IP Library Granted Patent US 11,183,495
Granted Patent B2
US 11,183,495 · App. 16/522,388 · Granted Nov 23, 2021

Power semiconductor devices

Inventors: Sun-hak Lee (Anyang-si, KR); Yong Zhong Hu (Cupertino, CA); Hye-mi Kim (Bucheon-si, KR)
Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
H01L27/0629H01L29/1075H01L29/1095H01L29/66128H01L29/66901H01L29/808H01L29/8611H01L29/0692
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Patent No.
US 11,183,495
App. No.
16/522,388
Granted
Nov 23, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A power semiconductor device includes a diode part disposed in a first region of a substrate, a junction field effect transistor (JFET) part disposed in a second region adjacent to the first region of the substrate, an anode terminal disposed on the first region of the substrate, and a cathode terminal disposed on the second region of the substrate.

Claims (54)

1. A method, comprising:

implanting a lower barrier region of a first conductivity type in a diode part of a base substrate and a lower layer of the first conductivity type in a junction field effect transistor (JFET) part adjacent to the diode part of the base substrate;

implanting a buried layer of the first conductivity type between the lower barrier region in the diode part and the lower layer in the JFET part;

forming a semiconductor layer on the base substrate;

diffusing a portion of the buried layer of the first conductivity type into the semiconductor layer;

forming an anode terminal in the diode part; and

forming a cathode terminal in the JFET part.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

forming a body region in the diode part, the diode part has an upper portion connected with the anode terminal.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

forming a well on one side of the body region, the well having a first impurity concentration, the well having an upper portion of a sidewall surrounding the body region.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein a bottom of the body region is positioned at a higher level than a bottom of the well.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

forming a body region in the diode part;

forming a well on one side of the body region; and

forming a semiconductor region disposed below the body region, the well having a lower portion of a sidewall surrounding the semiconductor region.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

forming a well having a bottom of the well in contact with a top of the lower barrier region.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

forming a body region in the diode part, the body region having a bottom not in contact with a top of the lower barrier region.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the buried layer being aligned along an interface between the semiconductor layer and the base substrate.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the semiconductor layer is a first semiconductor layer, the method further comprising:

forming a body region in the diode part;

forming a second semiconductor region defining a p-n junction diode with the body region.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the semiconductor layer is a first semiconductor layer, the method further comprising:

forming a second semiconductor region in contact with a top of the lower barrier region.

11. A method, comprising:

implanting a lower barrier region of a first conductivity type in a diode part disposed in a first region of a base substrate and a lower layer of the first conductivity type in a junction field effect transistor (JFET) part in a second region adjacent to the first region of the base substrate;

implanting a buried layer of the first conductivity type in contact with the lower layer in the JFET part;

forming a semiconductor layer on the base substrate;

forming an anode terminal in the first region; and

forming a cathode terminal in the second region.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

forming a lower isolation layer lateral to the lower layer.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the lower isolation later is a first isolation layer,

the method further comprising:

forming a second lower isolation layer lateral to the lower barrier layer.

14. A method, comprising:

forming, as part of a device, a semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type on a substrate of a second conductivity type;

forming a body region of the second conductivity type in the semiconductor layer and disposed in a diode part of the device;

forming a well of the first conductivity type on one side of the body region, and having a first impurity concentration, the well of the first conductivity type having an upper portion of a sidewall surrounding the body region, the semiconductor layer having a portion disposed below the body region and having a second impurity concentration lower than the first impurity concentration, the well of the first conductivity type having a lower portion of the sidewall surrounding the portion of the semiconductor layer;

forming a first lateral well of the second conductivity type adjacent to the well of the first conductivity type;

forming a second lateral well of the first conductivity type adjacent to and electrically connected to the first lateral well; and

forming a JFET device in a JFET part of the device.

15. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:

implanting a lower barrier region of a first conductivity type in the diode part of a base substrate and a lower layer of the first conductivity type in the JFET part adjacent to the diode part of the base substrate.

16. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:

implanting a buried layer of the first conductivity type between the lower barrier region in the diode part and the lower layer in the JFET part.

17. The method of claim 14 , wherein the body region in the diode part has an upper portion connected with an anode terminal.

18. The method of claim 14 , wherein a bottom of the body region is positioned at a higher level than a bottom of the well.

19. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:

implanting a lower barrier region of a first conductivity type in the diode part of a base substrate, the well having a bottom in contact with a top of the lower barrier region.

20. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:

implanting a lower barrier region of a first conductivity type in the diode part of a base substrate, the body region having a bottom not in contact with a top of the lower barrier region.

Assignments (5)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS RECORDED AT REEL 051145, FRAME 0062 Recorded Jun 23, 2023
From: DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC; FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 064079/0474 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE EXCLUSION OF FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION OF CONVEYING PARTY PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 051145 FRAME 0062. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE SECURITY INTEREST. Recorded Dec 3, 2019
From: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC; FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
To: DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 051170/0781 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 26, 2019
From: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
To: DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 051145/0062 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 25, 2019
From: LEE, SUN-HAK; HU, YONG ZHONG; KIM, HYE-MI
To: FAIRCHILD KOREA SEMICONDUCTOR LTD.
Reel/Frame 049864/0221 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 25, 2019
From: FAIRCHILD KOREA SEMICONDUCTOR LTD.
To: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
Reel/Frame 049873/0480 →