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a junction field effect transistor, wherein the junction field effect transistor includes:

a channel region of a first conductivity type as a current passage;

a pair of gate regions of a second conductivity type opposite to the first conductivity type, formed so as to sandwich the channel region therebetween; and

a source region disposed on an upper surface of the channel region,

wherein each of the pair of gate regions includes:

a low concentration gate region; and

a high concentration gate region whose impurity concentration is higher than an impurity concentration of the low concentration gate region,

wherein the high concentration gate region is included in the low concentration gate region,

wherein, in a plan view, with respect to a centerline of the channel region, outer edges of the source region are located between inner edges of the low concentration gate regions of the pair of gate regions, and

wherein the channel region extends, with a uniform concentration, from an area between the pair of gate regions to a bottom surface of the low concentration gate region.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the high concentration gate region is not in contact with the channel region.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein a part of the low concentration gate region is interposed between the channel region and the high concentration gate region.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein a bottom surface of the high concentration gate region is formed at a position shallower than a bottom surface of the low concentration gate region.

5. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein a silicide layer is formed on the high concentration gate region.

6. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the channel region includes a semiconductor region formed by introducing an impurity of the first conductivity type into silicon carbide, and

wherein said each of the pair of gate regions includes another semiconductor region formed by introducing an impurity of the second conductivity type into silicon carbide.

7. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein a counter doped region of the first conductivity type is formed between the low concentration gate region and the channel region.

8. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the junction field effect transistor further includes:

a semiconductor substrate;

an epitaxial layer formed on the semiconductor substrate;

the source region formed on a surface of the epitaxial layer;

the channel region formed in a lower layer of the source region;

a pair of trenches formed in the epitaxial layer so as to sandwich the source region therebetween; and

the pair of gate regions formed below a bottom of the pair of trenches.

9. The semiconductor device according to claim 8 , wherein, in the plan view, the low concentration gate region overlaps with the pair of trenches.

10. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the junction field effect transistor further includes:

a pair of trenches extending from the outer edges of the source region to upper surfaces of the low concentration gate regions, bottom surfaces of the trenches being disposed on the upper surfaces of the low concentration gate regions.

11. The semiconductor device according to claim 10 , wherein the junction field effect transistor further includes:

a counter doped region of the first conductivity type disposed between the low concentration gate region and the channel region, and

wherein a top surface of the counter doped region is located under the bottom surfaces of the trenches.