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Semiconductor device

Granted 26 May 2015 · no office action yet

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Abstract

When a semiconductor substrate of a semiconductor device is viewed from above, an isolation region, an IGBT region, and a diode region are all formed adjacent to each other. A deep region that is connected to a body region and an anode region is formed in the isolation region. A drift region is formed extending across the isolation region, the IGBT region, and the diode region, inside the semiconductor substrate. A collector region that extends across the isolation region, the IGBT region and the diode region, and a cathode region positioned in the diode region, are formed in a region exposed on a lower surface of the semiconductor substrate. A boundary between the collector region and the cathode region is in the diode region, in a cross-section that cuts across a boundary between the isolation region and the diode region, and divides the isolation region and the diode region. The collector region formed in the isolation region has a higher dopant impurity concentration than the collector region in the IGBT region.

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IPC · International Patent Classification
Section H — Electricity
  • H01L29/861
  • H01L29/40
  • H01L29/66
  • H01L27/06
  • H01L29/06
  • H01L29/739
  • H01L29/08
USPC · US Patent Classification
257/140

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Hajar Kolahdouzan
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related publicationUS 20140361333 A111 Dec 2014

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