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A semiconductor device includes: a substrate having a first side and a second side; an IGBT; and a diode. The substrate includes a first layer, a second layer on the first layer, a first side N region on the second layer, second side N and P regions on the second side of the first layer, a first electrode in a first trench for a gate electrode, a second electrode on the first side N region and in a second trench for an emitter electrode and an anode electrode, and a third electrode on the second side N and P regions for a collector electrode and a cathode. The first trench penetrates the first side N region and the second layer, and reaches the first layer. The second trench penetrates the first side N region, and reaches the second layer.

A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate with: a drift layer; a base layer; and a collector layer and a cathode layer. In the semiconductor substrate, when a region operating as an IGBT device is an IGBT region and a region operating as a diode device is a diode region, the IGBT and diode regions are arranged alternately in a repetitive manner; a damaged region is arranged on a surface portion of the diode region in the semiconductor substrate. The IGBT and diode regions are demarcated by a boundary between the collector and cathode layers; and a surface portion of the IGBT region includes: a portion having the damaged region at a boundary side with the diode region; and another portion without the damaged region arranged closer to an inner periphery side relative to the boundary side.

A semiconductor device in which both an IGBT element region and a diode element region exist in the same semiconductor substrate includes a low lifetime region, which is formed in at least a part of a drift layer within the diode element region and shortens the lifetime of holes. A mean value of the lifetime of holes in the drift layer that includes the low lifetime region is shorter within the IGBT element region than within the diode element region.

A bi-directional DC-DC converter includes a first series circuit connected to ends of a first DC power source and including a first winding of a first reactor and a first switch; a second series circuit connected to ends of the first switch and including a second winding of the first reactor, a second reactor, a second switch, a third switch, and a second DC power source; a third series circuit connected to the ends of the first switch and including a fourth switch and the second DC power source; and a control circuit configured to turn on / off the switches and thereby carry out step-up and step-down operations between the first and second DC power sources.

The invention provides a diode that can reduce recovery loss in a simple way without accompanied voltage withstand decreases and additional procedures. The diode includes: a first semiconductor layer (101) of a first conductive type; a second semiconductor layer (102) of a second conductive type arranged adjoining to the first semiconductor layer (101); a third semiconductor layer (104) of the first conductive type which is arranged on a side, opposite to the second semiconductor layer (12), of the first semiconductor layer (101), and contains a dopant of the first conductive type at a higher concentration than the first semiconductor layer (101); a first electrode (107) ohmically connected to the second semiconductor layer (102); a second electrode (108) ohmically connected to the third semiconductor layer (104); and a fourth semiconductor layer (106) which is arranged at a position adjoining to the third semiconductor layer (104) between the first and third semiconductor layers (101, 104), contains a dopant of a type which is the same as a type of the dopant of the first conductive type contained in the third semiconductor layer (104), and has a carrier lifetime shorter than the third semiconductor layer (104).

A semiconductor device comprising: a substrate (1, 1a, 2a, 2b, 3a, 4a, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, T1, T2) having a first side and a second side; an IGBT (100i, 104i , 105i); and diodes (100d, 104d, 105d). The substrate (1, 1a, 2a, 2b, 3a, 4a, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, T1, T2) comprises: a first layer (1); a second layer ( 2a); the N region (3a) on the first side on the second layer (2a); the N region and the P region (5, 6) on the second side, located on the second side of the first layer (1); the first The first electrode (8) in the trench (T1) serves as a gate; the second electrode (10) is located on the N region (3a) on the first side and in the second trench (T2) and serves as an emitter and an anode; and a third electrode (11), located on the N and P regions (5, 6) on the second side, serving as a collector and a cathode. The first trench (T1) passes through the N region (3a) on the first side and the second layer (2a), and reaches the first layer (1). The second trench (T2) passes through the N region (3a) on the first side and reaches the second layer (2a).

An IGBT 1 has: an n type drift layer 5; a p type base layer 6 and an n type emitter layer 7, which are formed on the front surface of the n type drift layer 5; and a p type collector layer 8 formed on the rear surface of the n type drift layer 5. An FWD 2 has: the n type drift layer 5; a p type anode layer 10 formed on the front surface of the n type drift layer 5; and an n type cathode layer 11 formed on the rear surface of the n- type drift layer 5. In a wiring region 3 and a terminal region 4, a p type well 12 is formed in the front surface of the n- type drift layer 5. In the wiring region 3, wiring 13 is formed on the p type well 12. The p type well 12 has a higher impurity concentration and more depth compared with the p type anode layer 10. The p type well 12 is not formed directly above the n type cathode layer 11, and is separated from a region directly above the n type cathode layer 11.

A semiconductor device and a power converter using it wherein a switching power device and a flywheel diode are connected in series, the flywheel diode includes a region having a Schottky junction to operate as a Schottky diode and a region having a pn junction to operate as a pn diode and control operation is performed such that when current flows forwardly through the flywheel diode, the pn diode operates and when the flywheel diode recovers backwardly, the Schottky diode operates mainly.

A power semiconductor device comprises a semiconductor substrate, a gate electrode region (control electrode region), a cathode electrode region (first main electrode region), an anode electrode region (second main electrode region) and a guard ring. The semiconductor substrate has a side surface portion having a vertical portion formed substantially vertical to a main surface and a mesa portion connected to the vertical portion in a cross section. The gate electrode region is formed in a first main surface of the semiconductor substrate. The cathode electrode region is formed in part of a surface of the gate electrode region. The anode electrode region is formed in a second main surface of the semiconductor substrate. The guard ring is formed in the second main surface of the semiconductor substrate and annularly surrounds the anode electrode region. With this constitution provided is a power semiconductor device which makes the impurity diffusion length of the anode electrode region shallower in order to ensure reduction in recovery loss.

An inverter device for a solar module. The inverter device comprises a slave circuit device that includes an input comprising a DC input from a solar cell group and a preliminary boost circuit. A DC boost circuit is coupled to the preliminary boost circuit and configured to boost the intermediary voltage to an AC RMS peak voltage. A rectifier circuit is coupled to the DC boost circuit. An energy recovery circuit comprises a storage device coupled to the rectifier output. The energy recovery circuit is configured to temporarily store a reverse recovery charge and transfers the reverse recovery charge to an output of a DC bus structure to reduce a diode recovery loss in the rectifier circuit.

A converter includes a first diode having an anode and a cathode connected respectively to an input terminal and a first output terminal, a second diode having an anode and a cathode connected respectively to a second output terminal and the input terminal, a first transistor connected between the first output terminal and the input terminal, a second transistor connected between the input terminal and the second output terminal, and a bidirectional switch connected between the input terminal and a third output terminal and including third to sixth diodes and a third transistor. Each of the first diode, the second diode, and the third transistor is made of a wide bandgap semiconductor. Each of the first and second transistors and the third to sixth diodes is made of a semiconductor other than the wide bandgap semiconductor.