Semiconductor device and manufacturing method of the same
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1. A semiconductor device comprising:
- a drift layer;
a first and a second field plate electrode extending inwardly of the drift layer in a first direction and spaced from the drift layer by an insulating layer, the first and the second field plate electrodes being spaced from each other in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction;
a gate electrode extending inwardly of the drift layer in the first direction and between the first and the second field plate electrodes and spaced therefrom and from the drift layer by the insulating layer; and
a source region and a contact region, each of which is disposed between the first and second field plate electrodes in the second direction, wherein the contact region extends in the second direction from the source region to the insulating layer adjacent to the first field plate electrode.
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The performance of power semiconductor device of partial gate type structure may be improved by providing the source region only adjacent the gate electrodes in the structure, and providing the contact spaced from the gate by the source. The device includes a plurality of field plate electrodes which extend inwardly of the drift layer, a second field plate electrode disposed between the contact and one of the first field plate electrodes, and a gate electrode located between the source and a second one of the first field plate electrode.
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1. A semiconductor device comprising:
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a drift layer; a first and a second field plate electrode extending inwardly of the drift layer in a first direction and spaced from the drift layer by an insulating layer, the first and the second field plate electrodes being spaced from each other in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; a gate electrode extending inwardly of the drift layer in the first direction and between the first and the second field plate electrodes and spaced therefrom and from the drift layer by the insulating layer; and a source region and a contact region, each of which is disposed between the first and second field plate electrodes in the second direction, wherein the contact region extends in the second direction from the source region to the insulating layer adjacent to the first field plate electrode. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A semiconductor device comprising:
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a first semiconductor layer of a first conductive type; a second semiconductor layer of a second conductive type formed on the first semiconductor layer; a first semiconductor region of the first conductive type formed on the second semiconductor layer; a second semiconductor region of the second conductive type that comes in contact with the first semiconductor region formed on the second semiconductor layer, with the second semiconductor region having a higher concentration of impurity elements than in the second semiconductor layer; a first electrode that comes in contact with the first semiconductor region, the second semiconductor layer and the first semiconductor layer through a first insulating layer; a second electrode that comes in contact with second semiconductor region through a second insulating layer; a third electrode connected to the first semiconductor region as well as the second semiconductor region; and a fourth electrode electrically connected to the first semiconductor layer. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of forming a power semiconductor device, comprising:
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forming a drift layer; forming a plurality of first field plate electrodes adjacent to and spaced from one another to extend inwardly of the drift layer; forming secondary electrode structures on either side of at least two adjacent first field plate electrodes; and on the portion of the drift layer between the at least two adjacent first field plate electrodes in the plurality of first field plate electrodes, forming a single contact region and a single source region, such that one of the secondary electrode structures is interposed between the single source region and a first one of the first field plate electrodes, and another of the secondary electrode structures is disposed between the single source region and a second one of the first field plate electrodes. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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