IP Library Granted Patent US 9,947,742
Granted Patent B2
US 9,947,742 · App. 15/337,748 · Granted Apr 17, 2018

Power semiconductor device

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Patent No.
US 9,947,742
App. No.
15/337,748
Granted
Apr 17, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A power semiconductor device includes: a substrate; an anode electrode and a cathode electrode disposed on the substrate; a well region disposed inside the substrate in a lower portion of the anode electrode, and having p-type conductivity; an NISO region disposed in a lower portion of the well region inside the substrate, and having a first n-type impurity concentration; and an n-type buried layer disposed in a lower portion of the NISO region, and having a second impurity concentration greater than the first n-type impurity concentration, inside the substrate.

Claims (53)

1. A power semiconductor device comprising:

a substrate;

an anode electrode;

a cathode electrode;

a well region disposed inside the substrate below the anode electrode, and having a p-type conductivity;

an NISO region disposed below the well region, and having a first n-type impurity concentration, inside the substrate; and

an n-type buried layer disposed below the NISO region and having a second n-type impurity concentration greater than the first n-type impurity concentration, inside the substrate,

the n-type buried layer being below substantially an entirety of the NISO region.

2. The power semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the well region and the NISO region define a p-n junction diode.

3. The power semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of a bottom surface of the NISO region is in contact with an upper surface of the n-type buried layer.

4. A power semiconductor device, comprising:

a substrate;

an anode electrode;

a cathode electrode;

a well region disposed inside the substrate below the anode electrode, and having p-type conductivity;

an NISO region disposed below the well region, and having a first n-type impurity concentration, inside the substrate;

an n-type buried layer disposed below the NISO region, and having a second impurity concentration greater than the first n-type impurity concentration; and

an n-type barrier layer disposed on a side of the NISO region, inside the substrate.

5. The power semiconductor device of claim 4 , wherein the n-type barrier layer is disposed on the n-type buried layer.

6. The power semiconductor device of claim 4 , wherein at least a portion of a bottom surface of the n-type barrier layer is in contact with an upper surface of the n-type buried layer.

7. The power semiconductor device of claim 4 , wherein the n-type barrier layer has a third n-type impurity concentration greater than the first n-type impurity concentration.

8. The power semiconductor device of claim 4 , further comprising an n-type sink disposed on the n-type barrier layer, inside the substrate,

the n-type sink having a third n-type impurity concentration greater than the first n-type impurity concentration.

9. The power semiconductor device of claim 4 , further comprising an element isolation region disposed on one side of the NISO region, inside the substrate,

the element isolation region including an upper element isolation layer and a lower element isolation layer disposed below the upper element isolation layer.

10. The power semiconductor device of claim 9 , wherein a bottom surface of the lower element isolation layer is located at a higher level than a bottom surface of the n-type buried layer.

11. A power semiconductor device, comprising:

a base substrate;

a first semiconductor layer disposed on the base substrate;

a second semiconductor layer disposed on the first semiconductor layer;

an anode electrode and a cathode electrode disposed on the second semiconductor layer;

a p-type well region disposed below the anode electrode inside the second semiconductor layer;

an NISO region disposed below the p-type well, and in which at least a portion is located inside the first semiconductor layer;

an n-type buried layer disposed below the NISO region, and in which at least a portion is located inside the base substrate; and

an element isolation region disposed on a side of the NISO region, the element isolation region including:

a lower element isolation layer having at least a portion located inside the first semiconductor layer, and

an upper element isolation layer having at least a portion located inside the second semiconductor layer and on the lower element isolation layer.

12. The power semiconductor device of claim 11 , wherein the NISO region has a first n-type impurity concentration, and the n-type buried layer has a second n-type impurity concentration greater than the first n-type impurity concentration.

13. The power semiconductor device of claim 11 , further comprising an n-type barrier layer disposed on one side of the NISO region and disposed on the n-type buried layer.

14. The power semiconductor device of claim 13 , wherein the NISO region has a first n-type impurity concentration, and the n-type barrier layer has a second n-type impurity concentration greater than the first n-type impurity concentration.

15. A power semiconductor device comprising:

a substrate; and

a plurality of unit cells disposed on the substrate, each of the plurality of unit cells including:

an anode electrode and a cathode electrode disposed at a distance away from each other on the substrate,

a well region disposed inside the substrate below the anode electrode, and having p-type conductivity; and

an NISO region disposed below the well region, and having a first n-type impurity concentration inside the substrate; and

an n-type buried layer disposed below the NISO region of each of the plurality of unit cells and having a second n-type impurity concentration greater than the first n-type impurity concentration inside the substrate,

the n-type buried layer overlapping with substantially an entire area of the plurality of unit cells.

16. The power semiconductor device of claim 15 , wherein the cathode electrode inside one unit cell among the plurality of unit cells is connected to the cathode electrode inside a unit cell adjacent thereto.

17. The power semiconductor device of claim 15 , wherein each of the plurality of unit cells further includes an n-type barrier layer disposed on both sides of the NISO region.

18. The power semiconductor device of claim 4 , wherein at least a portion of a bottom surface of the NISO region is in contact with an upper surface of the n-type buried layer.

19. The power semiconductor device of claim 4 , wherein the n-type buried layer is below substantially an entirety of the NISO region.

20. The power semiconductor device of claim 4 , further comprising an n-type barrier layer disposed on a side of the NISO region.

Assignments (5)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS RECORDED AT REEL 04481, FRAME 0541 Recorded Jun 22, 2023
From: DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC; FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 064072/0459 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 7, 2018
From: KIM, HYE-MI
To: FAIRCHILD KOREA SEMICONDUCTOR LTD.
Reel/Frame 044854/0930 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 7, 2018
From: FAIRCHILD KOREA SEMICONDUCTOR, LTD.
To: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
Reel/Frame 045281/0741 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Nov 17, 2017
From: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC; FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
To: DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 044481/0541 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 2, 2017
From: FAIRCHILD KOREA SEMICONDUCTOR, LTD.
To: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
Reel/Frame 044361/0205 →