Trench junction barrier controlled Schottky
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1. A method for manufacturing a Schottky diode comprising:
- applying a first mask on a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type to implant a plurality of top dopant regions of a second conductivity type below a top surface of the semiconductor substrate;
applying a second mask to open a plurality of trenches in areas surrounded by the top dopant region wherein said top dopant regions surrounding top sidewalls of the trenches;
implanting trench bottom dopant regions of the second conductivity type through the trenches and diffusing the trench bottom dopant regions wherein said trench dopant regions surrounding all bottom corners of said trenches and extending over a substantial area below a bottom surface of said trenches with substantial areas along bottom sidewalls of said trenches; and
lining a Schottky barrier metal layer on sidewalls of said trenches wherein the top doped region wherein the top dopant regions surrounding the Schottky barrier metal layer on the top sidewalls; and
the trench bottom dopant regions surrounding the Schottky barrier metal layer on the bottom sidewalls and the trench bottom surface.
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Abstract
A method for manufacturing a Schottky diode comprising steps of 1) providing a region with a dopant of a second conductivity type opposite to a first conductivity type to form a top doped region in a semiconductor substrate of said first conductivity type; 2) providing a trench through the top doped region to a predetermined depth and providing a dopant of the second conductivity type to form a bottom dopant region of the second conductivity type; and 3) lining a Schottky barrier metal layer on a sidewall of the trench at least extending from a bottom of the top doped region to a top of the bottom doped region.
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1. A method for manufacturing a Schottky diode comprising:
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applying a first mask on a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type to implant a plurality of top dopant regions of a second conductivity type below a top surface of the semiconductor substrate; applying a second mask to open a plurality of trenches in areas surrounded by the top dopant region wherein said top dopant regions surrounding top sidewalls of the trenches; implanting trench bottom dopant regions of the second conductivity type through the trenches and diffusing the trench bottom dopant regions wherein said trench dopant regions surrounding all bottom corners of said trenches and extending over a substantial area below a bottom surface of said trenches with substantial areas along bottom sidewalls of said trenches; and lining a Schottky barrier metal layer on sidewalls of said trenches wherein the top doped region wherein the top dopant regions surrounding the Schottky barrier metal layer on the top sidewalls; and
the trench bottom dopant regions surrounding the Schottky barrier metal layer on the bottom sidewalls and the trench bottom surface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A Schottky diode comprising:
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at least a trenched opened in a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type wherein said trench filled with a Schottky barrier metal; and a plurality of dopant region of a second conductivity type opposite to the first conductivity type surrounding sidewalls of said trench distributed along a depth of said trench for shielding a reverse leakage current through said sidewall of said trench, said plurality of dopant regions of the second conductivity type further comprising a top doped region overlapping said Schottky barrier metal near a top portion of the trench and a bottom doped region surrounding all bottom corners of said trench and extending over a substantial area below a bottom surface of said trench with substantial areas along sidewalls of said trench filled with said Schottky barrier metal wherein said Schottky barrier metal directly contacting said semiconductor substrate doped with said first conductivity type for enhancing a forward current passing therethrough in a vertical direction along said trench.
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