Active solid-state devices (e.g. – transistors – solid-state diode – Field effect device – Having insulated electrode
Patent
1993-09-27
1994-06-21
Ngo, Ngan
Active solid-state devices (e.g., transistors, solid-state diode
Field effect device
Having insulated electrode
257 77, 257331, 257334, 257344, H01L 2910, H01L 2978, H01L 29161
Patent
active
053230400
ABSTRACT:
A silicon carbide field effect device includes vertically stacked silicon carbide regions of first conductivity type, extending from a lowermost drain region to an uppermost source region. In between the drain and source regions, a drift region and a channel region are provided. The drift region extends adjacent the drain region and the channel region extends between the drift region and the source region. Control of majority carrier conduction between the source and drain regions is provided by a plurality of trenches, which extend through the source and channel region, and conductive gate electrodes therein. To provide high blocking voltage capability and low on-state resistance, the doping concentration in the drift region is selected to be greater than the doping concentration of the channel region but below the doping concentration of the drain and source regions. Preferably, the material used for the gate electrodes, the spacing between adjacent trenches and the doping concentration of the channel region are chosen so that the channel region is depleted of majority charge carriers when zero potential bias is applied to the gate electrodes.
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Ngo Ngan
North Carolina State University at Raleigh
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