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Method of forming silicon carbide trench mosfet with a schottky electrode

US5693569A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 18, 1996
Grant dateDec 2, 1997
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Expiry dateDec 18, 2016

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S438/931

Abstract

A silicon carbide trench MOSFET is provided that includes a first conductivity type semiconductor substrate made of silicon carbide. A first conductivity type drift layer and a second conductivity type base layer, both made of silicon carbide, are sequentially formed by epitaxial growth on the semiconductor substrate. The first conductivity type drift layer has a lower impurity concentration than the semiconductor substrate. A first conductivity type source region is formed in a part of a surface layer of the second conductivity type base layer. A gate electrode is received through an insulating film, in a first trench extending from a surface of the first conductivity type source region to reach the first conductivity type drift layer. A Schottky electrode disposed on an inner surface of a second trench having a greater depth than the first trench.

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