Semiconductor device
AssigneesToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Denso Corporation
InventorsToru ONISHI, Sachiko AOI, Yasushi URAKAMI
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Abstract
In an end portion of a trench, an opening where the end portion of the trench is exposed is formed in a lead-out electrode, a side surface of the trench gate electrode on a top surface side of a semiconductor substrate is spaced from a trench side surface, and a range adjacent to a boundary line positioned between a top surface of the semiconductor substrate and the trench side surface is covered with a laminated insulating film configured such that an interlayer insulating film is laminated on a gate insulating film. This makes it possible to prevent dielectric breakdown of an insulating film.
Claims6
A semiconductor device comprising:
- a semiconductor substrate;
- a trench provided on a top surface of the semiconductor substrate;
- a gate insulating film covering an inner surface of the trench;
- a trench gate electrode adjacent to the gate insulating film and accommodated in the trench;
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- a lead-out electrode provided on the top surface so as to extend along the top surface, the lead-out electrode being electrically connected to the trench gate electrode, wherein:
- when the top surface of the semiconductor substrate is planarly viewed, the trench has a linear portion in which a trench side surface extends linearly, and an end portion in which the trench side surface curves, the end portion being positioned on a longitudinal end side of the linear portion;
- when the top surface of the semiconductor substrate is planarly viewed from above, the lead-out electrode covers the end portion and reaches the linear portion;
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- when the top surface of the semiconductor substrate is planarly viewed from above, in an adjacent range in the end portion, the adjacent range being adjacent to a boundary line positioned between the top surface and the trench side surface, the top surface and the trench side surface are covered with the gate insulating film and an interlayer insulating film.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.