32results about How to "Increase reverse blocking voltage" patented technology

An integrated power semiconductor device has an isolation structure having two or more isolation trenches, and one or more regions in between the isolation trenches, and a bias arrangement coupled to the regions to divide a voltage across the isolation structure between the isolation trenches. By dividing the voltage, the reverse breakdown voltage characteristics such as voltage level, reliability and stability can be improved for a given area of device, or for a given complexity of device, and avalanche breakdown at weaknesses in isolation structures can be reduced or avoided.

A semiconductor device, includes: a first conductivity-semiconductor substrate; a hetero semiconductor region for forming a hetero junction with the first conductivity-semiconductor substrate; a gate electrode adjacent to a part of the hetero junction by way of a gate insulating film; a drain electrode connecting to the first conductivity-semiconductor substrate; a source electrode connecting to the hetero semiconductor region; and a second conductivity-semiconductor region formed on a part of a first face of the first conductivity-semiconductor substrate in such a configuration as to oppose the gate electrode via the gate insulating film, the gate insulating film, the hetero semiconductor region and the first conductivity-semiconductor substrate contacting each other to thereby form a triple contact point. A first face of the second conductivity-semiconductor region has such an impurity concentration that allows a field from the gate electrode to form an inversion layer on the first face of the second conductivity-semiconductor region.

The invention discloses a SiC Schottky diode and a manufacturing method of the SiC Schottky diode. The SiC Schottky diode comprises an N++-SiC substrate and an N--SiC epitaxial layer, wherein the N--SiC epitaxial layer is formed on the N++-SiC substrate, an N-type ohmic contact electrode is arranged on the reverse side of the N++-SiC substrate, a Schottky contact electrode is arranged on the surface of the N--SiC epitaxial layer, a selective P+-SiC area ring is arranged at the bottom of the Schottky contact electrode, an N+-SiC area ring which corresponds to the P+-SiC area ring is arranged at the bottom of the P+-SiC area ring, and serves as a protective ring when avalanche breakdown is carried out, a plurality of P+-SiC protective rings are arranged at the periphery of the Schottky contact electrode, and serve as a terminal protective structure of a diode device, a SiO2 passivation layer is arranged on the edge of the Schottky contact electrode, and a field plate is arranged on the top of the SiO2 passivation layer. According to the SiC Schottky diode and the manufacturing method of the SiC Schottky diode, the break-over voltage of the SiC Schottky diode can be close to the break-over voltage of a Si Schottky diode, and the SiC Schottky diode is in good cooperation with an existing system with a Si device, and can be applied to a switching power source with the high voltage ranging from 600V to 1200V and a power factor correction circuit, wherein the high voltage cannot be achieved when the Si Schottky device is used.

The invention discloses a trench Schottky barrier diode. The trench Schottky barrier diode comprises an active region and a cut-off region, wherein the active region consists of a positive electrode metal layer, a Schottky barrier metal layer, a first conduction type lightly-doped N-type epitaxial layer, a first conduction type heavily-doped single crystal silicon substrate and a negative electrode metal layer from top to bottom in sequence; an upper part of the N-type epitaxial layer is provided with a plurality of trenches; the trenches are formed transversely at intervals; the Schottky barrier metal layer is in Schottky barrier contact with a top surface of the N-type epitaxial layer between adjacent trenches; the trenches are filled with conductive polycrystalline silicon; an isolation layer is arranged between the conductive polycrystalline silicon and the trenches; vacuum air gaps are formed inside the isolation layer; and the trenches are communicated in the active region and the cut-off region. The trench Schottky barrier diode has the advantages of high reverse blocking voltage, low reverse bias voltage, low reverse leakage current and the like. The invention also discloses a manufacturing method of the trench Schottky barrier diode. The manufacturing method has the advantages of less steps, low manufacturing cost and the like.

The invention relates to a lateral bipolar transistor with a composite structure. The lateral bipolar transistor particularly comprises a substrate and a first RESURF zone arranged on the substrate, as well as a current collection zone, a base zone and an emission zone which are arranged in sequence, and further comprises a second RESURF zone used for smoothing the change of the electric field of a drift zone and a plurality of floating rings formed at the periphery of the ohmic contact zone of the current collection zone, wherein an emitting electrode is arranged on the emission zone; the floating rings are positioned on the surface of the current collection zone and close to the ohmic contact zone; through the arrangement of the second RESURF zone, the electric field of the drift zone of the lateral bipolar transistor becomes smooth, and the specific on resistance of the whole device is further reduced; space charges of the floating rings are connected into a whole with a space charge in the drift zone of the current collection zone, so that the space charge area of the drift zone is increased, gathering of the space field at the edge of the ohmic contact zone of the current collection zone is greatly reduced, and under the condition of the same length of the drift zone, higher blocking voltage can be born.

The invention relates to a semiconductor device, and discloses a novel silicon carbide Schottky diode that is applied to high voltage and high frequency systems, such as high power rectification, switching power supply, frequency converter and the like. The novel silicon carbide Schottky diode comprises a SiC substrate (2), wherein the lower end of the SiC substrate (2) is connected with a cathode (1) and the upper end thereof is connected with a SiC epitaxial layer (3). The upper end of the SiC epitaxial layer (3) is connected with a Schottky barrier contact metal layer (5) which is provided with an anode (6). At least two SiC epitaxial layers (3) are arranged and stacked orderly. The lowermost SiC epitaxial layer (3) is connected with the cathode (1) while the uppermost SiC epitaxial layer (3) is connected with the Schottky barrier contact metal layer (5). A P area (4) is arranged on the upper surface of the SiC epitaxial layer (3). The invention improves the reverse blocking voltage of SBD and reduces the conductive resistance of the device by increasing the number of the SiC epitaxial layers so that the conductive loss of the Schottky barrier diode is smaller.

The invention provides a fabrication method of a perpendicular-structure GaN power diode device. The fabrication method comprises the steps of 1, providing a substrate and an epitaxial layer on the substrate; 2, patterning a surface of the epitaxial layer, and etching grooves; 3, depositing first positive electrode metal on the surface of the epitaxial layer between the grooves; 4, covering the grooves and a surface of the first positive electrode metal with second positive electrode metal; and 5, fabricating a negative electrode on a back surface of the device. By the fabrication method, a forward output current and a reverse blocking voltage of the device can be increased, and the device performance of the GaN power diode is improved.

The present invention provides an LDMOS device with a stepped trench, comprising a first conductivity type semiconductor substrate, a first conductivity type semiconductor body region, a second conductivity type semiconductor drift region, a second conductivity type semiconductor source region, a highly doped The first conductivity type semiconductor body contact region, the gate structure, the gate structure includes a polysilicon gate electrode and a gate oxide layer, the inner upper surface of the second conductivity type semiconductor drift region also has a stepped trench, the bottom of the step and the second conductivity type The distance from the upper surface of the semiconductor drift region decreases gradually along the direction from the source region of the second conductivity type semiconductor to the drain region of the second conductivity type semiconductor, and polysilicon is filled in the stepped groove. The vertical electric field distribution in the region is more uniform, and the reverse blocking voltage of the device is improved.

The invention relates to an LDMOS device with multiple grooves, belonging to the technical field of power semiconductors. The present invention provides an LDMOS device with multiple trenches, which changes the morphology of the diffusion region of the second conductivity type by trench etching to realize evenly distributed doping, so as to optimize the electric field distribution on the surface and reduce the drift region In addition, the morphology of the junctions on both sides is improved, the reverse blocking voltage of the device is improved, and the on-resistance can be improved at the same time.

In the specification and drawing a super junction semiconductor device is disclosed. The super junction semiconductor device comprises a P-type layer, a N+ substrate, a N-type layer, a silicon dioxide layer and a P+ layer. The N+ substrate is disposed under the P-type layer. The N-type layer is disposed on the N+ substrate. The silicon dioxide layer is disposed between the N-type layer and the P-type layer. The P+ layer is disposed on the P-type layer and the N-type layer.

The invention belongs to the technical field of semiconductors, in particular to a VDMOS device with a trench structure. The present invention mainly has two or more polysilicon islands wrapped by a silicon dioxide layer in the groove in the body, and negative charges are stored in these polysilicon islands. Since the polysilicon island is surrounded by an insulating layer, negative charges will be fixed within the polysilicon island. The density of negative charges stored in each polysilicon island varies, and the closer the polysilicon island is to the surface of the device, the higher the charge density is stored. When the device is reverse-blocked, a lateral electric field is generated between the high-potential N-type drift region and the negative charge in the polysilicon island, which assists in depleting the drift region. Since the potential of the N-type drift region gradually decreases from bottom to top, and the amount of negative charges increases from bottom to top, the lateral electric field distribution in the drift region is more uniform, so that the vertical electric field is closer to the rectangular distribution, improving the reverse blocking of the device Voltage. At the same time, since the body field plate structure connected to the source electrode is not used, the gate-to-drain capacitance Cds in the present invention is relatively low.

The invention belongs to the technical field of semiconductors, in particular to a trench type VDMOS device. The invention mainly has a polysilicon column wrapped by a silicon dioxide layer in a groove in the body, and uniform negative charges are stored in the polysilicon column. The shape of the polysilicon column is wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, and the thickness of the silicon dioxide between it and the silicon wafer increases from top to bottom. When the device is reverse-blocked, a lateral electric field is generated between the N-type drift region and the negative charges in the polysilicon pillar to assist in depleting the drift region. Since the potential of the N-type drift region gradually decreases from bottom to top, and the thickness of silicon dioxide on the sidewall of the polysilicon column increases from top to bottom, the lateral electric field distribution in the drift region is more uniform, so that the vertical electric field is closer to the rectangular distribution, improving The reverse blocking voltage of the device. At the same time, since the body field plate structure connected to the source electrode is not used, the gate-to-drain capacitance Cds in the present invention is relatively low.

The present invention provides a lateral double-diffused MOS device, which includes a first conductivity type semiconductor substrate, a first conductivity type semiconductor body region, a second conductivity type semiconductor drift region, a second conductivity type semiconductor source region, a highly doped first conductivity type Type semiconductor body contact region and gate structure, the gate structure includes a polysilicon gate electrode and a gate oxide layer, and at least two polysilicon islands are provided on the inner upper surface of the drift region of the second conductivity type semiconductor, and the polysilicon islands store uniformly distributed charges; from The direction from the body region of the first conductivity type semiconductor to the drain region of the second conductivity type semiconductor, the distance from the bottom of the polysilicon island to the first conductivity type semiconductor substrate increases successively; the present invention sets a plurality of storage charges with different depths in the drift region The polysilicon island, by changing the amount of charge and the width of the drift region that needs to be depleted, makes the electric field distribution in the drift region more uniform and improves the reverse blocking voltage of the device.