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Class 257/E21.384 - With recessed gate (EPO)


Subclass of Class 257 - Active solid-state devices (e.g., transistors, solid-state diodes)
Definition: This subclass is indented under subclass E21.383. This
No. of patents: 113
Last issue date: 10/14/2008


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NumberTitleIssue Date
7435628Method of forming a vertical MOS transistor
A vertical MOS transistor has a source region, a channel region, and a drain region that are vertically stacked, and a trench that extends from the top surface of the drain region through the drain region, the channel region, and partially into the source region. Th...
10/14/2008
7436017Semiconductor integrated circuit using a selective disposable spacer
Methods of manufacturing a semiconductor integrated circuit using selective disposable spacer technology and semiconductor integrated circuits manufactured thereby: The method includes forming a plurality of gate patterns on a semiconductor substrate. Gap regions be...
10/14/2008
7388255Semiconductor device having separation region
A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor substrate; a separation region in the substrate; an embedded layer; a channel forming region; a source region; a drain region; a first electrode for the source region; a second electrode for the channel forming region...
06/17/2008
7361557Insulated gate type semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same
In an insulated-gate type semiconductor device in which a gate-purpose conductive layer is embedded into a trench which is formed in a semiconductor substrate, and a source-purpose conductive layer is provided on a major surface of the semiconductor substrate, a por...
04/22/2008
7335555Buried-contact solar cells with self-doping contacts
A buried-contact solar cell, in-process buried-contact solar cell components and methods for making buried contact solar cells wherein a self-doping contact material is placed in a plurality of buried-contact surface grooves. By combining groove doping and metalliza...
02/26/2008
7271068Method of manufacture of semiconductor device
A power MISFET, which has a desired gate breakdown voltage, can be manufactured will controlling an increase in parasitic capacitance. After depositing a polycrystalline silicon film on a substrate and embedding groove portions in the polycrystalline silicon film by...
09/18/2007
7250345Insulated gate transistor
A semiconductor device of the present invention is provided with a power device which has a semiconductor substrate having a first main surface and a second main surface that are opposed to each other and an insulating gate structure on the first main surface side, ...
07/31/2007
7199019Method for forming tungsten contact plug
A method for forming a tungsten contact plug of a semiconductor device including depositing an insulating layer on a semiconductor substrate, etching the insulating layer to form a contact hole, which exposes a conductive region, forming a barrier layer on the semic...
04/03/2007
7189621Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same
Described is a method for fabricating a semiconductor device having an FET of a trench-gate structure obtained by disposing a conductive layer, which will be a gate, in a trench extended in the main surface of a semiconductor substrate, wherein the upper surface of ...
03/13/2007
7189617Manufacturing method for a recessed channel array transistor and corresponding recessed channel array transistor
The present invention relates to a manufacturing method for a recessed channel array transistor and a corresponding recessed channel array transistor. In one embodiment, the present invention uses a self-adjusting spacer on the substrate surface to provide the requi...
03/13/2007
6696323Method of manufacturing semiconductor device having trench filled up with gate electrode
In a semiconductor device, a p-type base region is provided in an n- -type substrate to extend from a principal surface of the substrate in a perpendicular direction to the principal surface. An n+ -type source region extends in the ...
02/24/2004
6683343High voltage semiconductor device having two buffer layer
In an IGBT, an n buffer layer is formed under an n- high resistance layer in which a MOS gate structure is formed. An n+ buffer layer is formed between the n buffer layer and a p+ drain layer. Since the p+ drain...
01/27/2004
6673681Process for forming MOS-gated power device having segmented trench and extended doping zone
A process for constructing a trench MOS-gated device includes: forming in a semiconductor substrate an extended trench that comprises an upper segment and a bottom segment, wherein the bottom segment has a lesser width relative to a greater width of the t...
01/06/2004
6670658Power semiconductor element capable of improving short circuit withstand capability while maintaining low on-voltage and method of fabricating the same
In a p-type base layer of a trench IGBT comprising a p-type collector layer, an n-type base layer formed on the p-type collector layer, the p-type base layer formed on the n-type base layer, and an n-type emitter layer formed on the surface of the p-type ...
12/30/2003
6670244Method for fabricating a body region for a vertical MOS transistor arrangement having a reduced on resistivity
A method is provided for fabricating a body region of a first conduction type for a vertical MOS transistor configuration in a semiconductor body such that the body region has a reduced resistivity without a corresponding reduction in the breakdown voltag...
12/30/2003
6660591Trench-gate semiconductor devices having a channel-accommodating region and their methods of manufacture
Compact trench-gate semiconductor devices, for example a cellular power MOSFET with sub-micron pitch (Yc), are manufactured with self-aligned techniques that use sidewall spacers (52) in different ways. Thereby, the source region (13) and a contact window...
12/09/2003
6661054Semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same
A gate electrode is provided to fill up a trench while covering its opening. Assuming that WG represents the diameter (sectional width) of a head portion of the gate electrode located upward beyond a P-type base layer and an...
12/09/2003
6642600Insulated gate semiconductor device having first trench and second trench connected to the same
A second trench (105b) is formed inside a semiconductor layer (102), penetrating a base layer (103) and moreover extends along a second direction (D2) while being connected to one end portion of each first portion (P1) of a first trench (105a) extending a...
11/04/2003
6638826Power MOS device with buried gate
An MOS power device a substrate comprises an upper layer having an upper surface and an underlying drain region, a well region of a first conductance type disposed in the upper layer over the drain region, and a plurality of spaced apart buried gates, eac...
10/28/2003
6630711Semiconductor structures with trench contacts
Semiconductor structures such as the trench and planar MOSFETs (UMOS), trench and planar IGBTs and trench MCTs using trenches to establish a conductor. Improved control of the parasitic transistor in the trench MOSFET is also achieved and cell size and pi...
10/07/2003
6630389Method for manufacturing semiconductor device
In a trench-gate type power MOSFET in which a gate electrode is formed on a gate oxide layer formed on a surface of a wall defining a trench, the trench is annealed by heating, for example, at the temperature between 1050° C. and 1150° C. in a hydrogen ...
10/07/2003
6620669Manufacture of trench-gate semiconductor devices
A vertical power transistor trench-gate semiconductor device has an active area (100) accommodating transistor cells and an inactive area (200) accommodating a gate electrode (25) (FIG. 6). While an n-type layer (14) suitable for drain regions still exten...
09/16/2003
6610572Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same
A semiconductor device is provided which can be manufactured even by using an inexpensive FZ wafer in a wafer process and still has a sharp inclination of a high impurity concentration in a high impurity concentration layer at the outermost portion of the...
08/26/2003
6605858Semiconductor power device
A p type base layer is formed in one surface region of an n type base layer. An n type emitter layer is formed in a surface region of the p type base layer. An emitter electrode is formed on the n type emitter layer and the p type base layer. A trench is ...
08/12/2003
6566691Semiconductor device with trench gate having structure to promote conductivity modulation
An IGBT has a p-emitter layer and p-base layer, which are arranged on both sides of an n-base layer. A pair of main trenches are formed to extend through the p-base layer and reach the n-base layer. In a current path region interposed between the main tre...
05/20/2003
6541818Field-effect transistor configuration with a trench-shaped gate electrode and an additional highly doped layer in the body region
A field effect transistor configuration with a trench gate electrode and a method for producing the same. An additional highly doped layer is provided in the body region under the source. The layer is used for influencing the conductibility of the source ...
04/01/2003
6538280Trenched semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same
In a trenched MOS gate power device having a trenched MOS gate structure, a gate insulating film is formed on the walls of trenches to extend onto a major surface of a semiconductor substrate, and gates are formed so as to fill up the trenches and to exte...
03/25/2003
6534367Trench-gate semiconductor devices and their manufacture
Compact trench-gate semiconductor devices, for example a cellular power MOSFET with sub-micron pitch (Yc), are manufactured with self-aligned techniques that use sidewall spacers (52) in different ways. The trench-gate (11) is accommodated in a narrow tre...
03/18/2003
6525375Semiconductor device having trench filled up with gate electrode
In a semiconductor device, a p-type base region is provided in an n- -type substrate to extend from a principal surface of the substrate in a perpendicular direction to the principal surface. An n+ -type source region extends in the ...
02/25/2003
6525373Power semiconductor device having trench gate structure and method for manufacturing the same
A power semiconductor device having a trench gate structure in which it is possible to reduce the number of required masks and to improve its characteristics, and a method for manufacturing the same, includes a semiconductor substrate and a semiconductor ...
02/25/2003
6521498Manufacture or trench-gate semiconductor devices
The manufacture of a vertical power transistor trench-gate semiconductor device in which the source regions (13) are self-aligned to the trench-gate structures (20,17,11) including the steps of forming a mask (61) on a surface (10a) of a semiconductor bod...
02/18/2003
6521538Method of forming a trench with a rounded bottom in a semiconductor device
In a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, first, a trench is formed on a semiconductor substrate by anisotropic etching, and a reaction product is produced and deposited on the inner wall of the trench during the anisotropic etching. Then, iso...
02/18/2003
6518624Trench-gate power semiconductor device preventing latch-up and method for fabricating the same
A trench-gate power semiconductor device and a method for fabricating the same are provided. The trench-gate power semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type used as a collector region, a buffer layer of a second ...
02/11/2003
6518129Manufacture of trench-gate semiconductor devices
The manufacture of a trench-gate semiconductor device, for example a power transistor or a memory device includes the steps of forming at a surface (10a) of a semiconductor body (10) a first mask (51) having a first window (51a), providing a thin layer of...
02/11/2003
6498071Manufacture of trench-gate semiconductor devices
In the manufacture of a trench-gate semiconductor device, for example a MOSFET or an IGBT, a starting semiconductor body (10) has two top layers (13, 15) provided for forming the source and body regions. Gate material (11') is provided in a trench (20) wi...
12/24/2002
6495871Power semiconductor element capable of improving short circuit withstand capability while maintaining low on-voltage and method of fabricating the same
In a p-type base layer of a trench IGBT comprising a p-type collector layer, an n-type base layer formed on the p-type collector layer, the p-type base layer formed on the n-type base layer, and an n-type emitter layer formed on the surface of the p-type ...
12/17/2002
6482701Integrated gate bipolar transistor and method of manufacturing the same
A method of manufacturing a trench gate type IGBT element, which can sufficiently round off a corner at a bottom of a trench with restricting silicon from being excessively etched. A trench is formed at a surface of a P+ -type monocrystalline s...
11/19/2002
6469345Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same
A trench-gate type transistor has a gate insulating film formed on an inner wall of a trench. The gate insulating film is composed of a first portion disposed on a side wall portion of the trench and a second portion disposed on upper and bottom portions ...
10/22/2002
6455379Power trench transistor device source region formation using silicon spacer
A power trench MOS-gated transistor is constructed with a buried gate to source dielectric inside a gate trench region. In the innovative device, a thick oxide (grown or deposited) is used to define the height of the trench walls. A body region is initial...
09/24/2002
6448139Manufacturing method of semiconductor device
A semiconductor substrate has a trench for forming a gate insulation film and a gate electrode therein, or an insulated isolation isolating a semiconductor element like a transistor from other elements. The trench is formed by anisotropic dry etching. Aft...
09/10/2002
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