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1. WO1999000849 - SiC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE COMPRISING A PN-JUNCTION AND A JUNCTION TERMINATION EXTENTION

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Publication Number WO/1999/000849
Publication Date 07.01.1999
International Application No. PCT/SE1998/001255
International Filing Date 26.06.1998
Chapter 2 Demand Filed 27.11.1998
IPC
H01L 29/06 2006.1
HELECTRICITY
01BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
LSEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
29Semiconductor devices specially adapted for rectifying, amplifying, oscillating or switching and having at least one potential-jump barrier or surface barrier; Capacitors or resistors with at least one potential-jump barrier or surface barrier, e.g. PN-junction depletion layer or carrier concentration layer; Details of semiconductor bodies or of electrodes thereof
02Semiconductor bodies
06characterised by their shape; characterised by the shapes, relative sizes, or dispositions of the semiconductor regions
H01L 29/24 2006.1
HELECTRICITY
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LSEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
29Semiconductor devices specially adapted for rectifying, amplifying, oscillating or switching and having at least one potential-jump barrier or surface barrier; Capacitors or resistors with at least one potential-jump barrier or surface barrier, e.g. PN-junction depletion layer or carrier concentration layer; Details of semiconductor bodies or of electrodes thereof
02Semiconductor bodies
12characterised by the materials of which they are formed
24including, apart from doping materials or other impurities, only inorganic semiconductor materials not provided for in groups H01L29/16, H01L29/18, H01L29/20 or H01L29/22246
H01L 29/76 2006.1
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LSEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
29Semiconductor devices specially adapted for rectifying, amplifying, oscillating or switching and having at least one potential-jump barrier or surface barrier; Capacitors or resistors with at least one potential-jump barrier or surface barrier, e.g. PN-junction depletion layer or carrier concentration layer; Details of semiconductor bodies or of electrodes thereof
66Types of semiconductor device
68controllable by only the electric current supplied, or only the electric potential applied, to an electrode which does not carry the current to be rectified, amplified, or switched
76Unipolar devices
CPC
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LSEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
29Semiconductor devices adapted for rectifying, amplifying, oscillating or switching, or capacitors or resistors with at least one potential-jump barrier or surface barrier, e.g. PN junction depletion layer or carrier concentration layer; Details of semiconductor bodies or of electrodes thereof; ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor
02Semiconductor bodies ; ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor
06characterised by their shape; characterised by the shapes, relative sizes, or dispositions of the semiconductor regions ; ; characterised by the concentration or distribution of impurities within semiconductor regions
0603characterised by particular constructional design considerations, e.g. for preventing surface leakage, for controlling electric field concentration or for internal isolations regions
0607for preventing surface leakage or controlling electric field concentration
0611for increasing or controlling the breakdown voltage of reverse biased devices
0615by the doping profile or the shape or the arrangement of the PN junction, or with supplementary regions, e.g. junction termination extension [JTE]
0619with a supplementary region doped oppositely to or in rectifying contact with the semiconductor containing or contacting region, e.g. guard rings with PN or Schottky junction
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01BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
LSEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
29Semiconductor devices adapted for rectifying, amplifying, oscillating or switching, or capacitors or resistors with at least one potential-jump barrier or surface barrier, e.g. PN junction depletion layer or carrier concentration layer; Details of semiconductor bodies or of electrodes thereof; ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor
02Semiconductor bodies ; ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor
06characterised by their shape; characterised by the shapes, relative sizes, or dispositions of the semiconductor regions ; ; characterised by the concentration or distribution of impurities within semiconductor regions
0657characterised by the shape of the body
H01L 29/1608
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LSEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
29Semiconductor devices adapted for rectifying, amplifying, oscillating or switching, or capacitors or resistors with at least one potential-jump barrier or surface barrier, e.g. PN junction depletion layer or carrier concentration layer; Details of semiconductor bodies or of electrodes thereof; ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor
02Semiconductor bodies ; ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor
12characterised by the materials of which they are formed
16including, apart from doping materials or other impurities, only elements of Group IV of the Periodic System
1608Silicon carbide
H01L 29/7606
HELECTRICITY
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LSEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
29Semiconductor devices adapted for rectifying, amplifying, oscillating or switching, or capacitors or resistors with at least one potential-jump barrier or surface barrier, e.g. PN junction depletion layer or carrier concentration layer; Details of semiconductor bodies or of electrodes thereof; ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor
66Types of semiconductor device ; ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor
68controllable by only the electric current supplied, or only the electric potential applied, to an electrode which does not carry the current to be rectified, amplified or switched
76Unipolar devices ; , e.g. field effect transistors
7606Transistor-like structures, e.g. hot electron transistor [HET]; metal base transistor [MBT]
Applicants
  • ABB RESEARCH LTD. [CH]/[CH] (AllExceptUS)
  • BAKOWSKI, Mietek [SE]/[SE] (UsOnly)
  • GUSTAFSSON, Ulf [SE]/[SE] (UsOnly)
  • HARRIS, Christopher [GB]/[GB] (UsOnly)
Inventors
  • BAKOWSKI, Mietek
  • GUSTAFSSON, Ulf
  • HARRIS, Christopher
Agents
  • LUNDBLAD VANNESJÖ, Katarina
Priority Data
08/883,10626.06.1997US
Publication Language English (en)
Filing Language English (EN)
Designated States
Title
(EN) SiC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE COMPRISING A PN-JUNCTION AND A JUNCTION TERMINATION EXTENTION
(FR) DISPOSITIF A SEMI-CONDUCTEUR AU SiC COMPRENANT UNE JONCTION P-N
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Abstract
(EN) A semiconductor device of planar structure, consisting of doped silicon carbide (SiC), comprising a pn junction, formed of a first conducting type layer (1) and on top thereof of a second conducting type layer (2), the edge of the second of said layers being provided with an edge termination (JTE) (3), enclosing stepwise or continuously decreasing effective sheet charge density towards the outer border of the termination, where the pn junction and its JTE are covered by a third layer (4).
(FR) Cette invention concerne un dispositif à semi-conducteur qui possède une structure plane et qui se compose de carbure de silicium dopé (SiC). Ce dispositif comprend une jonction p-n qui se compose d'une couche ayant un premier type de conductivité (1) sur laquelle est formée une deuxième couche ayant un second type de conductivité (2). Le bord de la deuxième couche comprend une borne latérale (JTE) (3), et assure une diminution graduelle ou continue la densité de charge efficace de la plaquette en direction de la limite externe de la borne. La jonction p-n et sa borne JTE sont recouvertes d'une troisième couche (4).
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