IP Library Granted Patent US 10,403,620
Granted Patent B2
US 10,403,620 · App. 16/075,009 · Granted Sep 3, 2019

Semiconductor device

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Patent No.
US 10,403,620
App. No.
16/075,009
Granted
Sep 3, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

To provide a semiconductor device capable of restricting the substrate bias effect of a high-side transistor while enhancing the heat radiation property of a low-side transistor. A high-side NMOS transistor 101 is formed in a region S 1 on the surface of a SOI substrate 30 . A trench 41 surrounds the high-side NMOS transistor 101 . SiO 2 (first insulator) embeds the trench 41 . A low-side NMOS transistor 102 is formed in a region S 2 on the surface of the SOI substrate 30 around the trench 41 . The side face Sf connecting the region S 2 forming the low-side NMOS transistor 102 therein and the backside of the SOI substrate 30 is exposed.

Claims (34)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

a semiconductor substrate;

a high-side transistor formed in a first region on the surface of the semiconductor substrate;

a trench surrounding the high-side transistor;

a first insulator embedding the trench; and

a low-side transistor formed in a second region on the surface of the semiconductor substrate around the trench,

wherein the side face connecting the second region forming the low-side transistor therein and the backside of the semiconductor substrate is exposed.

2. A semiconductor device comprising:

a semiconductor substrate;

a high-side transistor formed in a first region on the surface of the semiconductor substrate;

a trench surrounding the high-side transistor;

a first insulator embedding the trench; and

a low-side transistor formed in a second region on the surface of the semiconductor substrate around the trench,

wherein the total area of the second region forming the low-side transistor therein is larger than the total area of the first region forming the high-side transistor therein.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the low-side transistor is arranged to surround the trench.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first region is quadrangular, and

the low-side transistors are formed in two region adjacent to a pair of opposite sides of the first region.

5. The semiconductor device according to claim 4 ,

wherein the widths of the two regions adjacent to the pair of opposite sides of the first region, respectively, are equal in a direction in which the first region and the second regions are arranged.

6. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the high-side transistors are formed in at least two mutually-separated regions,

the trenches surround the regions forming the high-side transistors therein, respectively, and

the distance between the adjacent trenches is shorter than the distance between the trench and the end of the semiconductor substrate in a direction in which the regions forming the high-side transistors therein are arranged.

7. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the semiconductor substrate is configured in which a support substrate, a second insulator, and a P-type semiconductor are laminated, and

the first insulator contacts with the second insulator.

8. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the low-side transistor and the high-side transistor are NMOS transistors or IGBTs.

9. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein thermal destruction energy of the low-side transistor is higher than thermal destruction energy of the high-side transistor.

10. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the low-side transistor and the high-side transistor have a breakdown voltage of 30 V or more.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 25, 2021
From: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
Reel/Frame 056299/0447 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 2, 2018
From: WADA, SHINICHIROU; IKEGAYA, KATSUMI
To: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 046540/0925 →