Active solid-state devices (e.g. – transistors – solid-state diode – Field effect device – Having insulated electrode
Reexamination Certificate
2011-07-19
2011-07-19
Jackson, Jr., Jerome (Department: 2815)
Active solid-state devices (e.g., transistors, solid-state diode
Field effect device
Having insulated electrode
C257S331000, C257SE29067, C257SE29260
Reexamination Certificate
active
07982265
ABSTRACT:
A semiconductor power device includes a drift region of a first conductivity type, a well region extending above the drift region and having a second conductivity type opposite the first conductivity type, an active trench extending through the well region and into the drift region. The active trench, which includes sidewalls and bottom lined with dielectric material, is substantially filled with a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer. The second conductive layer forms a gate electrode and is disposed above the first conductive layer and is separated from the first conductive layer by an inter-electrode dielectric material. The device also includes source regions having the first conductivity type formed inside the well region and adjacent the active trench and a charge control trench that extends deeper into the drift region than the active trench and is substantially filled with material to allow for vertical charge control in the drift region. The charge control trench can be lined with a layer of dielectric material and substantially filled with conductive material. The active trench can include a second shield electrode made of conductive material disposed below the first shield electrode. The first conductive layer inside the active trench can form a secondary gate electrode that is configured to be electrically biased to a desired potential. The semiconductor device can also include a Schottky structure formed between the charge control trench and a second adjacent charge control trench.
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patent:
Challa Ashok
Elbanhawy Alan
Kocon Christopher B.
Sani Babak S.
Sapp Steven P.
Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation
Jackson, Jr. Jerome
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
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