Semiconductor device, power conversion device using same, and manufacturing method for semiconductor device

Abstract

A semiconductor device has both low conduction loss and low switching loss, and uniformity of heat generation during operation. The semiconductor device has high and low conduction regions in one semiconductor chip, and includes: in the low conduction region, a first carrier control gate connected to a first gate electrode, and a switching gate connected to a second gate electrode controllable independently of the first gate electrode; and in the high conduction region, a second carrier control gate connected to a third gate electrode. In the semiconductor device, of the first carrier control gate and the switching gate, the first carrier control gate is placed at an end portion of the low conduction region on a boundary side with the high conduction region, and a concentration of carriers that can be accumulated at conduction time is lower in the low conduction region than in the high conduction region.

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