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Silicon carbide semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same

US7217954B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 17, 2004
Grant dateMay 15, 2007
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Expiry dateApr 30, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L2924/0002
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An inventive semiconductor device is provided with: a silicon carbide substrate 1; an n-type high resistance layer 2; well regions 3 provided in a surface region of the high resistance layer 2; a p+ contact region 4 provided within each well region 3; a source region 5 provided to laterally surround the p+ contact region 4 within each well region 3; first source electrodes 8 provided on the source regions 5 and made of nickel; second source electrodes 9 that cover the first source electrodes 8 and that are made of aluminum; a gate insulating film 6 provided on a portion of the high resistance layer 2 sandwiched between the two well regions 3; a gate electrode 10 made of aluminum; and an interlayer dielectric film 11 that covers the second source electrodes 9 and the gate electrode 10 and that is made of silicon oxide.

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