IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,282,922
Granted Patent B2
US 11,282,922 · App. 16/861,754 · Granted Mar 22, 2022

Semiconductor device

Inventor: Makoto Kawano (Fukuoka, JP)
Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
H01L29/0696H01L29/4236
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Patent No.
US 11,282,922
App. No.
16/861,754
Granted
Mar 22, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a first cell region of a semiconductor substrate, a first semiconductor element is formed. In a second cell region of semiconductor substrate, a second semiconductor element is formed. First semiconductor element includes a first electrode and a first p region. Second semiconductor element includes a second electrode and a second p region. First electrode and second electrode are separated from each other. First p region and second p region are separated from each other.

Claims (22)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

a semiconductor substrate having a front face, a back face, and an n− region between the front face and the back face;

a front electrode disposed on the front face; and

a back electrode disposed on the back face,

the semiconductor substrate including a first cell region, and a second cell region adjacent to the first cell region,

the first cell region being formed with a first semiconductor element,

the second cell region being formed with a second semiconductor element,

the front electrode including a first electrode formed in the first cell region, and a second electrode formed in the second cell region,

the first semiconductor element including the first electrode, and a first p region formed on a side of the front face of the first cell region,

the second semiconductor element including the second electrode, and a second p region formed on a side of the front face of the second cell region,

the n− region being positioned between the first p region and the second p region,

the first electrode and the second electrode being separated from each other,

the first p region and the second p region being separated from each other, and being located inside the n− region.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the first semiconductor element is a first transistor having trench gate structure, and the second semiconductor element is a second transistor having trench gate structure.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the first semiconductor element is a first transistor having planar gate structure, and the second semiconductor element is a second transistor having planar gate structure.

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

a gate wiring electrically connected with a first gate electrode of the first semiconductor element, and a second gate electrode of the second semiconductor element,

in plan view of the front face of the semiconductor substrate, the gate wiring being disposed on a boundary between the first cell region and the second cell region.

5. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the first semiconductor element is a first diode, and the second semiconductor element is a second diode.

6. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein

the semiconductor substrate further includes an n+ region disposed between the first p region of the first semiconductor element and the second p region of the second semiconductor element in plan view of the front face of the semiconductor substrate, and

the n+ region is separated from the first p region and the second p region.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 29, 2020
From: KAWANO, MAKOTO
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 052526/0215 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-123484 · Jul 2, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210005713A1 · Jan 7, 2021