IP Library Granted Patent US 10,312,322
Granted Patent B2
US 10,312,322 · App. 15/952,845 · Granted Jun 4, 2019

Power semiconductor device

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Patent No.
US 10,312,322
App. No.
15/952,845
Granted
Jun 4, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A power semiconductor device includes a substrate including a first epitaxial layer, a second epitaxial layer, and a base substrate where the first epitaxial layer is disposed between the second epitaxial layer and the base substrate. The power semiconductor device includes 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. The power semiconductor device includes an NISO region disposed in a lower portion of the well region inside the substrate, and having a first n-type impurity concentration. The power semiconductor device includes 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 (45)

1. A power semiconductor device comprising:

a substrate including:

a first epitaxial layer,

a second epitaxial layer, and

a base substrate, the first epitaxial layer being disposed between the second epitaxial layer and the base 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; 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.

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

4. 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.

5. The power semiconductor device of claim 1 , further comprising an n-type barrier layer disposed on a side of the NISO region, inside the substrate.

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

7. The power semiconductor device of claim 5 , 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.

8. The power semiconductor device of claim 5 , wherein the n-type barrier layer has a third n-type impurity concentration greater than the first n-type impurity concentration.

9. The power semiconductor device of claim 5 , 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.

10. The power semiconductor device of claim 5 , 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.

11. The power semiconductor device of claim 10 , 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.

12. A power semiconductor device, comprising:

a base substrate;

a first epitaxial layer disposed on the base substrate;

a second epitaxial layer disposed on the first epitaxial layer;

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

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

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

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

13. The power semiconductor device of claim 12 , 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.

14. The power semiconductor device of claim 12 , further comprising an n-type barrier layer disposed on one side of the NISO region and disposed on the n-type buried layer.

15. The power semiconductor device of claim 14 , 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.

16. The power semiconductor device of claim 12 , further comprising an element isolation region disposed on one side of the NISO region, wherein the element isolation region includes a lower element isolation layer in which at least a portion is located inside the first epitaxial layer, and an upper element isolation layer in which at least a portion is located inside the second epitaxial layer, and on the lower element isolation layer.

17. A power semiconductor device, comprising:

a substrate including:

a first epitaxial layer,

a second epitaxial layer, and

a base substrate, the first epitaxial layer being disposed between the second epitaxial layer and the base 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 a 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.

18. The power semiconductor device of claim 17 , 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.

19. The power semiconductor device of claim 17 , wherein the n-type buried layer is disposed to be overlapped with substantially the entire area of the plurality of unit cells.

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

Assignments (4)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS RECORDED AT REEL 047864, FRAME 0611 Recorded Jun 23, 2023
From: DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC; FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
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PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Oct 16, 2018
From: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC; FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
To: DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 13, 2018
From: KIM, HYE-MI
To: FAIRCHILD KOREA SEMICONDUCTOR LTD.
Reel/Frame 045536/0680 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 13, 2018
From: FAIRCHILD KOREA SEMICONDUCTOR LTD.
To: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
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