IP Library Granted Patent US 12,402,441
Granted Patent B2
US 12,402,441 · App. 17/871,103 · Granted Aug 26, 2025

Semiconductor device

Inventors: Chang-Hua Hsieh (Hsinchu, TW); Chia-Ming Liu (Hsinchu, TW); Chi-Hsiang Yeh (Hsinchu, TW); Shuo-Wei Chen (Hsinchu, TW); Yen-Kai Yang (Hsinchu, TW)
Assignee: EPISTAR CORPORATION
H10H20/8252H10H20/815
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Patent No.
US 12,402,441
App. No.
17/871,103
Granted
Aug 26, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device, includes: a first conductive type semiconductor region including a first semiconductor structure, wherein the first semiconductor structure includes one or more pairs of stack, the one or more pairs of stack respectively includes a first layer and a second layer, the first layer includes Al x Ga 1-x N, the second layer includes Al y Ga 1-y N, wherein 0≤x<1, 0<y<1, x<y, wherein one of the one or more pairs of stack includes an interface region located between the first layer and the second layer adjacent to the first layer; a second conductive type semiconductor region located on the first conductive type semiconductor region; and an active region located between the first conductive type semiconductor region and the second conductive type semiconductor region; wherein the first semiconductor structure includes a first dopant having a first doping concentration with a peak value at the interface region.

Claims (22)

1. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a first conductive type semiconductor region comprising a first semiconductor structure, wherein the first semiconductor structure comprises one or more pairs of stack, the one or more pairs of stack respectively comprise a first layer and a second layer, the first layer comprises Al x Ga 1-x N, the second layer comprises Al y Ga 1-y N, wherein 0≤x≤1, 0≤y≤1, x≤y; wherein one of the one or more pairs of stack comprises an interface region located between the first layer and the second layer adjacent to the first layer;

a second conductive type semiconductor region located on the first conductive type semiconductor region; and

an active region located between the first conductive type semiconductor region and the second conductive type semiconductor region;

wherein the first semiconductor structure comprises a first dopant having a first doping concentration with a peak value at the interface region.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein 0≤x≤0.1.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein 0≤y≤0.1.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the first layer or the second layer has a thickness between 5 nm and 100 nm (including end values).

5. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the first layer or the second layer has a thickness between 20 nm and 70 nm (including end values).

6. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the first doping concentration in the first layer gradually changes toward the interface region from a side away from the interface region, the first doping concentration in the second layer gradually changes toward the interface region from a side away from the interface region.

7. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the first doping concentration of the first dopant of the first semiconductor structure is between 1×10 19 /cm 3 and 2×10 19 /cm 3 .

8. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the first doping concentration has a minimum value, and a ratio of the peak value to the minimum value is not less than 1.1.

9. The semiconductor device according to claim 8 , wherein the ratio of the peak value to the minimum value is not greater than 10.

10. The semiconductor device according to claim 9 , wherein the ratio of the peak value to the minimum value is between 1.2 and 5 (including end values).

11. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , further comprising an electrode located on the first conductive type semiconductor region, wherein the first semiconductor structure of the first conductive type semiconductor region has a surface not overlapped with the active region, and the electrode is in direct contact with the surface of the first semiconductor structure.

12. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the first conductive type semiconductor region further comprises a second semiconductor structure located on another side of the first semiconductor structure opposite to the active region, the first semiconductor structure and the second semiconductor structure respectively comprise a second dopant, the second dopant of the first semiconductor structure has a third doping concentration, the second dopant of the second semiconductor structure has a fourth doping concentration, and the fourth doping concentration is higher than the third doping concentration.

13. The semiconductor device according to claim 12 , wherein the second dopant comprises carbon (C).

14. The semiconductor device according to claim 12 , wherein the second semiconductor structure comprises the first dopant, the first dopant of the second semiconductor structure has a second doping concentration, the second doping concentration is not greater than the first doping concentration.

15. The semiconductor device according to claim 14 , wherein the second doping concentration is not greater than 3×10 19 /cm 3 .

16. The semiconductor device according to claim 12 , wherein the fourth doping concentration is greater than 1×10 17 /cm 3 .

17. The semiconductor device according to claim 12 , wherein the second semiconductor structure comprises Al z1 In z2 Ga 1-z1-z2 N, wherein 0≤z2≤z1≤1 and z1≥y.

18. The semiconductor device according to claim 12 , wherein the material composition of aluminum of the second semiconductor structure is higher than that of the first semiconductor structure.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 26, 2026
From: EPISTAR CORPORATION
To: ENNOSTAR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 075152/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 25, 2022
From: HSIEH, CHANG-HUA; LIU, CHIA-MING; YEH, CHI-HSIANG; CHEN, SHUO-WEI; YANG, YEN-KAI
To: EPISTAR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 060609/0113 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 110127080 · Jul 23, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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