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Semiconductor device and method for producing the same

US8941174B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 17, 2011
Grant dateJan 27, 2015
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Expiry dateOct 17, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D64/516

Abstract

It is an object to improve the breakdown voltage characteristics of a vertical semiconductor device having an opening and including a channel formed of two-dimensional electron gas in the opening. A GaN-based stacked layer 15 includes n−-type GaN drift layer 4/p-type GaN barrier layer 6/n+-type GaN contact layer 7. An opening 28 extends from a top layer and reaches the n−-type GaN drift layer 4. The semiconductor device includes a regrown layer 27 located so as to cover a wall surface and a bottom portion of the opening, the regrown layer 27 including an electron drift layer 22 and an electron source layer 26, a source electrode S located around the opening, a gate electrode G located on the regrown layer in the opening, and a bottom insulating layer 37 located in the bottom portion of the opening.

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