Abstract:
A body structure and a drift zone are formed in a semiconductor layer, wherein the body structure and the drift zone form a first pn junction. A silicon nitride layer is formed on the semiconductor layer. A silicon oxide layer is formed from at least a vertical section of the silicon nitride layer by oxygen radical oxidation.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device according to an embodiment is at least partially arranged in or on a substrate and includes a recess forming a mesa, wherein the mesa extends along a direction into the substrate to a bottom plane of the recess and includes a semiconducting material of a first conductivity type, the semiconducting material of the mesa including at least locally a first doping concentration not extending further into the substrate than the bottom plane. The semiconductor device further includes an electrically conductive structure arranged at least partially along a sidewall of the mesa, the electrically conductive structure forming a Schottky or Schottky-like electrical contact with the semiconducting material of the mesa, wherein the substrate comprises the semiconducting material of the first conductivity type comprising at least locally a second doping concentration different from the first doping concentration along a projection of the mesa into the substrate.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device according to an embodiment is at least partially arranged in or on a substrate and includes a recess forming a mesa, wherein the mesa extends along a direction into the substrate to a bottom plane of the recess and includes a semiconducting material of a first conductivity type, the semiconducting material of the mesa including at least locally a first doping concentration not extending further into the substrate than the bottom plane. The semiconductor device further includes an electrically conductive structure arranged at least partially along a sidewall of the mesa, the electrically conductive structure forming a Schottky or Schottky-like electrical contact with the semiconducting material of the mesa, wherein the substrate comprises the semiconducting material of the first conductivity type comprising at least locally a second doping concentration different from the first doping concentration along a projection of the mesa into the substrate.