IP Library Granted Patent US 8,994,034
Granted Patent B2
US 8,994,034 · App. 13/404,411 · Granted Mar 31, 2015

Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same

Inventors: Tatsuo Shimizu (Tokyo, JP); Yoshinori Tsuchiya (Kanagawa, JP); Takashi Shinohe (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
H01L21/0485H01L21/049H01L29/1608H01L29/7395H01L29/45H01L29/66068H01L29/7813H01L21/26506H01L29/0878
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Patent No.
US 8,994,034
App. No.
13/404,411
Granted
Mar 31, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a semiconductor device including: a first electrode formed of a conductive material; a p-type first silicon carbide (SiC) semiconductor section and an n-type second SiC semiconductor section 230 , connected to the first electrode, containing carbon (C) such that a surface density distribution has a peak at a first interface with the first electrode.

Claims (35)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

a first electrode formed of a conductive material;

a p-type first silicon carbide (SiC) semiconductor section, connected to the first electrode, containing carbon (C) such that a surface density distribution has a peak less than 1 nm from a first interface with the first electrode; and

an n-type second SiC semiconductor section connected to the first electrode,

wherein carbon at the first interface is equal to or smaller than a single monolayer.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the n-type second SiC semiconductor section contains at least one element selected from a group including nitrogen (N), phosphorous (P), and arsenic (As) such that a surface density distribution has a peak at a second interface with the first electrode.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 2 ,

wherein at least one element selected from a group including nitrogen, phosphorous, and arsenic of the second interface is equal to or smaller than a single monolayer.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 2 ,

wherein a concentration of at least one element selected from a group including nitrogen, phosphorous, and arsenic at the second interface is equal to or higher than 1.2×10 14 /cm 2 and equal to or lower than 1.8×10 15 /cm 2 .

5. The semiconductor device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the second interface is an interface between an upper surface of the n-type second SiC semiconductor section and a bottom surface of the first electrode.

6. The semiconductor device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the surface density distribution peak exists within less than 1 nm from the second interface.

7. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein a concentration of carbon at the first interface is equal to or higher than 1.2×10 14 /cm 2 and equal to or lower than 1.8×10 15 /cm 2 .

8. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first interface comprises an interface between an upper surface of the first silicon carbide semiconductor section and a bottom surface of the first electrode.

9. A semiconductor device comprising:

a first electrode formed of a conductive material;

a p-type first silicon carbide (SiC) semiconductor section, connected to the first electrode, containing carbon (C) such that a surface density distribution has a peak less than 1 nm from a first interface with the first electrode; and

an n-type second SiC semiconductor section connected to the first electrode,

wherein the n-type second SiC semiconductor section contains at least one element selected from a group including nitrogen (N), phosphorous (P), and arsenic (As) such that a surface density distribution has a peak at a second interface with the first electrode, and

carbon at the first interface is equal to or smaller than a single monolayer, and at least one element selected from a group including nitrogen, phosphorous, and arsenic of the second interface is equal to or smaller than a single monolayer.

10. The semiconductor device according to claim 9 ,

wherein a concentration of carbon at the first interface is equal to or higher than 1.2×10 14 /cm 2 and equal to or lower than 1.8×10 15 /cm 2 .

11. The semiconductor device according to claim 9 ,

wherein a concentration of at least one element selected from a group including nitrogen, phosphorous, and arsenic at the second interface is equal to or higher than 1.2×10 14 /cm 2 and equal to or lower than 1.8×10 15 /cm 2 .

12. The semiconductor device according to claim 9 ,

wherein the first interface comprises an interface between an upper surface of the first silicon carbide semiconductor section and a bottom surface of the first electrode.

13. The semiconductor device according to claim 9 ,

wherein the second interface is an interface between an upper surface of the n-type second SiC semiconductor section and a bottom surface of the first electrode.

14. The semiconductor device according to claim 9 ,

wherein the surface density distribution peak exists within less than 1 nm from the second interface.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 17, 2012
From: SHIMIZU, TATSUO; TSUCHIYA, YOSHINORI; SHINOHE, TAKASHI
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 028054/0460 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2011-196954 · Sep 9, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
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