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US 12,125,885 · App. 17/401,301 · Granted Oct 22, 2024

Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof

Inventors: Chih-Tung Yeh (Taoyuan, TW); Wen-Jung Liao (Hsinchu, TW)
Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
H01L29/2003H01L29/66431H01L29/7786H01L29/7787
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Patent No.
US 12,125,885
App. No.
17/401,301
Granted
Oct 22, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device includes a III-V compound semiconductor layer, a III-V compound barrier layer, a gate trench, and a p-type doped III-V compound layer. The III-V compound barrier layer is disposed on the III-V compound semiconductor layer. The gate trench is disposed in the III-V compound barrier layer. The p-type doped III-V compound layer is disposed in the gate trench, and a top surface of the p-type doped III-V compound layer and a top surface of the III-V compound barrier layer are substantially coplanar.

Claims (15)

1. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a III-V compound semiconductor layer;

a III-V compound barrier layer disposed on the III-V compound semiconductor layer;

a gate trench disposed in the III-V compound barrier layer; and

a p-type doped III-V compound layer disposed in the gate trench, wherein a top surface of the p-type doped III-V compound layer and a top surface of the III-V compound barrier layer are substantially coplanar, and the top surface of the p-type doped III-V compound layer comprises a concave surface.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein a distance between the top surface of the p-type doped III-V compound layer and a bottom surface of the III-V compound barrier layer in a vertical direction is equal to a thickness of the III-V compound barrier layer in the vertical direction with a tolerance of ±10%.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein a ratio of a thickness of the p-type doped III-V compound layer in a vertical direction to a thickness of the III-V compound barrier layer in the vertical direction is less than 1 and greater than or equal to 0.8.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the p-type doped III-V compound layer comprises a p-type doped aluminum gallium nitride layer, the III-V compound barrier layer comprises an aluminum gallium nitride layer, and an atomic concentration of aluminum in the p-type doped III-V compound layer is lower than an atomic concentration of aluminum in the III-V compound barrier layer.

5. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the p-type doped III-V compound layer comprises a p-type doped Al x Ga 1-x N layer, and x is less than 1 and greater than 0.

6. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the p-type doped III-V compound layer comprises a p-type doped gallium nitride layer.

7. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an insulation layer disposed on the III-V compound barrier layer, wherein the insulation layer comprises an opening located corresponding to the gate trench in a vertical direction; and

a gate electrode disposed on the p-type doped III-V compound layer.

8. The semiconductor device according to claim 7 , wherein a part of the gate electrode is disposed on the insulation layer in the vertical direction.

9. The semiconductor device according to claim 7 , wherein the top surface of the p-type doped III-V compound layer is lower than a top surface of the insulation layer in the vertical direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 12, 2021
From: YEH, CHIH-TUNG; LIAO, WEN-JUNG
To: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
Reel/Frame 057167/0127 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202110804673.2 · Jul 16, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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