Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a first die pad; a second die pad; a first semiconductor element on the first die pad; a second semiconductor element on the second die pad; an insulating element electrically connected to the first semiconductor element and the second semiconductor element and electrically insulating the first and second semiconductor elements from each other; a sealing resin covering the first semiconductor element, the second semiconductor element and the insulating element; and a support member on which the insulating element is mounted, where the support member includes an insulating portion containing a resin. The first die pad and the second die pad are spaced apart from each other in a first direction orthogonal to a thickness direction of the first semiconductor element. The support member is supported by at least one of the first die pad, the second die pad and the sealing resin.

Abstract: An isolator includes an insulation layer and a capacitor embedded in the insulation layer. The capacitor includes: a first electrode portion arranged in the insulation layer and connected to a first pad; a second electrode portion arranged in the insulation layer and connected to a second pad; and an intermediate electrode portion arranged in the insulation layer and not connected to the first electrode portion and the second electrode portion. The intermediate electrode portion includes a first intermediate layer, a second intermediate layer, and a connector connecting the first intermediate layer and the second intermediate layer. The capacitor is formed by coupling the first electrode portion and the second electrode portion through the intermediate electrode portion.

Abstract: An isolation transformer includes an insulation layer and a transformer. The transformer includes a first coil and a second coil embedded in the insulation layer. The first coil and the second coil are opposed to each other in a thickness-wise direction of the insulation layer. The first coil and the second coil include non-overlapping portions that do not overlap each other in the thickness-wise direction of the insulation layer.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a chip, a drain region, a source region formed at the surface layer portion of the main surface at a distance from the drain region, a channel inversion region formed on a side of the source region between the drain region and the source region in the surface layer portion of the main surface, a drift region formed in a region between the drain region and the channel inversion region in the surface layer portion of the main surface, a gate insulating film having a first portion that covers the channel inversion region on the main surface and a second portion that covers the drift region on the main surface, and a gate electrode having a first electrode portion covering the first portion and a second electrode portion led out from the first electrode portion onto second portion so as to partially expose second portion.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type, a first semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type formed on the semiconductor substrate and having a first conductivity type impurity concentration higher than that of the semiconductor substrate, a second semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type formed above the first semiconductor layer, a first device region formed in the second semiconductor layer and configured to operate based on a first reference voltage, a second device region formed in the second semiconductor layer and configured to operate based on a second reference voltage, the second device region being spaced apart from the first device region, and a region isolation structure interposed between the first and second device regions and formed in a region extending from a front surface of the second semiconductor layer to the first semiconductor layer so as to electrically isolate the first and second device regions from each other.

Abstract: Provided is a gate driver that applies a gate voltage to a gate of a switching element, the gate driver including a low voltage circuit that operates when a first voltage is applied, a high voltage circuit that operates when a second voltage is applied, and an insulating chip, in which the insulating chip includes a substrate, an insulating layer, a first insulating element including a first conductor and a second conductor embedded into the insulating layer and arranged to face each other, and a second insulating element including a third conductor and a fourth conductor embedded into the insulating layer and arranged to face each other, and the low voltage circuit and the high voltage circuit are connected through the first insulating element and the second insulating element connected to each other in series and are configured to transmit signals through the first and second insulating elements.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type, a second semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type embedded in the semiconductor layer, a first trench and a second trench formed in the semiconductor layer such that the first trench and the second trench penetrate the second semiconductor layer, a first insulating film formed on at least a side surface of the first trench, a second insulating film formed on at least a side surface of the second trench, a first sinker layer of the second conductivity type formed in a first portion of the semiconductor layer, a second sinker layer of the second conductivity type formed in the first portion of the semiconductor layer, a diode impurity region of the first conductivity type which is formed on the first surface of the semiconductor layer and forms a Zener diode by pn junction between the first sinker layer and the diode impurity region, a first wiring electrically connected to the diode impurity region, and a second wiring

Abstract: An electronic component includes a first insulating layer, a high-voltage electrode formed on the first insulating layer, a low-voltage electrode formed on the first insulating layer so as to be spaced from the high-voltage electrode, and an uneven structure formed in a region between the high-voltage electrode and the low-voltage electrode along a surface of the first insulating layer.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type, a first semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type formed on the semiconductor substrate and having a first conductivity type impurity concentration higher than that of the semiconductor substrate, a second semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type formed above the first semiconductor layer, a first device region formed in the second semiconductor layer and configured to operate based on a first reference voltage, a second device region formed in the second semiconductor layer and configured to operate based on a second reference voltage, the second device region being spaced apart from the first device region, and a region isolation structure interposed between the first and second device regions and formed in a region extending from a front surface of the second semiconductor layer to the first semiconductor layer so as to electrically isolate the first and second device regions from each other.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type, a second semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type embedded in the semiconductor layer, a first trench and a second trench formed in the semiconductor layer such that the first trench and the second trench penetrate the second semiconductor layer, a first insulating film formed on at least a side surface of the first trench, a second insulating film formed on at least a side surface of the second trench, a first sinker layer of the second conductivity type formed in a first portion of the semiconductor layer, a second sinker layer of the second conductivity type formed in the first portion of the semiconductor layer, a diode impurity region of the first conductivity type which is formed on the first surface of the semiconductor layer and forms a Zener diode by pn junction between the first sinker layer and the diode impurity region, a first wiring electrically connected to the diode impurity region, and a second wiring

Abstract: An electronic component includes a first insulating layer, a high-voltage electrode formed on the first insulating layer, a low-voltage electrode formed on the first insulating layer so as to be spaced from the high-voltage electrode, and an uneven structure formed in a region between the high-voltage electrode and the low-voltage electrode along a surface of the first insulating layer.

Abstract: A semiconductor device of the present invention includes a semiconductor layer, a source region and a drain region formed in a surface of the semiconductor layer, both having a first conductivity type, a plurality of gate trenches each formed so as to extend across the source region and the drain region, in a plan view observed in a direction of a normal to the surface of the semiconductor layer, a channel region of a first conductivity type made of the semiconductor layer sandwiched by the gate trenches adjacent to each other, having a channel length along a direction extending from the drain region to the source region, and a gate electrode buried in the gate trench via a gate insulating film, and the channel region has a thickness in the plan view not more than two times a width of a depletion layer to be generated due to a built-in potential between the channel region and the gate electrode.

Abstract: A semiconductor device of the present invention includes a semiconductor layer in which a gate trench is formed, a gate insulating film formed along an inner surface of the gate trench, a gate electrode that is buried in the gate trench through the gate insulating film and that has a lower electrode and an upper electrode that are separated upwardly and downwardly from each other with an intermediate insulating film between the lower electrode and the upper electrode, and a gate contact that is formed in the gate trench so as to pass through the upper electrode and through the intermediate insulating film and so as to reach the lower electrode and that electrically connects the lower electrode and the upper electrode together.

Abstract: A semiconductor device of the present invention includes a semiconductor layer in which a gate trench is formed, a gate insulating film formed along an inner surface of the gate trench, a gate electrode that is buried in the gate trench through the gate insulating film and that has a lower electrode and an upper electrode that are separated upwardly and downwardly from each other with an intermediate insulating film between the lower electrode and the upper electrode, and a gate contact that is formed in the gate trench so as to pass through the upper electrode and through the intermediate insulating film and so as to reach the lower electrode and that electrically connects the lower electrode and the upper electrode together.

Abstract: A semiconductor device of the present invention includes a semiconductor layer in which a gate trench is formed, a gate insulating film formed along an inner surface of the gate trench, a gate electrode that is buried in the gate trench through the gate insulating film and that has a lower electrode and an upper electrode that are separated upwardly and downwardly from each other with an intermediate insulating film between the lower electrode and the upper electrode, and a gate contact that is formed in the gate trench so as to pass through the upper electrode and through the intermediate insulating film and so as to reach the lower electrode and that electrically connects the lower electrode and the upper electrode together.

Abstract: A semiconductor device of the present invention includes a semiconductor layer, a source region and a drain region formed in a surface of the semiconductor layer, both having a first conductivity type, a plurality of gate trenches each formed so as to extend across the source region and the drain region, in a plan view observed in a direction of a normal to the surface of the semiconductor layer, a channel region of a first conductivity type made of the semiconductor layer sandwiched by the gate trenches adjacent to each other, having a channel length along a direction extending from the drain region to the source region, and a gate electrode buried in the gate trench via a gate insulating film, and the channel region has a thickness in the plan view not more than two times a width of a depletion layer to be generated due to a built-in potential between the channel region and the gate electrode.

Abstract: A double diffusion MOSFET is disclosed which comprises: a drain region 13 of an N-type semiconductor layer formed on a semiconductor substrate 11; a body region 15 of a P-type semiconductor region formed in the drain region 13; an N-type source region 16 formed in the body region 15; and a gate electrode 21 formed on a surface of the body region 15, wherein the drain region 13 contains N+ type drain contact regions 18 and P+ type regions 19 such that those are put at an equal potential.

Abstract: On the surface of an n-type semiconductor layer as a drain region (1), a plurality of body regions (2) formed by p-type diffusion regions are formed regularly. And within each of the body regions (2), an n-type source region (3) is formed with a certain interval from the periphery, and a gate electrode (5) is provided through a gate oxide film (4) on the surface of a channel region (8) between the source region (3) and the drain region (1), and a drain electrode (7) is formed through a contact region (9) on the drain region (drain cell) (1) surrounded by the plurality of body regions (2). And the body region (2) is formed as an octagon on the plane, and the drain cell (1) is formed as a quadrilateral on the plane. As a result, a semiconductor device is obtained which has a lateral DMOS with an increased gate width per unit area that can increase the withstand voltage.