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- H01L29/7801—DMOS transistors, i.e. MISFETs with a channel accommodating body or base region adjoining a drain drift region
- H01L29/7802—Vertical DMOS transistors, i.e. VDMOS transistors
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- the present invention relates to a silicon carbide semiconductor device using silicon carbide, a method for manufacturing a silicon carbide semiconductor device, and a method for designing a silicon carbide semiconductor device.
- a semiconductor device such as a trench type Si-MOSFET using silicon has been known.
- a first conductivity type semiconductor substrate a first conductivity type first semiconductor layer having a low impurity concentration provided on a main surface of the semiconductor substrate, and the first semiconductor layer are disclosed.
- a second conductivity type second semiconductor layer provided on the upper surface of the first semiconductor layer, a first conductivity type third semiconductor layer provided in a part of a surface layer portion of the second semiconductor layer, and the third conductivity layer.
- the gate wiring that contacts the gate electrode and the insulating film A semiconductor device having a vertical insulated gate field effect transistor having a source electrode in contact with a third semiconductor layer through an contact hole and a drain electrode provided on the back surface of the semiconductor substrate is disclosed. .
- Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 06-132539 discloses a structure in which gate trenches are arranged in a ring shape.
- a method is conceived in which the entire horizontal direction of the gate trench 20 is surrounded by the protection trench 10 to prevent the electric field from being applied to the gate trench 20.
- the wiring of the conductive material 81 such as polysilicon that communicates with the gate pad from above the gate trench 20 must be disposed so as to pass through the protection trench 10 (FIG. 7).
- an insulating material such as an oxide is buried in a predetermined portion of the protection trench 10 (a portion indicated by an “arrow” in the embodiment shown in FIG. 7), and the wiring of the conductive material must be passed over the insulating material. There is a demerit that the manufacturing process increases.
- the present invention provides a silicon carbide semiconductor device and silicon carbide capable of preventing an electric field from being applied to the gate trench by surrounding the gate trench with a protection trench without particularly increasing the number of manufacturing steps.
- a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device and a method for designing a silicon carbide semiconductor device are provided.
- the silicon carbide semiconductor device of the present invention is A first conductivity type silicon carbide layer; A second conductivity type silicon carbide layer formed on the first conductivity type silicon carbide layer; A gate trench formed from the surface of the second conductivity type silicon carbide layer to a depth reaching the first conductivity type silicon carbide layer; A gate electrode provided in the gate trench through an insulating film; A protection trench formed from the surface of the second conductivity type silicon carbide layer to a depth deeper than the gate trench; A first conductive member provided in the protection trench; With In the horizontal direction, a region including both the gate trench and the protection trench that surrounds only a part of the gate trench in the horizontal direction is a cell region, In the horizontal direction, the region including the protection trench and where the gate pad or the routing electrode connected to the gate pad is disposed is a gate region, A second conductive material is provided above the gate trench in the cell region and in the gate region; The second conductive material is disposed over the gate region from above the gate trench in the cell region through a portion of the cell region where the protection trench
- the protection trench included in the cell region has a pair of cell region straight trenches extending straight in the horizontal direction and a cell region curve trench bent in the horizontal direction,
- the cell region curved trench is provided at one end of the pair of cell region straight trenches,
- the gate trench is provided between the pair of cell region straight trenches in the horizontal direction;
- the second conductive material may be disposed over the gate region from above the gate trench in the cell region via the upper side of the other end side of the pair of cell region straight trenches.
- the gate trench extends straight in the horizontal direction
- the gate trench and the cell region straight trench may extend in parallel in the horizontal direction.
- the protection trench included in the gate region has a gate region curved trench bent in a horizontal direction,
- the gate region curved trench that protrudes toward the gate trench in the horizontal direction may be provided on the other end side of the pair of cell region straight trenches.
- the gate region curved trench protruding to the gate region curved trench side may be provided adjacent to the gate region curved trench protruding to the gate trench side.
- the protection trench may not have an end in the horizontal direction.
- the method for manufacturing the silicon carbide semiconductor device of the present invention includes: Forming a first conductivity type silicon carbide layer; Forming a second conductivity type silicon carbide layer on the first conductivity type silicon carbide layer; Forming a gate trench from the surface of the second conductivity type silicon carbide layer to a depth reaching the first conductivity type silicon carbide layer; Forming a protection trench from the surface of the second conductivity type silicon carbide layer to a depth deeper than the gate trench; Providing a gate electrode in the gate trench through an insulating film; Providing a first conductive member in the protection trench; With In the horizontal direction, a cell region is formed from a region including both the gate trench and the protection trench that surrounds only a part of the gate trench in the horizontal direction.
- a gate region from the region where the gate pad or the routing electrode connected to the gate pad is disposed, Providing a second conductive material above a part of the gate trench in the cell region and in the gate region; The second conductive material is disposed over the gate region from above the gate trench in the cell region so as to pass over a portion of the cell region where the protection trench is not provided.
- the silicon carbide semiconductor device is A first conductivity type silicon carbide layer; A second conductivity type silicon carbide layer formed on the first conductivity type silicon carbide layer; A gate trench formed from the surface of the second conductivity type silicon carbide layer to a depth reaching the first conductivity type silicon carbide layer; A gate electrode provided in the gate trench through an insulating film; A protection trench formed from the surface of the second conductivity type silicon carbide layer to a depth deeper than the gate trench; A first conductive member provided in the protection trench; Including In the horizontal direction, a region including both the gate trench and the protection trench that surrounds only a part of the gate trench in the horizontal direction is a cell region, In the horizontal direction, the region including the protection trench and where the gate pad or the routing electrode connected to the gate pad is disposed is a gate region, A second conductive material is provided above the gate trench in the cell region and in the gate region, The second conductive material is designed to be disposed over the gate region from above the gate trench
- the second conductive member is disposed over the gate region from above the gate trench in the cell region via a portion not surrounded by the protection trench in the cell region. For this reason, it is not necessary to embed an insulating material such as an oxide in the protection trench, and it is possible to prevent the electric field from being applied to the gate trench by surrounding the gate trench with the protection trench without particularly increasing the number of manufacturing steps. .
- FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a silicon carbide semiconductor device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and is a cross-sectional view of a part of FIG. 3 cut in the vertical direction.
- 2 is a cross-sectional view of the silicon carbide semiconductor device according to the embodiment of the present invention, and is a cross-sectional view of a part of FIG. 3 cut in the left-right direction.
- FIG. 3 is an upper plan view in which a part of the silicon carbide semiconductor device according to the embodiment of the present invention is enlarged, and is an upper plan view showing a portion corresponding to A in FIG. 4.
- FIG. 4 is a schematic upper plan view for showing the cell region and the gate region of the silicon carbide semiconductor device according to the embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 5 is a schematic top plan view for illustrating a state of arrangement of the second conductive member in the silicon carbide semiconductor device according to the embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view for illustrating the method for manufacturing the silicon carbide semiconductor device according to the embodiment of the present invention, and is a cross-sectional view corresponding to FIG.
- FIG. 7 is a schematic top plan view showing an aspect in which the entire horizontal direction of the gate trench is surrounded by the protection trench.
- Embodiment ⁇ Configuration >> Hereinafter, embodiments of a silicon carbide semiconductor device, a method for manufacturing a silicon carbide semiconductor device, and a method for designing a silicon carbide semiconductor device according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
- the silicon carbide semiconductor device of the present embodiment is, for example, a trench structure type MOSFET.
- a trench structure type MOSFET will be described as a silicon carbide semiconductor device.
- this trench structure type MOSFET is merely an example of a silicon carbide semiconductor device, and a MOS gate such as an insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) is used. It can also be applied to other device structures that it has.
- IGBT insulated gate bipolar transistor
- the silicon carbide semiconductor device of the present embodiment includes a high concentration n-type silicon carbide semiconductor substrate (first conductivity type silicon carbide semiconductor substrate) 31 and a high concentration n-type silicon carbide semiconductor.
- an n-type silicon carbide region 37 containing a high concentration of impurities is provided in a partial region of the surface of the p-type silicon carbide layer 36.
- the gate is formed at a depth from the surface of the n-type silicon carbide region 37 containing a high-concentration impurity to the low-concentration n-type silicon carbide layer 32 through the p-type silicon carbide layer 36.
- a trench 20 is formed.
- a gate electrode 79 is provided in the gate trench 20 via a gate insulating film 75a.
- An interlayer insulating film 75 b is provided above the gate electrode 79. Therefore, the gate electrode 79 is provided so as to be surrounded by the gate insulating film 75a and the interlayer insulating film 75b.
- the protection trench 10 is formed at a depth deeper than the gate trench 20 from the surface of the p-type silicon carbide layer 36.
- a first conductive member 61 made of, for example, polysilicon is provided in the protection trench 10.
- the first conductive member 61 is integrated with the source electrode 69 and has the same potential when a voltage is applied (see FIG. 1).
- a sidewall insulating film 65 is provided on the sidewall of the protection trench 10.
- a high-concentration p-type semiconductor region 33 formed by ion implantation of aluminum or the like is provided at the bottom of the protection trench 10. Further, a drain electrode 39 is provided on the back surface side (the lower surface side in FIG. 1) of the n-type silicon carbide semiconductor substrate 31.
- FIG. 4 is only a schematic top plan view for showing the cell region and the gate region of the silicon carbide semiconductor device according to the present embodiment. For this reason, in FIG. 4, the fine structure of the protection trench 10 is not shown, and the distance in the horizontal direction between the protection trenches 10 is not taken into consideration at all. Further, the size of the cell region and the gate region shown in FIG. 4 in the horizontal direction does not have any special meaning.
- the protection trench 10 there is a region including the protection trench 10 and where the gate pad 89 (see FIG. 2) or the routing electrode connected to the gate pad 89 is arranged. It is a “gate area”.
- the material of the second conductive member 81 is, for example, polysilicon.
- a gate pad 89 is disposed in the gate region shown in the center of FIG. 4 (see FIG. 2), and a lead-out electrode is connected to the gate pad 89. Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the second conductive member 81 is mainly disposed at a place other than above the protection trench 10 located in the cell region.
- the protection trench 10 included in the gate region of the present embodiment includes a gate region straight trench 16 extending straight in the horizontal direction and a gate region curved trench 17 bent in the horizontal direction. is doing.
- the symbol “17” is a concept including a symbol “17a” and a symbol “17b” which will be described later.
- the p-type semiconductor region 33 and the first conductive member 61 are in ohmic contact and have the same potential when a voltage is applied.
- the gate trench 20 of the present embodiment extends in a straight line in the horizontal direction, and more specifically, extends in a straight line in the left-right direction in FIG.
- the gate trench 20 and the cell region straight trench 11 extend in parallel in the horizontal direction (left-right direction in FIG. 3).
- the protection trench 10 included in the cell region has a pair of cell region straight trenches 11 extending straight in the horizontal direction and a cell region curved trench 12 bent in the horizontal direction.
- a gate trench 20 extending in a straight line in the horizontal direction (extending in the left-right direction in FIG. 3) is provided between the pair of cell region straight trenches 11, and a cell region curve trench is provided at one end of the pair of cell region straight trenches 11. 12, and the protection trench 10 is not formed at the other end of the pair of cell region straight trenches 11.
- the protection trench 10 surrounds “only part” of the gate trench 20 in the horizontal direction.
- the protection trenches 10 in the cell region are continuously “S-shaped” in the horizontal direction, and the position of the “other end” of the pair of cell region straight trenches 11 is the vertical direction in FIG. It is designed to flip left and right in order. Therefore, both the condition that the protection trench 10 surrounds “only a part” of the gate trench 20 in the horizontal direction and the condition that the end portion in the horizontal direction is not formed in the protection trench 10 can be satisfied at the same time. ing.
- a second conductive member 81 is provided above a part of the gate trench 20 in the cell region and in the gate region.
- the second conductive member 81 passes from the upper side of the gate trench 20 in the cell region through the portion where the protection trench 10 is not provided in the cell region, the other end side of the pair of cell region straight trenches 11 in this embodiment. It is arranged over the gate region (see FIG. 5). As a result, the second conductive member 81 is disposed over the other end of the pair of cell region straight trenches 11 from above the gate electrode 79 to below the gate pad 89. As shown in FIG.
- the gate pad 89 is provided on the protection trench 10 in the gate region via an insulating layer 85 such as SiO 2 and a second conductive member 81. As is apparent from FIG. 2, the second conductive member 81 is electrically connected to the gate electrode 79.
- a gate region curved trench 17a that protrudes toward the gate trench 20 in the horizontal direction is provided on the other end side of the pair of cell region straight trenches 11. Further, adjacent to the gate region curved trench 17a protruding to the gate trench 20 side in this way, a gate region curved trench 17b protruding to the gate region curved trench 17a side is provided.
- a guard ring 80 that surrounds the gate region and the cell region in the horizontal direction is provided.
- a guard ring 80 that surrounds the gate region and the cell region in the horizontal direction is provided.
- only one guard ring 80 is shown, but actually, a plurality of guard rings 80 may be provided concentrically.
- each of the protection trenches 10 of the present embodiment is a single stroke in plan view (unicursal) and does not have an end in the horizontal direction.
- a high-concentration n-type silicon carbide semiconductor substrate 31 is prepared (see FIG. 6A).
- a low-concentration n-type silicon carbide layer 32 is formed on the high-concentration n-type silicon carbide semiconductor substrate 31 by epitaxial growth.
- a p-type silicon carbide layer 36 is formed on the low-concentration n-type silicon carbide layer 32 by epitaxial growth or ion implantation.
- an n-type silicon carbide region 37 containing a high-concentration impurity is formed by implanting phosphorus ions or the like in a portion where the gate trench 20 is to be formed and in the vicinity thereof in the p-type silicon carbide layer 36.
- a protection layer 91 is formed, and the protection layer 91 is patterned to form an opening for forming the protection trench 10 (see FIG. 6B).
- protection trench 10 is formed from the surface of p-type silicon carbide layer 36 to a depth reaching low-concentration n-type silicon carbide layer 32.
- a protective film 92 is formed so as to cover the protection layer 91 and the protection trench 10 (see FIG. 6C).
- the protection trench 10 is removed from the protection film 92, and aluminum or the like is ion-implanted into the bottom of the protection trench 10 using the remaining protection film 92 as a mask, so that a p-type impurity containing a high-concentration impurity is contained.
- a semiconductor region 33 is formed.
- the protective film 92 and the protection layer 91 are removed.
- an activation annealing treatment is performed.
- a protection layer 93 is formed, and the protection layer 93 is patterned to form an opening for forming the gate trench 20 (see FIG. 6D).
- gate trench 20 is formed from the surface of p-type silicon carbide layer 36 to a depth reaching low-concentration n-type silicon carbide layer 32. The depth of the gate trench 20 is shallower than the depth of the protection trench 10. Thereafter, the protection layer 93 is removed.
- heat treatment is performed on the surface of the silicon carbide semiconductor device including the gate trench 20 and the protection trench 10 to form an oxide film that becomes the gate insulating film 75a and the sidewall insulating film 65. Thereafter, a conductive material such as polysilicon is formed on the gate insulating film 75a. After the film formation, heat treatment may be performed as necessary. In this manner, the gate electrode 79 and the second conductive member 81 as shown in FIG. 6E are formed on the gate trench 20.
- an insulating film made of silicon oxide (SiO 2 ) or the like is formed using plasma CVD or the like so as to cover the surface of the silicon carbide semiconductor device including the protection trench 10, so that an interlayer insulating film is formed on the gate electrode 79. 75b is formed, and the gate electrode 79 is surrounded by the gate insulating film 75a and the interlayer insulating film 75b (see FIG. 6F).
- the insulating film at the bottom of the protection trench 10 is removed by selective etching, and only the side wall insulating film 65 on the side wall of the protection trench 10 is left.
- the first conductive member 61, the insulating layer 85, the second conductive member 81, the gate pad 89, the source electrode 69, the drain electrode 39, the routing electrode, and the like are provided as appropriate, so that the silicon carbide semiconductor of the present embodiment
- the device is manufactured (see FIGS. 1 and 2).
- the arrangement of the protection trench 10 in the horizontal plane of the silicon carbide semiconductor device manufactured as described above is the same as that described in the section “Configuration”.
- the manufacturing method described above is merely an example, and any manufacturing method can be adopted as long as the silicon carbide semiconductor device described in the claims can be manufactured.
- the second conductive member 81 is disposed over the gate region from above the gate trench 20 in the cell region via a portion not surrounded by the protection trench 10 in the cell region. For this reason, it is not necessary to embed an insulating material such as an oxide in the protection trench 10, and the gate trench 20 is surrounded by the protection trench 10 and the electric field is prevented from being applied to the gate trench 20 without particularly increasing the number of manufacturing steps. can do.
- the second conductive member 81 is not surrounded by the protection trench 10 in the cell region, more specifically, on the other end side of the pair of cell region straight trenches 11. It passes over the gate electrode 79 from above and below the gate pad 89 (see FIGS. 2 and 5). For this reason, in this embodiment, it is no longer necessary to embed an insulating material such as an oxide in the protection trench 10 that was necessary in the prior art, and as a result, the number of manufacturing steps can be reduced as compared with the prior art. .
- the protection trenches 10 in the cell region are continuously “S-shaped” in the horizontal direction, and the position of the “other end” of the pair of cell region straight trenches 11 is the vertical direction in FIG. It is designed to flip left and right in order. Therefore, both the condition that the protection trench 10 surrounds “only a part” of the gate trench 20 in the horizontal direction and the condition that the end portion in the horizontal direction is not formed in the protection trench 10 can be satisfied at the same time. ing.
- the protection trench 10 is drawn with one stroke in the horizontal direction (in plan view), and no start point or end point is formed in the horizontal direction.
- the effect of preventing the electric field from concentrating too much at the end of the protection trench 10 is also achieved. It can be done.
- the protection trench 10 included in the gate region has the gate region curved trench 17 bent in the horizontal direction.
- a gate region curved trench 17a that protrudes toward the gate trench 20 in the horizontal direction is provided on the other end side of the pair of cell region straight trenches 11. For this reason, it is possible to achieve the effect of reducing the manufacturing process as compared with the conventional technique while preventing the horizontal distance between the protection trench 10 included in the cell region and the gate region curved trench 17 from becoming long. it can.
- the cell region curved trench 12 is not formed on the other end side of the pair of cell region straight trenches 11 as in the present embodiment, there will be no protection trench 10 protruding to the gate region side.
- the horizontal distance between the protection trench 10 included in the cell region and the protection trench 10 included in the gate region tends to be long.
- the protection trench 10 included in the gate region has a gate region curved trench 17a protruding toward the gate trench 20 in the horizontal direction. Therefore, the horizontal distance between the protection trench 10 and the gate region curved trench 17 included in the cell region can be shortened. As a result, the protection trench 10 is generated between the protection trench 10 included in the cell region and the gate region curved trench 17 at the time of reverse bias while satisfying the condition that the protection trench 10 surrounds “a part” of the gate trench 20 in the horizontal direction. The electric field can be reduced, and it is possible to prevent the electric field from being excessively concentrated in this region.
- a gate region curved trench 17b protruding to the gate region curved trench 17 side is provided adjacent to the gate region curved trench 17a protruding to the gate trench 20 side. For this reason, the horizontal distance between the gate region curved trench 17a protruding to the gate trench 20 side and the gate region curved trench 17b adjacent to the gate region curved trench 17a can be shortened. As a result, the electric field generated between the gate region curved trenches 17 at the time of reverse bias can be reduced, and it is possible to prevent the electric field from being excessively concentrated in this region.
- “horizontal distance” means “minimum length” in the horizontal direction.
- the cell region straight trench 11 will be described as an example. The length from one point in a certain cell region straight trench 11 to the opposite cell region straight trench 11 is innumerable. For example, as shown in FIG. In this respect, since the “horizontal distance” is defined as the “minimum length” in the horizontal direction as described above, D1 ′ and D1 are also possible. D1, which is the minimum length instead of “,” is the “horizontal distance”.
- a mode is adopted in which the smaller the radius of curvature of the cell region curved trench 12 is, the smaller the horizontal distance from the protection trench 10 in the gate region adjacent to the cell region curved trench 12 is. May be.
- the reverse bias is applied. In this case, it is possible to prevent the electric field from being excessively concentrated at a location where the curvature radius of the cell region curved trench 12 is small.
- a mode may be adopted in which the smaller the radius of curvature of the gate region curved trench 17 is, the smaller the horizontal distance from the protection trench 10 in the gate region adjacent to the gate region curved trench 17 is.
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Description
第1導電型炭化ケイ素層と、
前記第1導電型炭化ケイ素層上に形成された第2導電型炭化ケイ素層と、
前記第2導電型炭化ケイ素層の表面から前記第1導電型炭化ケイ素層に達する深さまで形成されたゲートトレンチと、
前記ゲートトレンチ内に絶縁膜を介して設けられたゲート電極と、
前記第2導電型炭化ケイ素層の表面から前記ゲートトレンチよりも深い深さまで形成されたプロテクショントレンチと、
前記プロテクショントレンチ内に設けられた第1導電部材と、
を備え、
水平方向において、前記ゲートトレンチと、前記ゲートトレンチの一部のみを水平方向で取り囲む前記プロテクショントレンチの両方を含む領域がセル領域となり、
水平方向において、前記プロテクショントレンチを含み、ゲートパッド又は当該ゲートパッドに接続された引き回し電極が配置される領域がゲート領域となり、
前記セル領域の前記ゲートトレンチの上方及び前記ゲート領域に第2導電材が設けられ、
前記第2導電材は、前記セル領域のうち前記プロテクショントレンチが設けられていない箇所の上方を経て、前記セル領域の前記ゲートトレンチの上方から前記ゲート領域にわたって配置されている。
前記セル領域に含まれる前記プロテクショントレンチは、水平方向において直線に延びた一対のセル領域直線トレンチと、水平方向において曲がったセル領域曲線トレンチを有し、
前記一対のセル領域直線トレンチの一端に前記セル領域曲線トレンチが設けられ、
前記一対のセル領域直線トレンチの水平方向における間に前記ゲートトレンチが設けられ、
前記第2導電材は、前記一対のセル領域直線トレンチの他端側の上方を経て、前記セル領域の前記ゲートトレンチの上方から前記ゲート領域にわたって配置されてもよい。
前記ゲートトレンチは水平方向において直線に延び、
前記ゲートトレンチと前記セル領域直線トレンチとは、水平方向において平行に延びていてもよい。
前記ゲート領域に含まれる前記プロテクショントレンチは、水平方向において曲がったゲート領域曲線トレンチを有し、
前記一対のセル領域直線トレンチの他端側に、水平方向において前記ゲートトレンチ側に突出した前記ゲート領域曲線トレンチが設けられてもよい。
前記ゲートトレンチ側に突出した前記ゲート領域曲線トレンチに隣接して、当該ゲート領域曲線トレンチ側に突出した前記ゲート領域曲線トレンチが設けられてもよい。
前記プロテクショントレンチは、水平方向における端部を有さなくてもよい。
第1導電型炭化ケイ素層を形成する工程と、
前記第1導電型炭化ケイ素層上に、第2導電型炭化ケイ素層を形成する工程と、
前記第2導電型炭化ケイ素層の表面から前記第1導電型炭化ケイ素層に達する深さまでゲートトレンチを形成する工程と、
前記第2導電型炭化ケイ素層の表面から前記ゲートトレンチよりも深い深さまでプロテクショントレンチを形成する工程と、
前記ゲートトレンチ内に絶縁膜を介してゲート電極を設ける工程と、
前記プロテクショントレンチ内に第1導電部材を設ける工程と、
を備え、
水平方向において、前記ゲートトレンチと、前記ゲートトレンチの一部のみを水平方向で取り囲む前記プロテクショントレンチの両方を含む領域からセル領域となり、
水平方向において、前記プロテクショントレンチを含み、ゲートパッド又は当該ゲートパッドに接続された引き回し電極が配置される領域からゲート領域となり、
前記セル領域の前記ゲートトレンチの一部の上方及び前記ゲート領域に第2導電材を設け、
前記第2導電材を、前記セル領域のうち前記プロテクショントレンチが設けられていない箇所の上方を経るようにして、前記セル領域の前記ゲートトレンチの上方から前記ゲート領域にわたって配置する。
前記炭化ケイ素半導体装置は、
第1導電型炭化ケイ素層と、
前記第1導電型炭化ケイ素層上に形成された第2導電型炭化ケイ素層と、
前記第2導電型炭化ケイ素層の表面から前記第1導電型炭化ケイ素層に達する深さまで形成されたゲートトレンチと、
前記ゲートトレンチ内に絶縁膜を介して設けられたゲート電極と、
前記第2導電型炭化ケイ素層の表面から前記ゲートトレンチよりも深い深さまで形成されたプロテクショントレンチと、
前記プロテクショントレンチ内に設けられた第1導電部材と、
を含み、
水平方向において、前記ゲートトレンチと、前記ゲートトレンチの一部のみを水平方向で取り囲む前記プロテクショントレンチの両方を含む領域がセル領域となり、
水平方向において、前記プロテクショントレンチを含み、ゲートパッド又は当該ゲートパッドに接続された引き回し電極が配置される領域がゲート領域となり、
前記セル領域の前記ゲートトレンチの上方及び前記ゲート領域に第2導電材を設け、
前記第2導電材が、前記セル領域のうち前記プロテクショントレンチが設けられていない箇所の上方を経て、前記セル領域の前記ゲートトレンチの上方から前記ゲート領域にわたって配置されるように設計する。
《構成》
以下、本発明に係る炭化ケイ素半導体装置、炭化ケイ素半導体装置の製造方法及び炭化ケイ素半導体装置の設計方法の実施の形態について、図面を参照して説明する。
《製造工程》
次に、本実施の形態による作用・効果について説明する。
なお、本実施の形態において、セル領域曲線トレンチ12の曲率半径が小さいほど、当該セル領域曲線トレンチ12に隣接するゲート領域のプロテクショントレンチ10との水平方向距離が小さくなっている態様を採用してもよい。
11 セル領域直線トレンチ
12 セル領域曲線トレンチ
16 ゲート領域直線トレンチ
17 ゲート領域曲線トレンチ
17a ゲート領域曲線トレンチ
17b ゲート領域曲線トレンチ
20 ゲートトレンチ
31 n型の炭化ケイ素半導体基板(第1導電型炭化ケイ素半導体基板)
32 n型の炭化ケイ素層(第1導電型炭化ケイ素層)
36 p型の炭化ケイ素層(第2導電型炭化ケイ素層)
61 第1導電部材
69 ソース電極
79 ゲート電極
80 ガードリング
81 第2導電部材
Claims (8)
- 第1導電型炭化ケイ素層と、
前記第1導電型炭化ケイ素層上に形成された第2導電型炭化ケイ素層と、
前記第2導電型炭化ケイ素層の表面から前記第1導電型炭化ケイ素層に達する深さまで形成されたゲートトレンチと、
前記ゲートトレンチ内に絶縁膜を介して設けられたゲート電極と、
前記第2導電型炭化ケイ素層の表面から前記ゲートトレンチよりも深い深さまで形成されたプロテクショントレンチと、
前記プロテクショントレンチ内に設けられた第1導電部材と、
を備え、
水平方向において、前記ゲートトレンチと、前記ゲートトレンチの一部のみを水平方向で取り囲む前記プロテクショントレンチの両方を含む領域がセル領域となり、
水平方向において、前記プロテクショントレンチを含み、ゲートパッド又は当該ゲートパッドに接続された引き回し電極が配置される領域がゲート領域となり、
前記セル領域の前記ゲートトレンチの上方及び前記ゲート領域に第2導電部材が設けられ、
前記第2導電部材は、前記セル領域のうち前記プロテクショントレンチが設けられていない箇所の上方を経て、前記セル領域の前記ゲートトレンチの上方から前記ゲート領域にわたって配置されていることを特徴とする炭化ケイ素半導体装置。 - 前記セル領域に含まれる前記プロテクショントレンチは、水平方向において直線に延びた一対のセル領域直線トレンチと、水平方向において曲がったセル領域曲線トレンチを有し、
前記一対のセル領域直線トレンチの一端に前記セル領域曲線トレンチが設けられ、
前記一対のセル領域直線トレンチの水平方向における間に前記ゲートトレンチが設けられ、
前記第2導電部材は、前記一対のセル領域直線トレンチの他端側の上方を経て、前記セル領域の前記ゲートトレンチの上方から前記ゲート領域にわたって配置されていることを特徴とする請求項1に記載の炭化ケイ素半導体装置。 - 前記ゲートトレンチは水平方向において直線に延び、
前記ゲートトレンチと前記セル領域直線トレンチとは、水平方向において平行に延びていることを特徴とする請求項2に記載の炭化ケイ素半導体装置。 - 前記ゲート領域に含まれる前記プロテクショントレンチは、水平方向において曲がったゲート領域曲線トレンチを有し、
前記一対のセル領域直線トレンチの他端側に、水平方向において前記ゲートトレンチ側に突出した前記ゲート領域曲線トレンチが設けられることを特徴とする請求項2又は3のいずれかに記載の炭化ケイ素半導体装置。 - 前記ゲートトレンチ側に突出した前記ゲート領域曲線トレンチに隣接して、当該ゲート領域曲線トレンチ側に突出した前記ゲート領域曲線トレンチが設けられることを特徴とする請求項4に記載の炭化ケイ素半導体装置。
- 前記プロテクショントレンチは、水平方向おいて一筆書きとなっていることを特徴とする請求項1乃至5のいずれか1項に記載の炭化ケイ素半導体装置。
- 第1導電型炭化ケイ素層を形成する工程と、
前記第1導電型炭化ケイ素層上に、第2導電型炭化ケイ素層を形成する工程と、
前記第2導電型炭化ケイ素層の表面から前記第1導電型炭化ケイ素層に達する深さまでゲートトレンチを形成する工程と、
前記第2導電型炭化ケイ素層の表面から前記ゲートトレンチよりも深い深さまでプロテクショントレンチを形成する工程と、
前記ゲートトレンチ内に絶縁膜を介してゲート電極を設ける工程と、
前記プロテクショントレンチ内に第1導電部材を設ける工程と、
を備え、
水平方向において、前記ゲートトレンチと、前記ゲートトレンチの一部のみを水平方向で取り囲む前記プロテクショントレンチの両方を含む領域からセル領域となり、
水平方向において、前記プロテクショントレンチを含み、ゲートパッド又は当該ゲートパッドに接続された引き回し電極が配置される領域からゲート領域となり、
前記セル領域の前記ゲートトレンチの一部の上方及び前記ゲート領域に第2導電部材を設け、
前記第2導電部材を、前記セル領域のうち前記プロテクショントレンチが設けられていない箇所の上方を経るようにして、前記セル領域の前記ゲートトレンチの上方から前記ゲート領域にわたって配置することを特徴とする炭化ケイ素半導体装置。 - 炭化ケイ素半導体装置の設計方法であって、
前記炭化ケイ素半導体装置は、
第1導電型炭化ケイ素層と、
前記第1導電型炭化ケイ素層上に形成された第2導電型炭化ケイ素層と、
前記第2導電型炭化ケイ素層の表面から前記第1導電型炭化ケイ素層に達する深さまで形成されたゲートトレンチと、
前記ゲートトレンチ内に絶縁膜を介して設けられたゲート電極と、
前記第2導電型炭化ケイ素層の表面から前記ゲートトレンチよりも深い深さまで形成されたプロテクショントレンチと、
前記プロテクショントレンチ内に設けられた第1導電部材と、
を含み、
水平方向において、前記ゲートトレンチと、前記ゲートトレンチの一部のみを水平方向で取り囲む前記プロテクショントレンチの両方を含む領域がセル領域となり、
水平方向において、前記プロテクショントレンチを含み、ゲートパッド又は当該ゲートパッドに接続された引き回し電極が配置される領域がゲート領域となり、
前記セル領域の前記ゲートトレンチの上方及び前記ゲート領域に第2導電部材を設け、
前記第2導電部材が、前記セル領域のうち前記プロテクショントレンチが設けられていない箇所の上方を経て、前記セル領域の前記ゲートトレンチの上方から前記ゲート領域にわたって配置されるように設計することを特徴とする炭化ケイ素半導体装置の設計方法。
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