IP Library Granted Patent US 12,464,783
Granted Patent B2
US 12,464,783 · App. 17/589,200 · Granted Nov 4, 2025

Insulated gate semiconductor device

Inventor: Takashi Tsuji (Matsumoto, JP)
Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
H10D62/109H01L21/7602H01L21/761H10D12/031H10D30/668H10D62/108H10D62/393H10D62/8325
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Patent No.
US 12,464,783
App. No.
17/589,200
Granted
Nov 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device includes: a high-concentration layer of a first conductivity-type provided on a drift layer of the first conductivity-type; a buried layer of a second conductivity-type provided in the high-concentration layer; an injection regulation region of the second conductivity-type provided on the high-concentration layer; a high-concentration region of the second conductivity-type provided inside the injection regulation region; a carrier supply region of the first conductivity-type provided at an upper part of the injection regulation region; and an insulated gate structure provided inside a trench, wherein a ratio of the impurity concentration of the injection regulation region to an impurity concentration of an upper part of the high-concentration layer is 0.5 or greater and 2 or smaller.

Claims (33)

1 . An insulated gate semiconductor device comprising:

a drift layer of a first conductivity-type;

a high-concentration layer of the first conductivity-type, and including:

a lower region on a top surface of the drift layer, and

an upper region on a top surface of the lower region and having an impurity concentration lower than an impurity concentration of the lower region;

a buried layer of a second conductivity-type inside the high-concentration layer and including an upper buried region inside the upper region;

an injection regulation region of the second conductivity-type on a top surface of the upper region and a top surface of the upper buried region;

a high-concentration region of the second conductivity-type inside the injection regulation region and having an impurity concentration higher than an impurity concentration of the injection regulation region;

a carrier supply region of the first conductivity-type selectively at an upper part of the injection regulation region;

a plurality of trenches, a trench among the plurality of trenches penetrating the injection regulation region to reach the high-concentration layer; and

an insulated gate structure inside the trench,

wherein

a ratio of the impurity concentration of the injection regulation region to an impurity concentration of the high-concentration layer at least at a part in the upper region of the high-concentration layer in contact with the injection regulation region is 0.5 or greater and 2 or smaller,

the high-concentration region has both side surfaces directly in contact with adjacent trenches among the plurality of trenches, and

the high-concentration region is evenly in a middle in a depth direction of the injection regulation region.

2 . The insulated gate semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the impurity concentration of the high-concentration layer at least at the part in contact with the injection regulation region is 4×10 16 cm −3 or greater and 6×10 16 cm −3 or less.

3 . The insulated gate semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the impurity concentration of the part is 4×10 16 cm −3 or greater and 5×10 16 cm −3 or less, and the ratio of the impurity concentration is 0.5 or greater and 1 or smaller.

4 . The insulated gate semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the impurity concentration of the part is 5×10 16 cm −3 or greater and 6×10 16 cm −3 or less, and the ratio of the impurity concentration is 1.2 or greater and 2 or smaller.

5 . The insulated gate semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the buried layer further includes

a lower buried region inside the lower region, and

the upper buried region is at a part of a top surface of the lower buried region and separated from the trench.

6 . The insulated gate semiconductor device of claim 5 , further comprising a partial current spreading layer of the first conductivity-type at a part of a bottom surface of the lower buried region and having an impurity concentration higher than an impurity concentration of the drift layer.

7 . The insulated gate semiconductor device of claim 5 , wherein another part of the lower buried region is in contact with a bottom surface of the trench.

8 . The insulated gate semiconductor device of claim 5 , wherein a depth of a bottom surface of the lower region is greater than a depth of a bottom surface of the lower buried region.

9 . The insulated gate semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the impurity concentration of the high-concentration region is 2×10 17 cm −3 or greater and 7×10 17 cm −3 or less.

10 . The insulated gate semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein a bottom surface of the upper region of the high-concentration layer is in contact with a side wall of the trench.

11 . The insulated gate semiconductor device of claim 5 , wherein

the lower buried region includes a plurality of lower buried regions, and

a bottom surface of each trench of the plurality of trenches is directly in contact with a top surface of a lower buried region of the plurality of lower buried regions.

12 . The insulated gate semiconductor device of claim 11 , wherein lower buried regions of the plurality of lower buried regions are separated from each other with upper parts of the lower region interposed therebetween.

13 . The insulated gate semiconductor device of claim 12 , wherein lower buried regions of the plurality of lower buried regions are in a middle position between adjacent trenches of the plurality of trenches.

14 . The insulated gate semiconductor device of claim 5 , wherein the upper region is on a top surface of the lower buried region.

15 . The insulated gate semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein side surfaces of the upper buried region are directly in contact with upper regions.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 31, 2022
From: TSUJI, TAKASHI
To: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-36457 · Mar 8, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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