Abstract:
A trench transistor having a semiconductor body includes a source region, a body region, a drain region electrically connected to a drain contact, and a gate trench including a gate electrode which is isolated from the semiconductor body. The gate electrode is configured to control current flow between the source region and the drain region along at least a first side wall of the gate trench. The trench transistor further includes a doped semiconductor region having dopants introduced into the semiconductor body through an unmasked part of the walls of a trench.
Abstract:
A semiconductor component with vertical structures having a high aspect ratio and method. In one embodiment, a drift zone is arranged between a first and a second component zone. A drift control zone is arranged adjacent to the drift zone in a first direction. A dielectric layer is arranged between the drift zone and the drift control zone wherein the drift zone has a varying doping and/or a varying material composition at least in sections proceeding from the dielectric.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor substrate having an active device region that includes a plurality of device cells and a termination region between the active device region and an edge of the semiconductor substrate; a field termination structure in the termination region and including a continuous region of a first conductivity type and a plurality of rings of the first conductivity type in the continuous region and having a higher average doping concentration than the continuous region; and a charge balance structure in the active device region and including interleaved columns of the first conductivity type and of a second conductivity type opposite the first conductivity type. The charge balance structure extends into the termination region below the field termination structure such that at least an outermost one of the columns of the first conductivity type is connected to the continuous region of the field termination structure.
Abstract:
A lateral trench transistor has a semiconductor body having a source region, a source contact, a body region, a drain region, and a gate trench, in which a gate electrode which is isolated from the semiconductor body is embedded. A heavily doped semiconductor region is provided within the body region or adjacent to it, and is electrically connected to the source contact, and whose dopant type corresponds to that of the body region.
Abstract:
A method for production of doped semiconductor regions in a semiconductor body of a lateral trench transistor includes forming a trench in the semiconductor body and introducing dopants into at least one area of the semiconductor body that is adjacent to the trench, by carrying out a process in which dopants enter the at least one area through inner walls of the trench.
Abstract:
A semiconductor arrangement includes a semiconductor body with a first active region, a second active region and an isolation region arranged between the first and the second active regions. At least one source region and at least one body region of a first transistor are integrated in the first active region. At least one source region and at least one body region of a second transistor are integrated in the second active region. Source and body regions of a third transistor are integrated in the second active region. The second transistor and the third transistor have a common source electrode. The first transistor, the second transistor and the third transistor have a common drain electrode.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device includes an anode doping region of a diode structure arranged in a semiconductor substrate. The anode doping region has a first conductivity type. The semiconductor device further includes a second conductivity type contact doping region having a second conductivity type. The second conductivity type contact doping region is arranged at a surface of the semiconductor substrate and surrounded in the semiconductor substrate by the anode doping region. The anode doping region includes a buried non-depletable portion. At least part of the buried non-depletable portion is located below the second conductivity type contact doping region in the semiconductor substrate.
Abstract:
A semiconductor arrangement includes a semiconductor body with a first active region, a second active region and an isolation region arranged between the first and the second active regions. At least one source region and at least one body region of a first transistor are integrated in the first active region. At least one source region and at least one body region of a second transistor are integrated in the second active region. Source and body regions of a third transistor are integrated in the second active region. The second transistor and the third transistor have a common source electrode. The first transistor, the second transistor and the third transistor have a common drain electrode.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device includes an anode doping region of a diode structure arranged in a semiconductor substrate. The anode doping region has a first conductivity type. The semiconductor device further includes a second conductivity type contact doping region having a second conductivity type. The second conductivity type contact doping region is arranged at a surface of the semiconductor substrate and surrounded in the semiconductor substrate by the anode doping region. The anode doping region includes a buried non-depletable portion. At least part of the buried non-depletable portion is located below the second conductivity type contact doping region in the semiconductor substrate.
Abstract:
A method for production of doped semiconductor regions in a semiconductor body of a lateral trench transistor includes forming a trench in the semiconductor body and introducing dopants into at least one area of the semiconductor body that is adjacent to the trench, by carrying out a process in which dopants enter the at least one area through inner walls of the trench.