Lateral trench field-effect transistors in wide bandgap semiconductor materials, methods of making, and integrated circuits incorporating the transistors
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A junction field effect transistor is described. The transistor is made from a wide bandgap semiconductor material. The device comprises source, channel, drift and drain semiconductor layers, as well as p-type implanted or Schottky gate regions. The source, channel, drift and drain layers can be epitaxially grown. The ohmic contacts to the source, gate, and drain regions can be formed on the same side of the wafer. The devices can have different threshold voltages depending on the vertical channel width and can be implemented for both depletion and enhanced modes of operation for the same channel doping. The devices can be used for digital, analog, and monolithic microwave integrated circuits. Methods for making the transistors and integrated circuits comprising the devices are also described.
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25 Claims
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1-9. -9. (canceled)
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10. A semiconductor device comprising:
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a substrate having opposed first and second major surfaces; and
a first and a second junction field-effect transistor each on a discrete location on the first major surface of the substrate, each of the junction field-effect transistors comprising;
a drain layer of an n-type semiconductor material on and non-coextensive with the first surface of the substrate such that portions of the substrate surrounding the drain layer are exposed;
a drift layer of an n-type semiconductor material on and non-coextensive with the drain layer such that portions of the drain layer are exposed, the drift layer having a lower conductivity than the drain layer;
one or more discrete raised regions in spaced relation on the drift layer, each of the raised regions comprising a channel region of an n-type semiconductor material on the drift layer and a source region of an n-type semiconductor material on the channel region, the material of the source region having a higher conductivity than that of the channel region;
a gate region of a p-type semiconductor material on the drift layer adjacent the one or more raised regions and forming a rectifying junction with n-type material of the drift layer and the channel region(s); and
ohmic contacts on the gate and source regions and on exposed portions of the drain layer. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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12. A method of making a junction field-effect transistor comprising:
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selectively etching a multi-layered structure comprising;
a substrate having opposed first and second major surfaces;
a drain layer of an n-type semiconductor material on the first major surface of the substrate;
a drift layer of an n-type semiconductor material on the drain layer, the drift layer having a lower conductivity than the drain layer;
a channel layer of an n-type semiconductor material on the drift layer between and in contact with adjacent gate regions; and
a source layer of an n-type semiconductor material on the channel region, the source layer having a higher conductivity than the channel layer;
wherein selectively etching comprises selectively etching through the source layer and partially through the channel layer to form at least one raised source region;
selectively implanting ions of a p-type dopant in exposed portions of the channel layer adjacent the raised source region;
selectively etching through exposed portions of the implanted channel layer and underlying drift layer to expose underlying drain layer; and
selectively etching through exposed portions of the drain layer to expose underlying substrate thereby forming an etched structure. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method of making a field-effect transistor comprising:
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selectively implanting a p-type dopant on a multi-layered structure comprising;
a substrate having opposed first and second surfaces;
a drain layer of an n-type semiconductor material on the first surface of the substrate;
a drift layer of an n-type semiconductor material on the drain layer, the drift layer having a lower conductivity than the drain layer; and
wherein selectively implanting comprises selectively implanting the p-type dopant in the drift layer to form a gate region;
depositing or growing a channel layer of an n-type semiconductor material on the implanted surface of the drift layer; and
depositing or growing a source layer of an n-type semiconductor material on the channel layer, the source layer having a higher conductivity than the channel layer;
selectively etching through the source layer, the channel layer and the implanted drift layer to expose underlying drain layer thereby forming raised source/gate regions; and
selectively etching through portions of the exposed drain layer to expose underlying substrate thereby forming an etched structure.
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22. A method of making a field-effect transistor comprising:
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selectively etching a multi-layered structure comprising;
a substrate having opposed first and second surfaces;
a drain layer of an n-type semiconductor material on the first surface of the substrate;
a drift layer of an n-type semiconductor material on the drain layer, the drift layer having a lower conductivity than the drain layer;
a channel layer of an n-type semiconductor material on the drift layer; and
a source layer of an n-type semiconductor material on the channel region, the source layer having a higher conductivity than the channel layer;
wherein selectively etching comprises selectively etching through the source and channel layers to expose underlying drift layer thereby forming at least one raised source region;
selectively etching through exposed portions of the drift layer to expose underlying drain layer;
selectively etching through exposed portions of the drain layer to expose underlying substrate thereby forming an etched structure; and
selectively depositing a Schottky metal in contact with exposed portions of the drift layer.
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23. A field-effect transistor comprising:
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a substrate having opposed first and second major surfaces;
a drain layer of an n-type semiconductor material on the first major surface of the substrate;
a drift layer of an n-type semiconductor material on the drain layer and non-coextensive therewith such that portions of the drain layer are exposed, the drift layer having a lower conductivity than the drain layer;
one or more discrete raised regions in spaced relation on the drift layer, each of the raised regions comprising a channel region of an n-type semiconductor material on the drift layer and a source region of an n-type semiconductor material on the channel region, the n-type semiconductor material of the source region having a higher conductivity than that of the channel region;
a metal layer on the drift layer adjacent the one or more raised regions forming a metal-semiconductor rectifying junction with the drift layer and channel region(s); and
ohmic contacts on the source region and on exposed surfaces of the drain layer. - View Dependent Claims (24)
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