IP Library Granted Patent US 10,002,951
Granted Patent B2
US 10,002,951 · App. 15/180,772 · Granted Jun 19, 2018

Semiconductor device

Inventor: Akitaka Soeno (Toyota, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
H01L29/7397H01L29/0634H01L29/1095
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Patent No.
US 10,002,951
App. No.
15/180,772
Granted
Jun 19, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device may include a trench, a gate insulating film covering the trench, first conductive type carrier-injected regions intermittently appearing along a predetermined direction, a first conductive type drift region continuously present along the predetermined direction, a second conductive type body region filling a gap between the carrier-injected regions as seen along the predetermined direction, and a gate electrode disposed in the trench. A front end surface located on the front surface side of the gate electrode may include a first end surface at a portion of the gate electrode opposing the carrier-injected regions via the gate insulating film, and a second end surface at least a part of a portion of the gate electrode opposing the body region in the gap. The second end surface may be displaced to the rear surface side relative to the first end surface.

Claims (9)

1. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a trench extending from a front surface of a semiconductor substrate toward a rear surface of the semiconductor substrate, and extending in a predetermined direction in a plan view of the semiconductor device;

a gate insulating film covering a bottom surface and a side surface of the trench; first conductive type carrier-injected regions being in contact with the side surface of the trench that is located on a front surface side, and intermittently appearing as seen along the predetermined direction; a first conductive type drift region being in contact with the bottom surface and the side surface of the trench that is located on a rear surface side, and continuously present as seen along the predetermined direction; a second conductive type body region disposed between the first conductive type carrier-injected regions and the first conductive type drift region and separating the first conductive type carrier-injected regions and the first conductive type drift region, and filling a gap between the first conductive type carrier-injected regions as seen along the predetermined direction; and

a gate electrode disposed in the trench having the bottom surface and the side surface covered by the gate insulating film, wherein the gate electrode has a front end surface located on the front surface side of the trench, the front end surface including: a first end surface that is at a portion of the gate electrode opposing the first conductive type carrier-injected regions via the gate insulating film, and a second end surface that is at least a part of a portion of the gate electrode opposing the second conductive type body region in the gap, and the second end surface is displaced to the rear surface side relative to the first end surface,

wherein the trench includes a width-changing portion, a width of the width-changing portion gradually changes from a wide portion to a narrow portion, the front end surface of the gate electrode is positioned on the rear surface side in the wide portion and positioned on the front surface side in the narrow portion, and gradually shifts from the rear surface side to the front surface side in the width changing portion, and a gate wire is connected to the front surface side end surface of the gate electrode that is displaced to the front surface side in the narrow portion, the gate wire extending outside of the trench.

2. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the first end surface is located closer to the front surface than end surfaces of the carrier-injected regions, the end surfaces being located on the rear surface side within the carrier-injected regions, and the second end surface is located closer to the rear surface than the end surfaces of the carrier-injected regions.

3. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the second end surface is located closer to the front surface than an end surface of the body region, the end surface of the body region being located on the rear surface side within the body region.

4. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein x-direction and y-direction are defined to extend along the front surface and orthogonally intersect each other, the trench includes a part extending along the x-direction and a part extending along the y-direction, the carrier-injected regions are in contact with the gate insulating film at the part extending along the y-direction, and the second end surface is positioned in the part extending along the x-direction, and the first end surface is positioned in the part extending along the y-direction.

5. The semiconductor device of claim 4 , wherein in the trench, a width of the part extending along the x-direction is wider than a width of the part extending along the y-direction.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 1, 2020
From: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: DENSO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 052281/0019 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 13, 2016
From: SOENO, AKITAKA
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 038898/0743 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-106494 · May 26, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170162680A1 · Jun 8, 2017