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本発明にかかる半導体装置は、ワイドバンドギャップ半導体を用いて構成される。実施の形態においては、ワイドバンドギャップ半導体として例えば炭化珪素(SiC)を用いて作製(製造)された炭化珪素半導体装置について、トレンチ型MOSFET50を例に説明する。図1は、実施の形態にかかる炭化珪素半導体装置の構造を示す断面図である。
実施の形態にかかる炭化珪素半導体装置の製造方法は、以下のような方法で作成できる。ここでは、1200Vの耐圧クラスのトレンチ型MOSFETを作製する場合を例に説明する。まず、例えば2.0×1019/cm3の不純物濃度となるように窒素(N)などのn型不純物(ドーパント)をドーピングした炭化珪素単結晶のn+型炭化珪素基板(半導体ウエハ)1を用意する。n+型炭化珪素基板1のおもて面は、例えば<11-20>方向に4度程度のオフ角を有する(0001)面であってもよい。次に、n+型炭化珪素基板1のおもて面に、例えば1.0×1016/cm3の不純物濃度となるように窒素などのn型不純物をドーピングしたn-型炭化珪素層2を例えば10μmの厚さでエピタキシャル成長させる。
2、102 n-型炭化珪素層
3 p+型ベース領域
3a、103a 下部p+型ベース領域
3b、103b 上部p+型ベース領域
4 n型ウェル領域
5 n型領域
6、106 p型ベース層
6a p++型コンタクト領域が設けられない第1領域
6b p++型コンタクト領域が設けられない第2領域
6c p++型コンタクト領域が設けられない第3領域
7 n+型ソース領域
8、108 p++型コンタクト領域
9 ゲート絶縁膜
10 ゲート電極
11 層間絶縁膜
12 ソース電極
13 ソース電極パッド
14 ドレイン電極
15 トレンチ
16、116 HTO膜
17、117 ポリシリコン
17a ゲートパッド部と深さ方向に対向するポリシリコン
17b ゲート電極パッドと深さ方向に対向するポリシリコン
17c ゲートパッド部と深さ方向に対向するポリシリコンの端部
17d ゲート電極パッドと深さ方向に対向するポリシリコンの端部
18、118 層間絶縁膜
19、119 ゲート電極パッド
19a、119a 接続部
20 活性領域
22a、22b、22c、122a、122b、122c コンタクトホール
23、123 ゲートパッド部
24、124 金属膜
25 ゲートランナー
26 ソースパッド部
30 エッジ終端領域
31 段差
32 JTE構造
33 n+型半導体領域
40 炭化珪素基体
50 トレンチ型MOSFET
51 プレーナ型MOSFET
121 フィールド酸化膜
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- 第1導電型の炭化珪素半導体基板と、
前記炭化珪素半導体基板のおもて面に設けられた、前記炭化珪素半導体基板より低不純物濃度の第1導電型の第1半導体層と、
前記第1半導体層の、前記炭化珪素半導体基板側に対して反対側の表面層に選択的に設けられた第2導電型の第2半導体層と、
前記第2半導体層の、前記炭化珪素半導体基板側に対して反対側の表面層に選択的に設けられた第1導電型の第1半導体領域と、
前記第2半導体層の、前記炭化珪素半導体基板側に対して反対側の表面層に選択的に設けられた、前記第2半導体層より高不純物濃度の第2導電型の第2半導体領域と、
前記第1半導体領域と前記第1半導体層とに挟まれた前記第2半導体層の表面上の少なくとも一部にゲート絶縁膜を介して設けられたゲート電極と、
前記第1半導体領域と前記第2半導体領域の表面に設けられた第1電極と、
前記炭化珪素半導体基板の裏面に設けられた第2電極と、
前記ゲート電極とゲート電極配線を介して電気的に接続されたゲートパッド部と、
を備え、
前記ゲートパッド部は、ゲート電極パッドと、前記ゲート電極パッドと前記ゲート電極配線とを電気的に接続する接続部と、から構成され、
前記接続部と深さ方向に対向する領域に、前記第2半導体領域が設けられない第1領域と、
前記ゲート電極パッドの角部と深さ方向に対向する領域に、前記第2半導体領域が設けられない第2領域と、
を有し、
前記第2半導体領域、前記第1領域および前記第2領域の表面上に前記ゲート絶縁膜と同じ酸化膜が設けられることを特徴とする炭化珪素半導体装置。 - 前記第1領域の幅は、前記接続部と深さ方向に対向する領域に設けられた第1ポリシリコン層の幅以上であることを特徴とする請求項1に記載の炭化珪素半導体装置。
- 前記第1領域の幅は、前記第1ポリシリコン層の端部より20μm以下広げられていることを特徴とする請求項2に記載の炭化珪素半導体装置。
- 前記第2領域の幅は、前記ゲート電極パッドと深さ方向に対向する領域に設けられた第2ポリシリコン層の端部を中心に10μm以上40μm以下であることを特徴とする請求項1~3のいずれか一つに記載の炭化珪素半導体装置。
- 前記第1領域および前記第2領域は、前記第2半導体層と同じ導電型で、同じ不純物濃度であることを特徴とする請求項1~4のいずれか一つに記載の炭化珪素半導体装置。
- 前記ゲート電極パッドの周辺部と深さ方向に対向する領域に、前記第2半導体領域が設けられない第3領域をさらに有し、前記酸化膜は、前記第3領域の表面上にも設けられることを特徴とする請求項1~5のいずれか一つに記載の炭化珪素半導体装置。
- 前記酸化膜の厚さは、50nm以上150nm以下であることを特徴とする請求項1~6のいずれか一つに記載の炭化珪素半導体装置。
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