AU6272798A - Structure for increasing the maximum voltage of silicon carbide power transistors - Google Patents

Structure for increasing the maximum voltage of silicon carbide power transistors

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AU6272798A
AU6272798A AU62727/98A AU6272798A AU6272798A AU 6272798 A AU6272798 A AU 6272798A AU 62727/98 A AU62727/98 A AU 62727/98A AU 6272798 A AU6272798 A AU 6272798A AU 6272798 A AU6272798 A AU 6272798A
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silicon carbide
maximum voltage
transistor
increasing
insulated gate
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James Albert Cooper Jr.
Jian Tan
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JAMES ALBERT COOPER JR
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Priority claimed from US08/795,135 external-priority patent/US6570185B1/en
Priority claimed from US08/797,535 external-priority patent/US6180958B1/en
Application filed by JAMES ALBERT COOPER JR filed Critical JAMES ALBERT COOPER JR
Publication of AU6272798A publication Critical patent/AU6272798A/en
Abandoned legal-status Critical Current

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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H10SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10DINORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
    • H10D30/00Field-effect transistors [FET]
    • H10D30/60Insulated-gate field-effect transistors [IGFET]
    • H10D30/64Double-diffused metal-oxide semiconductor [DMOS] FETs
    • H10D30/66Vertical DMOS [VDMOS] FETs
    • H10D30/668Vertical DMOS [VDMOS] FETs having trench gate electrodes, e.g. UMOS transistors
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H10SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10DINORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
    • H10D12/00Bipolar devices controlled by the field effect, e.g. insulated-gate bipolar transistors [IGBT]
    • H10D12/411Insulated-gate bipolar transistors [IGBT]
    • H10D12/441Vertical IGBTs
    • H10D12/461Vertical IGBTs having non-planar surfaces, e.g. having trenches, recesses or pillars in the surfaces of the emitter, base or collector regions
    • H10D12/481Vertical IGBTs having non-planar surfaces, e.g. having trenches, recesses or pillars in the surfaces of the emitter, base or collector regions having gate structures on slanted surfaces, on vertical surfaces, or in grooves, e.g. trench gate IGBTs
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H10SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10DINORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
    • H10D62/00Semiconductor bodies, or regions thereof, of devices having potential barriers
    • H10D62/10Shapes, relative sizes or dispositions of the regions of the semiconductor bodies; Shapes of the semiconductor bodies
    • H10D62/102Constructional design considerations for preventing surface leakage or controlling electric field concentration
    • H10D62/103Constructional design considerations for preventing surface leakage or controlling electric field concentration for increasing or controlling the breakdown voltage of reverse-biased devices
    • H10D62/105Constructional design considerations for preventing surface leakage or controlling electric field concentration for increasing or controlling the breakdown voltage of reverse-biased devices by having particular doping profiles, shapes or arrangements of PN junctions; by having supplementary regions, e.g. junction termination extension [JTE] 
    • H10D62/106Constructional design considerations for preventing surface leakage or controlling electric field concentration for increasing or controlling the breakdown voltage of reverse-biased devices by having particular doping profiles, shapes or arrangements of PN junctions; by having supplementary regions, e.g. junction termination extension [JTE]  having supplementary regions doped oppositely to or in rectifying contact with regions of the semiconductor bodies, e.g. guard rings with PN or Schottky junctions
    • H10D62/107Buried supplementary regions, e.g. buried guard rings 
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H10SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10DINORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
    • H10D62/00Semiconductor bodies, or regions thereof, of devices having potential barriers
    • H10D62/80Semiconductor bodies, or regions thereof, of devices having potential barriers characterised by the materials
    • H10D62/83Semiconductor bodies, or regions thereof, of devices having potential barriers characterised by the materials being Group IV materials, e.g. B-doped Si or undoped Ge
    • H10D62/832Semiconductor bodies, or regions thereof, of devices having potential barriers characterised by the materials being Group IV materials, e.g. B-doped Si or undoped Ge being Group IV materials comprising two or more elements, e.g. SiGe
    • H10D62/8325Silicon carbide

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  • Electrodes Of Semiconductors (AREA)
  • Bipolar Transistors (AREA)
  • Junction Field-Effect Transistors (AREA)
  • Insulated Gate Type Field-Effect Transistor (AREA)
  • Formation Of Insulating Films (AREA)
AU62727/98A 1997-02-07 1998-02-06 Structure for increasing the maximum voltage of silicon carbide power transistors Abandoned AU6272798A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (5)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US08797535 1997-02-07
US08/795,135 US6570185B1 (en) 1997-02-07 1997-02-07 Structure to reduce the on-resistance of power transistors
US08795135 1997-02-07
US08/797,535 US6180958B1 (en) 1997-02-07 1997-02-07 Structure for increasing the maximum voltage of silicon carbide power transistors
PCT/US1998/002384 WO1998035390A1 (en) 1997-02-07 1998-02-06 Structure for increasing the maximum voltage of silicon carbide power transistors

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AU6272798A true AU6272798A (en) 1998-08-26

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JP (1) JP5054255B2 (enExample)
AT (1) ATE287127T1 (enExample)
AU (1) AU6272798A (enExample)
DE (1) DE69828588T2 (enExample)
ES (1) ES2236887T3 (enExample)
WO (1) WO1998035390A1 (enExample)

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EP0966763B1 (en) 2005-01-12
ES2236887T3 (es) 2005-07-16
DE69828588T2 (de) 2006-02-09
WO1998035390A1 (en) 1998-08-13
EP0966763A1 (en) 1999-12-29
DE69828588D1 (de) 2005-02-17
JP5054255B2 (ja) 2012-10-24
ATE287127T1 (de) 2005-01-15
JP2001511315A (ja) 2001-08-07

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