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Silicon carbide MOS field effect transistor with built-in Schottky diode and method for fabrication thereof

US8003991B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 27, 2006
Grant dateAug 23, 2011
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Expiry dateDec 27, 2026

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D62/393

Abstract

This invention has a cell incorporating a built-in Schottky diode region disposed in at least part of an elementary cell that constitutes an SiC vertical MOSFET provided in a low-density p-type deposit film with a channel region and a base region inverted to an n-type by ion implantation. This built-in Schottky diode region has built therein a Schottky diode of low on-resistance that is formed of a second deficient pan disposed in a high-density gate layer, a second n-type base layer penetrating a low-density p-type deposit layer formed thereon, reaching an n-type drift layer of the second deficient part and attaining its own formation in consequence of inversion of the p-type deposit layer into an n-type by the ion implantation of an n-type impurity from the surface, and a source electrode connected in the manner of forming a Schottky barrier to the surface-exposed part of the second n-type base layer.

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