Semiconductor component which can be controlled by a field effect
First Claim
1. In an improved power semiconductor component which can be controlled by a field effect and has a multiplicity of parallel-connected individual components disposed in each case in cells, the cells disposed tightly packed on a relatively small space in a cell array, the improvement comprising:
- a semiconductor body having a surface, including;
a) at least one inner zone of a first conductivity type bordering at least partially on said surface, said at least one inner zone having at least one depletion zone of a second conductivity type and at least one complementary depletion zone having said first conductivity type a total quantity of doping of said at least one depletion zone corresponding approximately to a total quantity of doping of said at least one complementary depletion zone;
b) at least one drain zone bordering said at least one inner zone;
c) at least one base zone disposed in each of the cells and having a second conductivity type, said at least one base zone embedded in said surface;
d) at least one source zone disposed in each of the cells and having said first conductivity type, said at least one source zone embedded in said at least one base zone; and
e) shadow regions disposed in at least one of said at least one source zone of the cells, said shadow regions reducing an effective ratio of a channel width to a channel length;
at least one source electrode making contact with said at least one base zone and said at least one source zone; and
at least one gate electrode disposed above and completely insulated from said semiconductor body.
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Abstract
A power semiconductor component that can be controlled by a field effect has a multiplicity of parallel-connected individual components disposed in cells, the cells are disposed tightly packed on a relatively small space in a cell array. Parallel-connected source zones of the cells have shadowed regions that in each case reduce an effective W/L channel ratio in the cells containing the shadowed regions. The invention has the advantage that because of the provision of the shadowed regions inside the source zones that are preferably undoped or at least doped much weaker than the source zones, the critical regions in the cell array with the highest current density are specifically moderated. Thus the current density in the current-carrying filament of the cell is more homogeneously distributed. This measure renders it possible to reduce the cell grid spacing of the cells in the cell array, or to reduce the forward resistance per unit area, and this leads simultaneously to a reduction in the power loss.
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15 Claims
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1. In an improved power semiconductor component which can be controlled by a field effect and has a multiplicity of parallel-connected individual components disposed in each case in cells, the cells disposed tightly packed on a relatively small space in a cell array, the improvement comprising:
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a semiconductor body having a surface, including;
a) at least one inner zone of a first conductivity type bordering at least partially on said surface, said at least one inner zone having at least one depletion zone of a second conductivity type and at least one complementary depletion zone having said first conductivity type a total quantity of doping of said at least one depletion zone corresponding approximately to a total quantity of doping of said at least one complementary depletion zone;
b) at least one drain zone bordering said at least one inner zone;
c) at least one base zone disposed in each of the cells and having a second conductivity type, said at least one base zone embedded in said surface;
d) at least one source zone disposed in each of the cells and having said first conductivity type, said at least one source zone embedded in said at least one base zone; and
e) shadow regions disposed in at least one of said at least one source zone of the cells, said shadow regions reducing an effective ratio of a channel width to a channel length;
at least one source electrode making contact with said at least one base zone and said at least one source zone; and
at least one gate electrode disposed above and completely insulated from said semiconductor body. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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