Semiconductor device

A semiconductor device comprising:

• a semiconductor substrate having a thickness, wherein the thickness direction of the substrate is a first direction, the semiconductor substrate includes an isolation region, an IGBT region that contacts the isolation region arranged in a second direction along an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate, and a diode region that contacts the isolation region arranged in the second direction along an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate and the IGBT region, the isolation region, the IGBT region, and the diode region being formed in the upper surface of the semiconductor substrate;
• an n-type emitter region, and a p-type body region that extends in the first direction to below the emitter region, the n-type emitter region and the p-type body region being formed in the IGBT region;
• a p-type anode region formed in the diode region;
• a p-type deep region is connected to the body region and the anode region, and extends in the first direction lower than both the body region and the anode region, and is formed in the isolation region;
• an n-type drift region extends across the isolation region, the IGBT region, and the diode region, and that is positioned in the first direction lower than the body region and separated from the emitter region by the body region in the IGBT region, and that is positioned in the first direction lower than the anode region in the diode region, and that is positioned in the first direction lower than the deep region in the isolation region, and is formed inside the semiconductor substrate;
• a gate electrode that opposes, via an insulating film, the body region in an area separating the emitter region from the drift region, and that is formed in the IGBT region;
• and a p-type collector region that extends across the isolation region, the IGBT region and the diode region, and an n-type cathode region positioned in the diode region, the p-type collector region and the n-type cathode region being formed in a lower surface of the semiconductor substrate, wherein
• the emitter region and the body region are formed alternately repeating in the second direction in the upper surface of the semiconductor substrate in the IGBT region;
• and in a region exposed in the upper surface of the semiconductor substrate in the IGBT region, the emitter region is formed along a boundary between the IGBT region and the isolation region that intersects the second direction, in an area contacting the boundary.

A semiconductor device comprising:

• a semiconductor substrate having a thickness, wherein the thickness direction of the substrate is a first direction, the semiconductor substrate includes an isolation region, an IGBT region that contacts the isolation region arranged in a second direction along an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate, and a diode region that contacts the isolation region arranged in the second direction along an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate and the IGBT region, the isolation region, the IGBT region, and the diode region being formed in the upper surface of the semiconductor substrate;
• an n-type emitter region, and a p-type body region that extends in the first direction to below the emitter region, the n-type emitter region and the p-type body region being formed in the IGBT region;
• a p-type anode region formed in the diode region;
• a p-type deep region is connected to the body region and the anode region, and extends in the first direction lower than both the body region and the anode region, and is formed in the isolation region;
• an n-type drift region extends across the isolation region, the IGBT region, and the diode region, and that is positioned in the first direction lower than the body region and separated from the emitter region by the body region in the IGBT region, and that is positioned in the first direction lower than the anode region in the diode region, and that is positioned in the first direction lower than the deep region in the isolation region, and is formed inside the semiconductor substrate;
• a gate electrode that opposes, via an insulating film, the body region in an area separating the emitter region from the drift region, and that is formed in the IGBT region;
• an n-type cathode region is formed in the diode region, in the region exposed on the lower surface of the semiconductor substrate;
• the p-type first collector region is formed in the IGBT region, in the lower surface of the semiconductor substrate;
• and a second collector region having a higher p-type impurity concentration than the first collector region is formed in the isolation region, in the lower surface of the semiconductor substrate.