Semiconductor device including a diode at least partly arranged in a trench
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1. A semiconductor device, comprising:
- a semiconductor body including a first trench extending into the semiconductor body from a first surface of the semiconductor body;
a diode including an anode region and a cathode region, wherein one of the anode region and the cathode region is at least partly arranged in the first trench, wherein the other one of the anode region and the cathode region includes a first semiconductor region directly adjoining the one of the anode region and the cathode region from outside of the first trench, thereby constituting a pn-junction in the semiconductor body and extending to the first surface; and
a conducting path of the diode through a sidewall of the first trench, and wherein the pn-junction extends along at least 50% of a depth of the first trench.
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Abstract
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor body including a first trench extending into the semiconductor body from a first surface and a diode including an anode region and a cathode region. One of the anode region and the cathode region is at least partly arranged in the first trench. The other one of the anode region and the cathode region includes a first semiconductor region directly adjoining the one of the anode region and the cathode region from outside of the first trench, thereby constituting a pn junction. The semiconductor device further includes a conducting path through a sidewall of the first trench.
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30 Claims
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1. A semiconductor device, comprising:
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a semiconductor body including a first trench extending into the semiconductor body from a first surface of the semiconductor body; a diode including an anode region and a cathode region, wherein one of the anode region and the cathode region is at least partly arranged in the first trench, wherein the other one of the anode region and the cathode region includes a first semiconductor region directly adjoining the one of the anode region and the cathode region from outside of the first trench, thereby constituting a pn-junction in the semiconductor body and extending to the first surface; and a conducting path of the diode through a sidewall of the first trench, and wherein the pn-junction extends along at least 50% of a depth of the first trench. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A semiconductor device, comprising:
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a semiconductor body including a first trench region extending into the semiconductor body from a first surface of the semiconductor body; a diode including an anode region and a cathode region, wherein one of the anode region and the cathode region is at least partly arranged in the first trench region, and wherein the other one of the anode region and the cathode region includes a first semiconductor region adjoining the one of the anode region and the cathode region from outside of the first trench region; a field plate arranged on the first surface, the field plate overlapping a pn-junction comprising a p-doped region of the anode region abutting an n-doped region of the cathode region at the first surface; and a contact at the first surface and electrically connected to the one of the anode region and the cathode region at the first surface, wherein the field plate and the contact are electrically connected. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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