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US 11,043,585 · App. 16/374,283 · Granted Jun 22, 2021

Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same

Inventor: Wataru Sumida (Ibaraki, JP)
Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
H01L29/7813H01L29/4236H01L29/42368H01L29/66727H01L29/66734
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Patent No.
US 11,043,585
App. No.
16/374,283
Granted
Jun 22, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Reliability of a semiconductor device is improved. The semiconductor device including a first MISFET group of a plurality of first MISFETs and a second MISFET group of a plurality of second MISFETs has a plurality of trenches each formed in a semiconductor layer and formed of an upper trench part and a lower trench part, and a plurality of gate electrodes formed inside the plurality of trenches. A thinner gate insulator is formed to the upper trench part and a thicker field insulator is formed to the lower trench part. In a trench at the outermost position in the first MISFET group and a trench at the outermost position in the second MISFET group, the gate insulator is not formed in the upper trench part, but the field insulator is formed in the upper trench part and the lower trench part.

Claims (36)

1. A semiconductor device having a first region in which a plurality of first MISFETs are formed and a second region in which a plurality of second MISFETs are formed, the semiconductor device comprising:

a semiconductor layer;

a plurality of trenches formed in the semiconductor layer in the first region and the second region; and

a plurality of gate electrodes formed inside the plurality of trenches in the first region and the second region,

wherein each of the plurality of trenches has an upper trench part and a lower trench part that is positioned lower than the upper trench part,

wherein, among the plurality of trenches in the first region, a first insulator is formed to the upper trench part and the lower trench part in a first outermost trench that is the closest to the second region,

wherein, in each of the plurality of trenches in the first region other than the first outermost trench, a second insulator having a thickness smaller than that of the first insulator is formed to the upper trench part and the first insulator is formed to the lower trench part,

wherein, among the plurality of trenches in the second region, the first insulator is formed to the upper trench part and the lower trench part in the second outermost trench that is the closest to the first region, and

wherein, in each of the plurality of trenches in the second region other than the second outermost trench, the second insulator is formed to the upper trench part, and the first insulator is formed to the lower trench part.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of first MISFETs and the plurality of second MISFETs configures a part of a bidirectional switch.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 2 , further comprising:

a plurality of channel regions formed in the semiconductor layer in the first region and the second region;

a plurality of source regions formed in the plurality of channel regions in the first region and the second region;

a first source wiring electrically coupled to the plurality of source regions in the first region;

a second source wiring electrically coupled to the plurality of source regions in the second region;

a first gate wiring electrically coupled to at least a part of the plurality of gate electrodes in the first region; and

a second gate wiring electrically coupled to at least a part of the plurality of gate electrodes in the second region.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 3 ,

wherein each of the semiconductor layer and the plurality of source regions has an n-type conductivity, and

wherein each of the plurality of channel regions has a p-type conductivity.

5. The semiconductor device according to claim 3 ,

wherein, in a plan view, each of the first source wiring and the second source wiring is formed in a comb-teeth like shape,

in a plan view, comb teeth of the first source wiring and comb teeth of the second source wiring are formed to engage each other,

the plurality of first MISFETs are formed below the first source wiring, and

the plurality of second MISFETs are formed below the second source wiring.

6. The semiconductor device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the gate electrode formed inside the first outermost trench is electrically coupled to the first source wiring, and

wherein the gate electrode formed inside the second outermost trench is electrically coupled to the second source wiring.

7. A semiconductor device having a first region in which a plurality of first MISFETs are formed and a second region in which a plurality of second MISFETs are formed, the semiconductor device comprising:

a semiconductor layer;

a plurality of trenches formed in the semiconductor layer in the first region and the second region; and

a plurality of gate electrodes formed inside the plurality of trenches in the first region and the second region,

wherein each of the plurality of trenches has an upper trench part and a lower trench part that is positioned lower than the upper trench part,

wherein, among the plurality of trenches in the first region, a first insulator is formed to the upper trench part and the lower trench part in a first outermost trench that is the closest to the second region,

wherein, in each of the plurality of trenches in the first region other than the first outermost trench, a second insulator having a thickness smaller than that of the first insulator is formed to the upper trench part and the first insulator is formed to the lower trench part, and

wherein a width of the lower trench part is larger than that of the upper trench part.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 3, 2019
From: SUMIDA, WATARU
To: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 048784/0944 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-080651 · Apr 19, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190326433A1 · Oct 24, 2019