WO2005064685A1 - 半導体装置およびその製造方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a semiconductor device having a so-called super junction structure and a method for manufacturing the same.
- FIG. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a conventional semiconductor device on which a MOS FET is formed (see Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2003-46082).
- a semiconductor layer 54 including an N-type drift layer (one N-type layer) 52 and a P-type layer (P-type single layer) 53 is provided on the N ++ type semiconductor substrate 51.
- the drift layer 52 and the relief layer 53 are arranged so as to alternately and repeatedly appear in a direction parallel to the semiconductor substrate 51, and form a so-called super junction structure.
- a plurality of trenches 55 having a depth reaching the interface between the semiconductor substrate 51 and the semiconductor layer 54 are formed through the semiconductor layer 54 in the thickness direction.
- the plurality of torches 55 each have an inner wall substantially perpendicular to the semiconductor substrate 51 and are formed at substantially equal intervals in parallel with each other.
- the inner wall of the trench 55 is covered with an oxide film 63, and the inside is filled with a buried layer 64 made of polysilicon, a dielectric, or the like.
- Drift layer 52 is arranged along trench 55.
- the relief layer 53 is disposed between a pair of drift layers 52 along each of two adjacent trenches 55.
- the recovery layer 53 is in contact with the drift layer 52 and the semiconductor substrate 51.
- an N-type region 56 is formed on the drift layer 52.
- a P-type base layer 57 is formed so as to be in contact with the N-type region 56.
- An N-type source region 58 is formed in the surface layer of the base layer 57.
- a gate electrode 60 is arranged so as to face the base layer 57 between the N-type region 56 and the source region 58 and the vicinity thereof with the insulating film 59 interposed therebetween.
- a source electrode 61 is formed so as to be in contact with source region 58 and base layer 57.
- a drain electrode 62 is formed on the back surface of the semiconductor substrate 51 (the surface opposite to the surface on which the gate electrode 60 and the source electrode 61 are formed.
- one of the source electrode 61 and the drain electrode 62 is connected to an external load, and a constant voltage is applied between the other of the source electrode 61 and the drain electrode 62 and the external load. Is used in a state where the voltage is applied. This applied voltage gives a reverse bias to the PN junction formed by the recovery layer 53 and the drift layer 52.
- a current can flow between the source electrode 61 and the drain electrode 62 by setting the gate electrode 60 to an appropriate potential (turning the MOSFET ON).
- a channel is formed near the interface with the insulating film 59 in the base layer 57 between the N-type region 56 and the source region 58.
- a current flows to the source electrode 61.
- the recovery layer 53 is also in contact with the semiconductor substrate 51 whose conductivity type is the N ++ type, the reverse layer is formed on the PN junction formed by the drift layer 52 and the recovery layer 53.
- the depletion layer spreads from the interface between the relief layer 53 and the semiconductor substrate 51 into the relief layer 53 and the semiconductor substrate 51.
- An object of the present invention is to provide a semiconductor device capable of improving withstand voltage.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device capable of improving a breakdown voltage.
- a semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type, a drift layer of the first conductivity type, which is provided on the semiconductor substrate, and a second conductivity type resonator different from the first conductivity type. And a semiconductor layer having a super junction structure formed by alternately arranging one layer in a lateral direction parallel to the semiconductor substrate.
- the recessed layer is formed along an inner side wall of a trench penetrating the semiconductor layer, and the drift layer is provided so that the recessed layer does not have a contact portion with the semiconductor substrate.
- a separation region interposed between the RESURF layer and the semiconductor substrate.
- the interface between the drift layer and the Lisafu layer (hereinafter simply referred to as “interface”).
- the depletion layer spreads out to the drift layer and the relief layer.
- this semiconductor device can have a certain withstand voltage (for example, several hundred V).
- the drift layer and the RESURF layer appear alternately (repeatedly) in a direction parallel to the semiconductor substrate.
- the drift layer also exists between the relief layer and the semiconductor substrate, and the relief layer does not directly contact the semiconductor substrate. That is, the same drift layer, that is, a semiconductor portion having a substantially uniform impurity concentration, exists between the RESURF layer and the semiconductor substrate and between the RESURF layer and the trench or another adjacent LISAF layer. ing.
- the depletion layer can spread evenly from the interface.
- the depletion layer can spread from the interface to the trench side (in a direction parallel to the semiconductor substrate) opposed to the drift layer and the semiconductor substrate side (semiconductor substrate) opposed to the drift layer. (Perpendicular to the direction). Therefore, there is no portion in the depletion layer where the electric field is stronger than the other portions, so that current does not easily flow through the interface.
- this semiconductor device can have a higher breakdown voltage (for example, 200 V to 100 V) than the conventional semiconductor device.
- the RESURF layer is formed along the inner wall of the trench penetrating the semiconductor layer, in the manufacturing process of this semiconductor device, the inner wall of the trench has impurities of the second conductivity type (control to the second conductivity type). ), And the recovery layer can be easily formed.
- the resurf layer may be formed along an inner wall on one side in the width direction of the trench, and in this case, the drift layer may be formed on an inner wall on the other side different from the one side of the trench. May be formed along.
- the lateral width of a portion sandwiched between the trench and the relief layer is substantially equal to the vertical width of the isolation region along the depth direction of the trench. They may be equal.
- the width in the horizontal direction of the portion sandwiched between the resurf layer and the trench is the vertical width of the isolation region (the width between the resurf layer and the semiconductor substrate). Is approximately equal to As a result, the depletion layer can spread from the interface into the drift layer with the same width on the adjacent trench side and semiconductor layer side. Therefore, the strength of the electric field in the depletion layer can be made uniform at all times. Withstand pressure is high.
- the RESURF layer may be formed along inner side walls on both sides in the width direction of the trench.
- the width in the lateral direction of a portion sandwiched between two adjacent RESURF layers is substantially twice as large as the width in the vertical direction along the depth direction of the trench in the isolation region. You may.
- the width in the horizontal direction of the portion sandwiched between two adjacent relief layers is the vertical width of the isolation region (the width between the resurf layer and the semiconductor substrate). ) Is almost twice as large as As a result, the depletion layer can spread from the interface into the drift layer with the same width on the adjacent resurf layer (trench) side and the semiconductor substrate side. Therefore, the strength of the electric field in the depletion layer can always be made uniform, so that the breakdown voltage of this semiconductor device is high.
- the semiconductor device may include a base region of the second conductivity type formed to be in contact with the drift layer and the relief layer, and a base region formed to be in contact with the base region; And a source region of the first conductivity type separated from the RESURF layer, and a gate electrode opposed to a pace region between the source region and the drift layer with a gate insulating film interposed therebetween. You may have it.
- an appropriate voltage is applied between the source region and the semiconductor substrate (drain region) to set a gate electrode to a predetermined potential (turn the semiconductor device on).
- a channel can be formed in a region near the gate insulating film between the source region and the drift layer. This allows a current to flow between the source region and the semiconductor substrate.
- This semiconductor device has a so-called planar type in which a drift layer, a base region, and a source region are arranged in a direction parallel to a semiconductor substrate near a portion where a base region and a gate electrode face each other. It may be. Further, in this semiconductor device, a gate electrode is arranged in a trench formed vertically to a semiconductor substrate, and a drift layer and a base region are formed. , And the source region may be a so-called trench gate type in which the source region and the source region are arranged in the depth direction of the trench near the opposing portion between the base region and the gate electrode.
- the method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes the step of forming a drift layer of the first conductivity type on a semiconductor substrate of the first conductivity type and a second conductivity type different from the first conductivity type.
- the drift layer may be composed of the remainder of the semiconductor layer after the formation of the relief layer.
- the trench in the step of introducing impurities into the trench, does not have a depth reaching the semiconductor substrate, so that impurities of the second conductivity type are adjacent to the semiconductor substrate in the semiconductor layer. It is not introduced to the department. As a result, a relief layer separated from the semiconductor substrate by the drift layer (remaining semiconductor layer) is obtained.
- the step of introducing impurities into the trench may include an implantation step of implanting the impurity of the second conductivity type into a surface layer portion of the semiconductor layer exposed on an inner side wall of the trench.
- the thermal diffusion step of diffusing the impurity implanted into the semiconductor layer into the semiconductor layer by heating the semiconductor substrate after the implantation step is performed. May be formed.
- the implantation step may be performed after the first trench formation step and before the second trench formation step, and the heat spreading step may be performed after the second trench formation step, for example. .
- the step of introducing impurities into the trench is performed on one of the inner side walls of the trench in the width direction of the trench.
- the step of introducing impurities into the trench may include a step of introducing an impurity of the second conductivity type into inner walls on both sides in the width direction among inner walls of the trench. This makes it possible to obtain a relief layer formed along the inner side walls on both sides in the width direction of the trench.
- the step of introducing impurities into the trench includes a thermal diffusion step, by controlling the conditions for heating the semiconductor substrate (for example, temperature and heating time), the drift layer is provided with a trench or a trench. O The width in the horizontal direction of the portion sandwiched between other layers
- the method of manufacturing a semiconductor device is a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising the steps of: providing a drift layer of the first conductivity type on a semiconductor substrate of the first conductivity type; and a second conductivity type different from the first conductivity type.
- This manufacturing method includes a step of forming the first conductivity type semiconductor layer on the first conductivity type semiconductor substrate, a step of forming a trench penetrating the semiconductor layer and reaching the semiconductor substrate, In order to form the second conductivity type of the relief layer in a region along the inner wall of the trench, the semiconductor layer exposed on the inner wall of the trench is doped with the impurity of the second conductivity type inside the trench. Implanting impurities into the trench such that the reach to the wall is limited to an area shallower than the depth of the semiconductor substrate in the depth direction of the trench.
- the impurity of the second conductivity type is implanted on the inner side wall of the trench so as to reach a region shallower than the depth where the semiconductor substrate exists in the depth direction of the trench, and the resource layer is formed. It is formed.
- a relief layer separated from the semiconductor substrate by the drift layer is obtained.
- the drift layer may be made up of the remainder of the semiconductor layer after the formation of the relief layer.
- the step of introducing impurities into the trench may include a step of introducing an impurity of the second conductivity type only into the inner side wall on one side in the width direction among the inner side walls of the trench. A step of introducing a second conductivity type impurity may be included.
- the angle (inclination angle) at which impurities of the second conductivity type are implanted into the inner wall of the trench By controlling the angle (inclination angle) at which impurities of the second conductivity type are implanted into the inner wall of the trench, a portion of the drift layer of the manufactured semiconductor device sandwiched between the recovery layer and the semiconductor substrate. (Separation area) can be controlled in the vertical direction.
- the conditions for heating the semiconductor substrate for example, the temperature and the heating time
- the width in the horizontal direction of the portion sandwiched between the other layers are controlled so that the drift layer and the recessed or adjacent trench are formed in the drift layer.
- the method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes the steps of: introducing the second conductivity type impurity into the surface of the semiconductor layer to form the second conductivity type base region that is in contact with the LISAF layer; A step of introducing the impurity of the first conductivity type into the base region to form a source region of the first conductivity type separated from the drift layer and the RESURF layer by the remainder of the base region; Forming a gate insulating film opposing the base region between the substrate and the drift layer; and interposing the gate insulating film therebetween, and opposing the base region between the source region and the drift layer. Forming a gate electrode.
- FIG. 1 is an illustrative sectional view showing the structure of the semiconductor device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- 2 (a) to 2 ( ⁇ ) are schematic cross-sectional views for explaining a method for manufacturing the semiconductor device of FIG.
- FIG. 3 is an illustrative sectional view for explaining another method for manufacturing the semiconductor device of FIG.
- FIG. 4 is an illustrative sectional view showing the structure of the semiconductor device according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a conventional semiconductor device in which a MOS FET is formed.
- FIG. 1 is an illustrative sectional view showing the structure of a semiconductor device 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- a semiconductor layer 13 having a so-called super junction structure is provided on a silicon substrate 2 having a conductivity type of N + and forming a drain region.
- the semiconductor layer 13 includes a drift layer 3 having an N- conductivity type and a recovery layer 9 having a P- conductivity type.
- the drift layer 3 and the recovery layer 9 are formed of a silicon substrate 2. They are arranged so that they appear alternately (repeatedly) in the horizontal direction parallel to.
- a plurality of trenches 4 having a depth penetrating the semiconductor layer 13 and reaching the silicon substrate 2 are formed substantially in parallel with each other.
- the trench 4 has an inner wall substantially perpendicular to the silicon substrate 2 and extends in a direction perpendicular to the plane of FIG. That is, the length direction of the trench 4 is a direction perpendicular to the paper surface of FIG. 1, and the width direction of the trench 4 is a direction parallel to the paper surface of FIG. 1 and parallel to the silicon substrate 2.
- trenches 4 Although only two trenches 4 are shown in FIG. 1, more trenches 4 are formed in the semiconductor device 1, and these trenches 4 are formed at substantially equal intervals.
- An oxide silicon film 5 is formed along the inner wall of the trench 4, and the inside of the trench 4 is filled with polysilicon 6.
- the relief layer 9 is formed along the same inner wall on one side in the width direction of each trench 4. In other words, the relief layer 9 is formed between two adjacent trenches 4 and close to one of the trenches 4 and is in contact with the silicon oxide film 5.
- the drift layer 3 is formed between the two adjacent relief layers 9 (between the relief layer 9 and the trench 4) and along the inner wall on the other side of the trench 4. They are formed in parallel.
- the drift layer 3 is further formed under the recovery layer 9 (the silicon substrate 2 and the recovery layer 9). Between). That is, the relief layer 9 and the silicon substrate 2 are separated from each other by the drift layer 3, and the relief layer 9 is not in contact with the silicon substrate 2.
- drift layer 3 a portion 3 H sandwiched between the relief layer 9 and the trench 4 and a portion sandwiched between the relief layer 9 and the silicon layer 2 (drain region) (hereinafter, “isolation”) It is called “area.” 3) ⁇ is continuous. Width D t lateral RESURF layer 9 and the portion 3 sandwiched between the trenches 4 Eta is substantially equal to the vertical width D 2 along the depth direction of the isolation region 3 V of the trench 4.
- the drift layer 3 has a substantially uniform impurity concentration, and the portion 3 H sandwiched between the relief layer 9 and the trench 4 and the isolation region 3 ⁇ have substantially the same impurity concentration.
- the trench In the vicinity of the surface of the semiconductor layer 13 (the surface opposite to the silicon substrate 2 side), the trench is placed on one side of the trench 4 (the side on which the relief layer 9 is formed close to).
- a source region 7 having a conductivity type of ⁇ + is formed near 4.
- a base region 8 whose conductivity type is 3 is formed between the source region 7 and the drift layer 3, the relief layer 9, and the silicon oxide film 5.
- a gate electrode 10 is arranged near the surface of the semiconductor layer 13 so as to face the base region 8 between the drift layer 3 and the source region 7 and the nearby drift layer 3 and base region 7. I have.
- Gate electrode 10 is made of polysilicon which has been made conductive by the introduction of impurities.
- the periphery of the gate electrode 10 is covered with the silicon oxide film 11. Therefore, the gate electrode 10 and the base region 8 are separated by the oxidized silicon film 11.
- a source electrode 12 made of aluminum is formed so as to cover the surface of silicon substrate 2 on which drift layer 3 and recovery layer 9 are formed.
- Source electrode 12 is electrically connected to source region 7 and base region 8.
- drain electrode 14 is formed on the back surface of silicon substrate 2 (the surface opposite to source electrode 12).
- the semiconductor device 1 has a state in which one of the source electrode 12 and the drain electrode 14 is connected to an external load and the other of the source electrode 12 and the drain electrode 14 is connected to the external load.
- a certain voltage for example, several hundred V
- This applied voltage gives a reverse bias to the PN junction formed by the resurf layer 9 and the drift layer 3.
- the reverse bias for example, 2 V
- the reverse bias for example, 2 V
- the reverse bias for example, 2 V
- the reverse bias divided by the external load and the on-resistance of the MOSFET is applied to the PN junction formed by the recovery layer 9 and the drift layer 3.
- the resulting depletion layer spreads only slightly, leaving a carrier (electron) path in the drift layer 3.
- a current flows between the source electrode 12 and the drain electrode 14 via a portion of the drift layer 3 that is not depleted.
- the semiconductor device 1 when the semiconductor device 1 is in the off state, that is, when the gate electrode 10 is not set to the predetermined potential, no channel is formed and no current flows through the MOSFET.
- the power supply voltage is directly applied as a reverse bias to the PN junction formed by the first layer 9.
- the depletion layer immediately spreads from the interface S into the drift layer 3 and the recovery layer 9.
- the depletion layer spreads from the interface S to the trench 4 opposite to the drift layer 3 and to the silicon substrate 2 opposite to the drift layer 3.
- the width of the width D 2 and Lisa monounsaturated layer 9 of the drift layer 3 is thin, be higher impurity concentration of the drift layer 3, the drift layer 3 and Lisa monounsaturated layer 9 is easily depleted completely Become Further, the on-resistance can be reduced by increasing the impurity concentration of the drift layer 3 forming a part of the conductive path in the on state.
- the depletion layer in the drift layer 3 from the field surface S can be spread at the same width adjacent trenches 4 side and the silicon substrate 2 side. Therefore, the intensity of the electric field in the depletion layer can always be made uniform, and no strong electric field is generated locally. Therefore, current does not easily flow through the interface S, so that the semiconductor device 1 has a high withstand voltage.
- the semiconductor device 1 can have a withstand voltage of about 200 V to 1000 V. For example, even if the semiconductor device 1 has a withstand voltage of 600 V, the on-resistance can be reduced to about one fifth of the conventional semiconductor device.
- 2 (a), 2 (b), 2 (c), 2 (d), and 2 (e) are schematic diagrams for explaining a method of manufacturing the semiconductor device 1 shown in FIG. It is sectional drawing.
- an epitaxial layer 15 having a conductivity type of N ⁇ is formed on a silicon substrate 2 having a conductivity type of N +, and corresponds to the trench 4 of the semiconductor device 1 on the epitaxial layer 15.
- a hard mask 21 having an opening 21a at a predetermined position is formed.
- the hard mask 21 is made of, for example, silicon nitride or silicon nitride.
- the epitaxial layer 15 is dry-etched (for example, reaction or reactive ion etching) through the opening 21 a of the hard mask 21 to have a depth halfway in the thickness direction of the epitaxial layer 15. Then, a trench 22 that does not reach the silicon substrate 2 is formed (first trench forming step).
- the distance between the bottom of the trench 22 and the silicon substrate 2 is equal to the vertical width of the isolation region 3v (the recovery layer 9 and the silicon substrate 2 (drain region)) in the drift layer 3 of the semiconductor device 1.
- the width of the sandwiched portion) D 2 (see Fig. 1).
- the width of the trench 22 is, for example, about 2 zm, and the depth of the trench 22 is, for example, about 40 zm.
- impurity ions for controlling to the P-type are implanted into the epitaxial layer 15 exposed on the inner surface of the trench 22 through the opening 21 a of the hard mask 21.
- the ions are directed to the inner wall perpendicular to the width direction of the trench 4 (the direction parallel to the plane of FIG. 2 and parallel to the silicon substrate 2). It is driven so as to make a predetermined angle (inclination angle).
- the angle between the inner wall of trench 4 (the normal direction of silicon substrate 2) and the direction in which ions are implanted is, for example, 1.5 ° to 2 °.
- a P-type impurity is implanted into a thin region corresponding to the base region 8 near the surface of the epitaxial layer 15 through the opening of the resist film to form a second implanted region 24. After that, the resist film is removed. This state is shown in Fig. 2 (c).
- the silicon substrate 2 having undergone the above steps is heated to a predetermined temperature, and the P-type impurities in the first and second implanted regions 23 and 24 diffuse into the epitaxial layer 15. Is done. As a result, the RESURF layer 9 and the base region 8 are formed. The remainder of the epi layer 15 becomes the drift layer 3. This state is shown in Fig. 2 (d).
- a resist film (not shown) having an opening formed at a position corresponding to the source region 7 is formed on the drift layer 3 and the base region 8.
- An impurity for controlling N-type is implanted into a thin region corresponding to the source region 7 near the surface of the base region 8 through the opening of the resist film, and a third implantation region into which the impurity is implanted is introduced. Is formed.
- the resist film is removed, the silicon substrate 2 having undergone the above steps is heated to a predetermined temperature, and the N-type impurities in the third implantation region are diffused into the base region 8.
- source region 7 is formed. This state is shown in Fig. 2 (e).
- the silicon substrate 2 having undergone the above steps is heated to a predetermined temperature, and the exposed surface, that is, the inner surface of the trench 4 and the surfaces of the drift layer 3, the base region 8, and the source region 7 are thermally oxidized.
- the film is formed to form an oxidized film.
- a film made of polysilicon (polysilicon film) is formed on the oxide film, and the polysilicon film is made conductive by impurity implantation.
- portions of the oxide film other than the portion above the trench 4 and the periphery of the gate electrode 10 outside the trench 4 are removed.
- the portion inside the trench 4 becomes the polysilicon 6 and the portion outside the trench 4 becomes the gate electrode 10.
- the one inside the trench 4 becomes the silicon oxide film 5 and the one outside the trench 4 becomes the silicon oxide film 11 covering the periphery of the gate electrode 10.
- a source electrode 12 and a drain electrode 14 are respectively formed on the side of the silicon substrate 2 on which the source region 7 has been formed and on the side opposite to the above, to obtain the semiconductor device 1 shown in FIG. Can be
- the trench 22 does not have a depth reaching the silicon substrate 2. Is not introduced into the epitaxial layer 15 adjacent to the silicon group 2. Therefore, a relief layer 9 separated from the silicon substrate 2 by the drift layer 3 is obtained.
- the vertical width of the isolation region 3 v (the recovery layer 9 and the silicon substrate 2) in the drift layer 3 of the semiconductor device 1 is controlled.
- Width between (drain region)) D 2 can be controlled.
- the conditions for heating the silicon substrate 2 for example, the temperature and the heating time
- the lateral width of the portion 3 H of the drift layer 3 sandwiched between the relief layer 9 and the trench 4 ( The width between the relief layer 9 and the trench 4) can be controlled.
- FIG. 3 is an illustrative sectional view for explaining another method of manufacturing the semiconductor device 1.
- parts corresponding to those shown in FIGS. 2 (a) to 2 (e) are denoted by the same reference numerals as in FIGS. 2 (a) to 2 (e), and description thereof is omitted.
- the silicon substrate 2 is formed through the opening 2 la of the hard mask 21.
- the arrow in Figure 3 As shown by B, P-type impurity ions are implanted so as to form a predetermined angle (a slight inclination angle) with the inner wall perpendicular to the width direction of the trench 4 (along the length direction).
- the first implantation region 23 is formed only in the region of the inner wall of the trench 4 which is shallower than a certain depth. it can.
- the semiconductor device 1 in which the relief layer 9 and the silicon substrate 2 are separated by the drift layer 3 can also be obtained by the above manufacturing method.
- the formation range of the first implanted region 23 is controlled by controlling the angle between the inner wall of the trench 4 and the direction in which the ions are implanted, thereby limiting the reach of the ions on the inner wall of the trench 4. it can. Therefore, the drift layer 3 of the semiconductor device 1 can control the D 2 (the width between the Lisa monounsaturated layer 9 and the silicon substrate 2 (drain region)) longitudinal width of the isolation region 3 V.
- FIG. 4 is an illustrative sectional view showing the structure of the semiconductor device according to the second embodiment of the present invention. 4, parts corresponding to the respective parts shown in FIG. 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals as in FIG. 1, and description thereof will be omitted.
- a relief layer 9 is formed along inner walls on both sides in the width direction of the trench 4.
- the drift layer 3 extends under the portion 3 H interposed between the relief layers 9 formed along the trenches 4 and under the respective relief layers 9. And a separation region 3v separating the resource layer 9 from the silicon substrate 2 (drain region). Therefore, the relief layer 9 does not contact the silicon substrate 2 in any part.
- the width in the horizontal direction of the portion 3 H interposed between the adjacent resurf layers 9 (the width between two adjacent resurf layers 9) D 3 is approximately twice as large as D 4 in the vertical direction along the depth direction of the trench 4 of the isolation region 3 v (the width between the relief layer 9 and the silicon substrate 2 (drain region)). I have.
- the semiconductor device 31 similarly to the semiconductor device 1, a channel is formed in the base region 8 when in the ON state, and a current can flow between the source electrode 12 and the drain electrode 14.
- a large reverse bias voltage is applied to the PN junction formed by the drift layer 3 and the recovery layer 9 when the semiconductor device 31 is off, the drift layer 3 and the recovery layer 9 A depletion layer spreads from the interface S with the layer 9 to the drift layer 3 and the relief layer 9. Thereby, the drift layer 3 and the RESURF layer 9 can be completely depleted.
- width D 4 width! By making it approximately twice as large as 3, the depletion layer can spread from the interface S into the drift layer 3 with the same width on the other side of the LISAF layer 9 and the silicon substrate 2 side. Therefore, the electric field intensity in the depletion layer can always be made uniform, so that the withstand voltage of the semiconductor device 31 is high.
- the semiconductor device 31 can be manufactured by a method similar to the method of manufacturing the semiconductor device 1 (see FIGS. 2A to 2E and FIG. 3). At this time, in the step of implanting P-type impurity ions into the inner wall of the trench 22 or the trench 4 (see FIG. 2A or FIG. 3), the ions are slightly applied to the inner wall of the trench 4.
- the semiconductor device When viewed from the direction perpendicular to the silicon substrate 2 and having an inclined angle, the semiconductor device can be implanted in two directions along the width direction of the trenches 2 2 and 4 (perpendicular to the length direction). As a result, an ion implantation region (first implantation region 23) can be formed on the inner side walls on both sides in the width direction of the trenches 2 2, 4. The P-type impurity can be diffused into the epitaxial layer 15 to form the recovery layer 9.
- the present invention can be implemented in other forms.
- the diffusion of the P-type impurity from the first implantation region 23 to the epitaxial layer 15 and the diffusion of the P-type impurity from the second implantation region 24 to the epitaxial layer 15 are performed.
- the diffusion of P-type impurities is performed at the same time, these need not be performed simultaneously.
- diffusion of a P-type impurity from the first implantation region 23 to the epitaxial layer 15 is performed immediately after the formation of the first implantation region 23.
- the formation of the second implantation region 24 and the diffusion of the P-type impurity from the second implantation region 24 to the epitaxial layer 15 may be separately performed later.
- the relief layer 9 may also be formed on the inner side walls at both ends in the longitudinal direction of the trench 4. In other words, the relief layer 9 may be formed over the entire inner wall of the trench 4.
- the P-type impurity forms a slight inclination angle with respect to the inner wall of the trench 4 and is perpendicular and parallel to the width direction of the trenches 2 2 and 4 when viewed from the direction perpendicular to the silicon substrate 2.
- an implantation region can be formed on all the inner side walls of the trench 4, and a P-type impurity is diffused from the implantation region into the epitaxial layer 15 by a subsequent heating step to recover the impurity.
- One layer 9 can be formed.
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