EP1145324A3 - Mos-transistorstruktur mit einer trench-gate-elektrode und einem verringerten spezifischen einschaltwiderstand und verfahren zur herstellung einer mos-transistorstruktur - Google Patents

Mos-transistorstruktur mit einer trench-gate-elektrode und einem verringerten spezifischen einschaltwiderstand und verfahren zur herstellung einer mos-transistorstruktur

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EP1145324A3
EP1145324A3 EP00920348A EP00920348A EP1145324A3 EP 1145324 A3 EP1145324 A3 EP 1145324A3 EP 00920348 A EP00920348 A EP 00920348A EP 00920348 A EP00920348 A EP 00920348A EP 1145324 A3 EP1145324 A3 EP 1145324A3
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transistor structure
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Franz Hirler
Wolfgang Werner
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Infineon Technologies AG
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    • H01L29/68Types of semiconductor device ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor controllable by only the electric current supplied, or only the electric potential applied, to an electrode which does not carry the current to be rectified, amplified or switched
    • H01L29/76Unipolar devices, e.g. field effect transistors
    • H01L29/772Field effect transistors
    • H01L29/78Field effect transistors with field effect produced by an insulated gate
    • H01L29/7801DMOS transistors, i.e. MISFETs with a channel accommodating body or base region adjoining a drain drift region
    • H01L29/7802Vertical DMOS transistors, i.e. VDMOS transistors
    • H01L29/7813Vertical DMOS transistors, i.e. VDMOS transistors with trench gate electrode, e.g. UMOS transistors
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    • H01L29/063Reduced surface field [RESURF] pn-junction structures
    • H01L29/0634Multiple reduced surface field (multi-RESURF) structures, e.g. double RESURF, charge compensation, cool, superjunction (SJ), 3D-RESURF, composite buffer (CB) structures
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    • H01L29/0843Source or drain regions of field-effect devices
    • H01L29/0847Source or drain regions of field-effect devices of field-effect transistors with insulated gate
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    • H01L29/1095Body region, i.e. base region, of DMOS transistors or IGBTs

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EP00920348A 1999-03-24 2000-03-01 Mos-transistorstruktur mit einer trench-gate-elektrode und einem verringerten spezifischen einschaltwiderstand und verfahren zur herstellung einer mos-transistorstruktur Withdrawn EP1145324A3 (de)

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DE19913375A DE19913375B4 (de) 1999-03-24 1999-03-24 Verfahren zur Herstellung einer MOS-Transistorstruktur
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