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Semiconductor device, inverter circuit, driving device, vehicle, elevator, power supply circuit, and computer

US10211301B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 27, 2018
Grant dateFeb 19, 2019
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Expiry dateFeb 27, 2038

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D64/513
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes: a wide bandgap semiconductor layer; a gate electrode; and a gate insulating layer disposed between the wide bandgap semiconductor layer and the gate electrode, including a first silicon oxide film, a second silicon oxide film between the first silicon oxide film and the gate electrode, and a first aluminum oxynitride film between the first silicon oxide film and the second silicon oxide film, and having a first atomic ratio of nitrogen relative to a sum of oxygen and nitrogen at a first position in the first aluminum oxynitride film which is lower than a second atomic ratio of nitrogen relative to a sum of oxygen and nitrogen at a second position, closer to the second silicon oxide film than the first position, in the first aluminum oxynitride film.

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