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Granted Patent B2
US 9,379,225 · App. 14/767,370 · Granted Jun 28, 2016

Semiconductor device

Inventors: Keisuke Kimura (Nagakute, JP); Satoru Kameyama (Toyota, JP); Masaki Koyama (Toyota, JP); Sachiko Aoi (Nagoya, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
H01L29/7397H01L27/0629H01L27/0664H01L29/0696H01L29/0834H01L29/1095
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Patent No.
US 9,379,225
App. No.
14/767,370
Granted
Jun 28, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device in which an IGBT region and a diode region are formed on one semiconductor substrate is disclosed. The IGBT region includes: a body layer of a first conductivity type that is formed on a front surface of the semiconductor substrate; a body contact layer of the first conductivity type that is partially formed on a front surface of the body layer and has a higher impurity concentration of the first conductivity type than the body layer; an emitter layer of a second conductivity type that is partially formed on the front surface of the body layer; a drift layer; a collector layer; and a gate electrode. In the semiconductor device, a part of the body contact layer placed at a long distance from the diode region is made larger than a part of the body contact layer placed at a short distance from the diode region.

Claims (34)

1. A semiconductor device in which an IGBT region and a diode region are formed on one semiconductor substrate,

the IGBT region comprising:

a body layer of a first conductivity type that is formed on a front surface of the semiconductor substrate;

a body contact layer of the first conductivity type that is partially formed on a front surface of the body layer, the body contact layer having a higher impurity concentration of the first conductivity type than the body layer;

an emitter layer of a second conductivity type that is partially formed on the front surface of the body layer;

a drift layer of the second conductivity type that is formed on a back surface side of the body layer;

a collector layer of the first conductivity type that is formed on a back surface side of the drift layer; and

a gate electrode covered with an insulator film and placed inside a trench,

wherein

a part of the body contact layer placed at a long distance from the diode region is made larger than a part of the body contact layer placed at a short distance from the diode region.

2. The semiconductor device as set forth in claim 1 , wherein

a part of the body contact layer placed in a part of the IGBT region in which trench pitch is wide is made larger than a part of the body contact layer placed in a part of the IGBT region in which trench pitch is narrow.

3. The semiconductor device as set forth in claim 1 , wherein

a part of the body contact layer placed near a part of the IGBT region in which trench depth is great is made larger than a part of the body contact layer placed near a part of the IGBT region in which trench depth is shallow.

4. A semiconductor device in which an IGBT region and a diode region are formed on one semiconductor substrate,

the IGBT region comprising:

a body layer of a first conductivity type that is formed on a front surface of the semiconductor substrate;

a body contact layer of the first conductivity type that is partially formed on a front surface of the body layer, the body contact layer having a higher impurity concentration of the first conductivity type than the body layer;

an emitter layer of a second conductivity type that is partially formed on the front surface of the body layer;

a drift layer of the second conductivity type that is formed on a back surface side of the body layer;

a collector layer of the first conductivity type that is formed on a back surface side of the drift layer; and

a gate electrode covered with an insulator film and placed inside a trench,

wherein

a part of the body contact layer placed in a part of the IGBT region in which trench pitch is wide is made larger than a part of the body contact layer placed in a part of the IGBT region in which trench pitch is narrow.

5. A semiconductor device in which an IGBT region and a diode region are formed on one semiconductor substrate,

the IGBT region comprising:

a body layer of a first conductivity type that is formed on a front surface of the semiconductor substrate;

a body contact layer of the first conductivity type that is partially formed on a front surface of the body layer, the body contact layer having a higher impurity concentration of the first conductivity type than the body layer;

an emitter layer of a second conductivity type that is partially formed on the front surface of the body layer;

a drift layer of the second conductivity type that is formed on a back surface side of the body layer;

a collector layer of the first conductivity type that is formed on a back surface side of the drift layer; and

a gate electrode covered with an insulator film and placed inside a trench,

wherein

a part of the body contact layer placed near a part of the IGBT region in which trench depth is great is made larger than a part of the body contact layer placed near a part of the IGBT region in which trench depth is shallow.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 12, 2015
From: KIMURA, KEISUKE; KAMEYAMA, SATORU; KOYAMA, MASAKI; AOI, SACHIKO
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 036307/0875 →
Continuity (1)
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