Oxide terminated trench MOSFET with three or four masks
First Claim
1. A method for making an insulator termination semiconductor device, comprising:
- a) applying a trench mask to a semiconductor substrate;
b) etching the semiconductor substrate through the trench mask to form trenches TR1, TR2 and a plurality of trenches TR3 with three widths W1, W2 and W3, respectively, wherein the plurality of trenches TR3 are the narrowest trenches, wherein the trench TR1 surrounds the trenches TR3, wherein a portion of the width of one of the trenches TR3 overlaps the width of the trench TR1;
c) forming a gate dielectric in the trenches TR1, TR2 and TR3;
d) depositing a conductive material into the trenches TR1, TR2 and TR3, wherein a thickness of the conductive material is selected to fill up the trenches TR2 and TR3 but not the trench TR1;
e) isotropically etching back the conductive material to form gate electrodes in the trenches TR3 and the gate runner in the trench TR2, wherein the conductive material is completely removed from the portion of the trench TR1 that is not overlapped by the portion of one of the trenches TR3;
f) filling the trench TR1 with an insulator material to form an isolation trench that surrounds the gate electrodes;
g) forming a body layer in a top portion of the entire substrate;
h) forming a source layer in a top portion of the entire body layer;
wherein portions of the source layer and body layer inside a region surrounded by the isolation trench are at source potential and portions of the source layer and body layer that are outside the region surrounded by the isolation trench are at drain potential.
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Abstract
An oxide termination semiconductor device may comprise a plurality of gate trenches, a gate runner, and an insulator termination trench. The gate trenches are located in an active region. Each gate trench includes a conductive gate electrode. The insulator termination trench is located in a termination region that surrounds the active region. The insulator termination trench is filled with an insulator material to form an insulator termination for the semiconductor device. Source and body regions inside the active region are at source potential and source and body regions outside the isolation trench are at drain potential. The device can be made using a three-mask or four-mask process.
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22 Claims
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1. A method for making an insulator termination semiconductor device, comprising:
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a) applying a trench mask to a semiconductor substrate; b) etching the semiconductor substrate through the trench mask to form trenches TR1, TR2 and a plurality of trenches TR3 with three widths W1, W2 and W3, respectively, wherein the plurality of trenches TR3 are the narrowest trenches, wherein the trench TR1 surrounds the trenches TR3, wherein a portion of the width of one of the trenches TR3 overlaps the width of the trench TR1; c) forming a gate dielectric in the trenches TR1, TR2 and TR3; d) depositing a conductive material into the trenches TR1, TR2 and TR3, wherein a thickness of the conductive material is selected to fill up the trenches TR2 and TR3 but not the trench TR1; e) isotropically etching back the conductive material to form gate electrodes in the trenches TR3 and the gate runner in the trench TR2, wherein the conductive material is completely removed from the portion of the trench TR1 that is not overlapped by the portion of one of the trenches TR3; f) filling the trench TR1 with an insulator material to form an isolation trench that surrounds the gate electrodes; g) forming a body layer in a top portion of the entire substrate; h) forming a source layer in a top portion of the entire body layer; wherein portions of the source layer and body layer inside a region surrounded by the isolation trench are at source potential and portions of the source layer and body layer that are outside the region surrounded by the isolation trench are at drain potential. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An insulator termination semiconductor device comprising:
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a plurality of gate trenches located in an active region, each of which includes a conductive gate electrode; a gate runner; an isolation trench located in a termination region that surrounds the active region, wherein the isolation trench is filled with an insulator material to form an insulator termination for the semiconductor device; and source and body regions throughout the device, wherein portions of the source and body regions inside the active region are at source potential and portions of the source and body regions outside the insulation isolation trench are at drain potential. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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