Shielded trench semiconductor devices and related fabrication methods
First Claim
1. A semiconductor device comprising:
- a plurality of gate structures within a semiconductor substrate, the plurality of gate structures being aligned in a first direction;
a shielding structure within the semiconductor substrate, the shielding structure including a first portion underlying a first gate structure of the plurality of gate structures and a second portion proximate a longitudinal end of the plurality of gate structures;
a body contact region in the semiconductor substrate residing between the plurality of gate structures and extending from the longitudinal end toward an interior portion of the semiconductor substrate;
a conductive structure overlying the second portion of the shielding structure and a longitudinal end region of the body contact region of the semiconductor substrate residing between the plurality of gate structures proximate the longitudinal end of the plurality of gate structures, wherein the conductive structure provides an electrical connection between the second portion and the longitudinal end region of the body contact region; and
a source conductive structure overlying an interior end portion of the body contact region, wherein the interior end portion of the body contact region is electrically connected to the source conductive structure.
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Abstract
Semiconductor device structures and related fabrication methods are provided. An exemplary semiconductor device includes gate structures within a semiconductor substrate, a shielding structure within the semiconductor substrate that includes a first portion underlying a first gate structure and a second portion proximate an end of the gate structures, and a conductive structure overlying the second portion of the shielding structure and an end region of the semiconductor substrate. The conductive structure provides an electrical connection between the second portion of the shielding structure and the end region of the semiconductor substrate residing between the gate structures proximate the end of the gate structures.
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20 Claims
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1. A semiconductor device comprising:
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a plurality of gate structures within a semiconductor substrate, the plurality of gate structures being aligned in a first direction; a shielding structure within the semiconductor substrate, the shielding structure including a first portion underlying a first gate structure of the plurality of gate structures and a second portion proximate a longitudinal end of the plurality of gate structures; a body contact region in the semiconductor substrate residing between the plurality of gate structures and extending from the longitudinal end toward an interior portion of the semiconductor substrate; a conductive structure overlying the second portion of the shielding structure and a longitudinal end region of the body contact region of the semiconductor substrate residing between the plurality of gate structures proximate the longitudinal end of the plurality of gate structures, wherein the conductive structure provides an electrical connection between the second portion and the longitudinal end region of the body contact region; and a source conductive structure overlying an interior end portion of the body contact region, wherein the interior end portion of the body contact region is electrically connected to the source conductive structure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A vertical transistor device comprising:
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a drain region of semiconductor material having a first conductivity type within a semiconductor substrate; a plurality of trench gate structures within the semiconductor substrate overlying the drain region and having longitudinal axes aligned in a first direction; a shielding structure within the semiconductor substrate and insulated from the plurality of trench gate structures, the shielding structure including; gate shielding portions residing vertically between respective trench gate structures of the plurality of trench gate structures and the drain region; and a termination portion orthogonal to the longitudinal axes of the plurality of trench gate structures proximate a longitudinal end of the plurality of trench gate structures; body contact regions within the end regions of the semiconductor substrate and extending from the longitudinal end to an interior portion of the semiconductor substrate; source contact regions within the interior portion of the semiconductor substrate; a conductive structure overlying the termination portion and longitudinal end regions of the body contact regions of the semiconductor substrate residing between the plurality of trench gate structures proximate the longitudinal end of the plurality of trench gate structures, wherein the conductive structure is electrically connected to the termination portion and the longitudinal end regions of the body contact regions; and a second conductive structure overlying interior portions of the body contact regions and source contact regions in the semiconductor substrate between the plurality of trench gate structures, wherein the second conductive structure provides a second electrical connection between the interior portions of the body contact regions and the source contact regions. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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18. A method of fabricating a semiconductor device on a substrate of semiconductor material, the method comprising:
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forming a shielding structure within the substrate, the shielding structure comprising a plurality of gate shielding portions aligned in a first direction and a termination portion proximate an end of the plurality of gate shielding portions; forming a plurality of gate structures aligned in the first direction within the substrate overlying the plurality of gate shielding portions; forming a body contact region in an end region of the substrate, the end region residing between the plurality of gate structures proximate the termination portion of the shielding structure and extending from a longitudinal end toward an interior region of the substrate; forming a conductive structure overlying the termination portion of the shielding structure and the longitudinal end of the body contact region, wherein the conductive structure provides an electrical connection between the termination portion and the longitudinal end of the body contact region; and forming a source conductive structure overlying an interior end portion of the body contact region, wherein the interior end portion of the body contact region is electrically connected to the source conductive structure. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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