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Semiconductor switching device including charge storage structure

  • US 9,543,398 B2
  • Filed: 07/31/2015
  • Issued: 01/10/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/21/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A semiconductor device, comprising:

  • a first load terminal electrically connected to source zones of transistor cells, wherein the source zones form first pn junctions with body zones;

    a second load terminal electrically connected to a drain construction forming second pn junctions with the body zones; and

    control structures directly adjoining the body zones, the control structures comprising a control electrode and charge storage structures, the control electrode configured to control a load current through the body zones, the charge storage structures insulating the control electrode from the body zones and containing a control charge adapted to induce inversion channels in the body zones in the absence of a potential difference between the control electrode and the first load terminal,wherein the body zones are formed in semiconductor mesas formed from portions of a semiconductor body and separated from each other by the control structures.

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