Claims
- 1. A power switching device comprising:a substrate; an epitaxially grown drift region layer on said substrate; a source region, a drain region and a channel region provided within the drift region layer wherein said channel region is U-shaped and encircles the lower boundary of said source region; an insulating layer over portions of said source, drain, and channel regions; and characterized in that said substrate is a semi-insulating substrate.
- 2. The device of claim 1, wherein said semi-insulating substrate is doped with vanadium.
- 3. An insulated gate field effect transistor, comprising:a semi-insulating silicon carbide substrate; an epitaxial layer of silicon carbide on said semi-insulating substrate for providing a drift region having a first conductivity type and a first polarity; source and drain regions in said silicon carbide epitaxial layer having the same conductivity type and opposite polarity as said drift region; a channel region, provided within said epitaxial layer, of opposite conductivity type than said source, drain and drift regions, wherein said channel region is U-shaped and encircles the lower boundary of said source region; contacts to said epitaxial layer for said source and drain regions; an insulating layer on said epitaxial layer, laterally extending over a portion of said source, channel and drain regions; and a gate contact on said insulating layer, laterally extending over a portion of said source and channel regions.
- 4. The device of claim 3, wherein said source and drain are N+, said channel is P, and said drift region is N−.
- 5. An insulated gate bipolar transistor, comprising:a semi-insulating silicon carbide substrate; an epitaxial layer of silicon carbide on said semi-insulating substrate for providing a drift region having a first conductivity type; source and drain regions in said silicon carbide epitaxial layer having the same conductivity type and opposite polarity as said drift region; a channel region in said silicon carbide epitaxial layer, wherein said channel region is U-shaped and encircles the lower boundary of said source region, and having an opposite conductivity type from said source and drain regions; contacts to said epitaxial layer for said source and drain regions; an insulating layer on said epitaxial layer, laterally extending over a portion of said source, channel, and drain regions; and a gate contact on said insulating layer, laterally extending over a portion of said source and channel regions.
- 6. The device of claim 5, wherein said source is N+, said channel is P, said drain is N+ and said drift region is N−.
- 7. The device of claim 5, wherein said semi-insulating substrate is doped with vanadium.
Parent Case Info
This application claims the benefit of Provisional Application No. 60/050,562, filed Jun. 23, 1997.
Government Interests
This invention was made with support of the Office of Naval Research under ONR Grant No. N00014-95-1-1302. The Government may have certain rights in this invention. The present invention relates generally to semiconductor devices and in particular to high voltage/high power devices fabricated on semi-insulating silicon carbide. For additional background information, including information pertaining to basic semiconductor device elements incorporated in devices of the present invention, reference can be made, for example, to U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,448,081; 5,378,912; and 4,983,538, each of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
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Provisional Applications (1)
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60/050562 |
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