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Semiconductor device for improved power conversion having a hexagonal-system single-crystal silicon carbide

US5736753A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 30, 1995
Grant dateApr 7, 1998
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Expiry dateAug 30, 2015

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D62/8325

Abstract

To provide a field-effect transistor having a large power conversion capacity and its fabrication method by decreasing the leakage current between the source and the drain of a semiconductor device made of hexagonal-system silicon carbide when the gate voltage of the semiconductor device is turned off and also decreasing the electrical resistance of the semiconductor device when the gate voltage of the semiconductor device is turned on. The main current path of the field-effect transistor is formed so that the current flowing between the source and the drain of, for example, a field-effect transistor flows in the direction parallel with the {0001} plane and a channel forming plane is parallel with the {1120} plane. Selected Drawing!FIG. 1

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