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Silicon carbide semiconductor device, and method for producing same

A semiconductor and silicon carbide technology, applied in the field of silicon carbide semiconductor devices and their manufacturing, can solve the problems of increasing gate capacitance, delimiting channel length, and difficulty in masking, etc.

Active Publication Date: 2016-08-17
SHINDENGEN ELECTRIC MFG CO LTD
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However, since the third method requires two mask (Mask) processes to form the channel region, it is difficult to define the channel length with high precision due to mask alignment errors.
[0011] As a result, in the case of the third method, s

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[0058] 1. The silicon carbide semiconductor device according to the first embodiment

[0059] The silicon carbide semiconductor device 100 according to Embodiment 1 is the silicon carbide semiconductor device according to the first aspect of the present invention. The silicon carbide semiconductor device 100 according to Embodiment 1 is a power MOSFET.

[0060] Furthermore, in the following embodiments, the n-type is defined as n - , n, n + , n ++ in the order of p-type in accordance with p - , p, p ++ The order of indicates that the dopant concentration of the conductivity type becomes higher. These are approximations that represent relative magnitudes of dopant concentrations, such as n + type of region has a ratio n - Type area and n type area are higher, and than n ++ Type regions with low dopant concentration, but do not necessarily have a specific same dopant concentration.

[0061] The silicon carbide semiconductor device 100 related to Embodiment 1 is, for e...

Embodiment approach 2

[0108] The silicon carbide semiconductor device 102 according to Embodiment 2 is the silicon carbide semiconductor device according to the first aspect of the present invention. The silicon carbide semiconductor device 102 according to Embodiment 2 is a power MOSFET.

[0109] The silicon carbide semiconductor device 102 according to the second embodiment basically has the same configuration as the silicon carbide semiconductor device 100 according to the first embodiment, but the planar position of the end of the gate electrode is the same as that of the silicon carbide semiconductor device according to the first embodiment. 100 different. That is, in the silicon carbide semiconductor device 102 according to the second embodiment, as Figure 10 As shown, the end of the gate electrode 126 is located at n ++ type source region 120 .

[0110] In this way, although the silicon carbide semiconductor device 102 according to the second embodiment differs in the planar position of ...

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[0116] The silicon carbide semiconductor device 104 according to the third embodiment is the silicon carbide semiconductor device according to the first aspect of the present invention. The silicon carbide semiconductor device 104 according to the third embodiment is a power MOSFET.

[0117] The silicon carbide semiconductor device 104 according to the third embodiment basically has the same configuration as the silicon carbide semiconductor device 100 according to the first embodiment, but the planar position of the end of the gate electrode is the same as that of the silicon carbide semiconductor device according to the first embodiment. 100 different. That is, in the silicon carbide semiconductor device 104 according to the third embodiment, as Figure 11 As shown, the end of the gate electrode 126 is located at n ++ The n-type source region 120 formed between the n-type semiconductor region 114 + type semiconductor region 134 . Furthermore, in the third embodiment, n ...

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A silicon carbide semiconductor device 100, provided with an n-type semiconductor area 114 formed on the surface of an n-type epitaxial layer 112, a p type body area 116 formed in a deeper position than the n-type semiconductor area, a p-type channel area 118 formed from the surface side of an epitaxial layer up to the p-type body area, and an n++type source area 120 formed from the surface side of the n-type epitaxial layer toward the p-type body area, the p-type channel area and the n++type source area being formed in planar positions such that an n-type semiconductor area remains between the p-type channel area and the n++type source area, and the border surface on the outer peripheral side of the border surface between the p-type channel area and the n-type semiconductor area is positioned further inward than an outer peripheral surface 116a of the p-type body area. The channel area can be formed by a single masking step, and a channel length sufficient to not precipitate a short channel effect can be drawn with precision by a practical process.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a silicon carbide semiconductor device and a manufacturing method thereof. Background technique [0002] Figure 18 It is a cross-sectional view of a main part of a conventional silicon carbide semiconductor device 700 . [0003] A conventional silicon carbide semiconductor device 700 such as Figure 18 shown, including: n + type low resistance silicon carbide substrate 710; n - Type heteroepitaxial (Heteroepitaxial) layer 712, formed in n + Type low-resistance silicon carbide substrate 710; p-type body (Body) region 716 is formed on the n - The surface of the epitaxial layer 712; the channel (Channel) region 718 is formed on the surface of the p-type body region 716; n ++ type source (Source) region 720 and p ++ A body contact region 722 ; and a gate electrode 726 are formed at least on the channel region 718 via a gate insulating film 724 . also, Figure 18 Reference numeral 728 indicates an interlayer insulating film, ...

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IPC IPC(8): H01L29/78H01L21/336H01L29/12H01L29/739
CPCH01L21/0465H01L29/0696H01L29/086H01L29/1045H01L29/1095H01L29/1608H01L29/66068H01L29/7395H01L29/7802
Inventor 中村俊一菅井昭彦井上徹人
Owner SHINDENGEN ELECTRIC MFG CO LTD