IP Library Granted Patent US 12,342,582
Granted Patent B2
US 12,342,582 · App. 18/464,141 · Granted Jun 24, 2025

4H-SiC electronic device with improved short-circuit performances, and manufacturing method thereof

Inventors: Mario Giuseppe Saggio (Aci Bonaccorsi, IT); Angelo Magri' (Belpasso, IT); Edoardo Zanetti (Valverde, IT); Alfio Guarnera (Trecastagni, IT)
Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
H10D62/102H10D62/8325
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Patent No.
US 12,342,582
App. No.
18/464,141
Granted
Jun 24, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device includes a semiconductor body of silicon carbide, and a body region at a first surface of the semiconductor body. A source region is disposed in the body region. A drain region is disposed at a second surface of the semiconductor body. A doped region extends seamlessly at the entire first surface of the semiconductor body and includes one or more first sub-regions having a first doping concentration and one or more second sub-regions having a second doping concentration lower than the first doping concentration. Thus, the device has zones alternated to each other having different conduction threshold voltage and different saturation current.

Claims (21)

1. A method for manufacturing an electronic device, comprising:

forming a doped region in a semiconductor body of silicon carbide (SiC), the semiconductor body having a first surface and a second surface, the doped region having a first conductivity, extending seamlessly at the entire first surface of the semiconductor body, the forming the doped region including:

forming one or more first sub-regions having a first doping density; and

forming one or more second sub-regions having a second doping density lower than the first doping density;

forming a body region, having a second conductivity opposite to the first conductivity, in the semiconductor body at the first surface;

forming a source region, having the first conductivity, in the body region at the first surface of the semiconductor body; and

forming a drain region, having the first conductivity, at the second surface.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein forming the doped region further includes contacting the doped region with the body region.

3. The method of claim 1 , comprising:

forming a first gate structure on a respective first sub-region of the one or more first-sub regions;

forming an insulating portion covering the first gate structure;

forming the insulating portion overlapping the gate structure and overlapping the respective first sub-region of the one or more first-sub regions;

forming a first channel region within the semiconductor body, the first gate structure and the insulating portion overlapping the first channel region.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein forming the first gate structure includes:

forming a gate dielectric on the respective first sub-region of the one or more first sub-regions; and

forming a metal gate layer on the gate dielectric.

5. The method according to claim 3 , comprising forming a metal region over the insulating portion and over the semiconductor body.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein forming the metal region including forming the metal region to be electrically coupled with the source region and the body region at a contact zone.

7. The method according to claim 5 , comprising forming a second gate structure on a respective second sub-region of the one or more second-sub regions.

8. The method according to claim 7 , comprising forming a second channel region within the semiconductor body, the second gate structure overlapping the second channel region.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the first gate structure is spaced from the second gate structure at the first surface along a first direction, the first channel spaced from the second channel along the first direction.

Priority Claims (1)
IT 102020000015076 · Jun 23, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 17346771 · Jun 14, 2021
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