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Shielded gate MOSFET device with a funnel-shaped trench

US8816431B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 9, 2012
Grant dateAug 26, 2014
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Expiry dateApr 4, 2032

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D64/256
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A MOSFET device has a funnel-shaped trench etched in a semiconductor substrate. The funnel-shaped trench has flared rim extending from a wider cross section trench mouth at the surface of the semiconductor substrate to a narrower cross section trench body portion which terminates in an epilayer portion of the semiconductor substrate. A gate electrode is disposed in the trench on the flared rim. Source and gate regions of the device abut upper and lower portions of the flared rim, respectively. A drain region of the device, which abuts the narrower cross section trench body portion, is self-aligned with a lower edge of a gate electrode.

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