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Turn off type semiconductor device, method of producing the same and the power conversion apparatus employing the same

US5324967A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 8, 1991
Grant dateJun 28, 1994
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Expiry dateAug 8, 2011

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D64/62

Abstract

In a turn off type semiconductor device, an n-type emitter layer is divided into a plurality of elements by trenches. A silicide layer of a high melting point metal is provided on a p-type layer adjacent to the individual elements of the n-type emitter layer on a bottom of each of the trenches. A gate electrode is provided on the associated silicide layer so as to surround the plurality of elements of the n-type emitter layer obtained by the division of the emitter layer. An insulator is filled in each of the trenches dividing the n-type emitter layer surrounded by the gate electrode. A cathode electrode is provided on both the insulators and the n-type emitter layer.

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