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Semiconductor device

A semiconductor and active area technology, applied in the direction of semiconductor devices, semiconductor/solid-state device manufacturing, semiconductor/solid-state device components, etc., can solve problems such as the decline of the reliability of the gate insulating film, and achieve the effect of improving reliability

Pending Publication Date: 2022-01-11
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP
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As a result, a step is generated at the bottom of the trench, and the reliability of the gate insulating film is lowered.

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Embodiment approach 1

[0028] figure 1 It is a plan view showing the structure of the semiconductor device of the first embodiment.

[0029] The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate 10 , a gate electrode 30 , a gate pad 31 , finger wiring 32 , and a plurality of trench gates 20 . Also, while in figure 1 not shown, but the semiconductor device as described later figure 2 An emitter electrode 40 is shown.

[0030] The semiconductor substrate 10 includes an active region 1 , a wiring region 2 , and a termination region 3 in plan view. The active region 1 is a region provided with a plurality of transistors. The transistor in the first embodiment is an insulated gate bipolar transistor (Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor, IGBT). The wiring region 2 is provided to surround the active region 1 . Termination region 3 is provided to surround active region 1 and wiring region 2 . The semiconductor substrate 10 in the terminal region 3 is provided with a withstand voltage holding str...

Embodiment approach 2

[0056] A semiconductor device in Embodiment 2 will be described. Embodiment 2 is a subordinate concept of Embodiment 1. In Embodiment 2, the same reference numerals are assigned to the same constituent elements as in Embodiment 1, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

[0057] Image 6 is a plan view showing the structure of the semiconductor device in Embodiment 2, and is figure 1 Magnified view of region P shown.

[0058] The trench width W12 at the end of the trench gate 20 is wider than the trench width W11 of the active region 1 . The trench width W12 of the wiring region 2 is, for example, approximately 1.1 times greater than or equal to 2.0 times the trench width W11 of the active region 1 . The thickness Tox of the gate insulating film 21 in the active region 1 and the wiring region 2 is constant.

[0059] The trench gate 20 includes a transition region in which the trench width of the wiring region 2 gradually becomes wider toward the end. The transi...

Embodiment approach 3

[0065] A semiconductor device in Embodiment 3 will be described. Embodiment 3 is a subordinate concept of Embodiment 1. In Embodiment 3, the same reference numerals are assigned to the same components as those in Embodiment 1 or 2, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

[0066] Figure 7 is a plan view showing the structure of the semiconductor device in Embodiment 3, and is figure 1 Magnified view of region P shown. As in the second embodiment, the trench width W12 at the end of the trench gate 20 is wider than the trench width W11 at the active region 1 .

[0067] In Embodiment 3, the thickness Tox2 of the gate insulating film 21 in the transition region and the end portion is thicker than the thickness Tox of the gate insulating film 21 in the active region 1 . The thickness Tox of the gate insulating film 21 is, for example, greater than or equal to 10 nm and less than or equal to 200 nm. The thickness Tox2 of the gate insulating film 21 is, for example, a...

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Abstract

Provided is a semiconductor device in which the reliability of the gate insulating film in a trench gate is improved. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a plurality of trench gates, and a gate electrode. The semiconductor substrate includes an active region and a wiring region. The trench gates extend from the first active region to the wiring region. The trench gates form parts of transistors in the active region. The gate electrode is provided in the wiring region and is electrically connected to the trench gates. The end portions of the trench gates are located in the wiring region. The gate electrode is provided so as to cover gate contact portions formed at the end portions of the trench gates. The gate electrode is electrically connected to trench gates via the gate contact portions. The plurality of trench gates extend only in one direction.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to semiconductor devices. Background technique [0002] In the fields of general-purpose inverters and AC servos, IGBTs (Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistors) and diodes are used in power modules that control variable speeds of three-phase motors from the viewpoint of energy saving. These IGBTs and diodes are required to have low switching loss and low ON voltage characteristics for the purpose of reducing inverter loss. [0003] The trench gate IGBT is a device having low on-voltage characteristics. In this trench-gate IGBT, the shape of the end or bottom of the trench is a dominant factor for determining the reliability of the gate insulating film. Patent Documents 1 and 2 disclose a structure in which a gate contact is formed on a conductor buried in a trench in order to improve the reliability of a gate insulating film at an end portion of a trench. [0004] Patent Document 1: Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): H01L29/739H01L29/06H01L21/331
CPCH01L29/7397H01L29/0603H01L29/0684H01L29/66333H01L29/407H01L29/4238H01L29/42376H01L29/0692H01L23/4824H01L29/1095H01L29/41708H01L29/0696
Inventor 西康一
Owner MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP