Patents by Inventor Christian Kampen

Christian Kampen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11145745
    Abstract: A method for producing a semiconductor component includes: providing a semiconductor body having a first dopant of a first conductivity type; forming a first trench in the semiconductor body starting from a first side; filling the first trench with a semiconductor filler material; forming a superjunction structure by introducing a second dopant of a second conductivity type into the semiconductor body, the semiconductor filler material being doped with the second dopant; forming a second trench in the semiconductor body starting from the first side; and forming a trench structure in the second trench.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Till Schloesser, Christian Kampen, Andreas Meiser
  • Patent number: 10985245
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a semiconductor device including a first planar field effect transistor cell and a second planar field effect transistor cell. The first planar field effect transistor cell and the second planar field effect transistor cell are electrically connected in parallel and each include a drain extension region between a channel region and a drain terminal at a first surface of a semiconductor body. A gate electrode of the first field effect transistor cell is electrically connected to a source terminal, and a gate electrode of the second field effect transistor cell is connected to a gate terminal that is electrically isolated from the source terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Andreas Meiser, Christian Kampen
  • Publication number: 20200027969
    Abstract: A method for producing a semiconductor component includes: providing a semiconductor body having a first dopant of a first conductivity type; forming a first trench in the semiconductor body starting from a first side; filling the first trench with a semiconductor filler material; forming a superjunction structure by introducing a second dopant of a second conductivity type into the semiconductor body, the semiconductor filler material being doped with the second dopant; forming a second trench in the semiconductor body starting from the first side; and forming a trench structure in the second trench.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: Till Schloesser, Christian Kampen, Andreas Meiser
  • Patent number: 10453915
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor body having a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type and a semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type on the substrate. A trench structure extends into the semiconductor body from a first surface and includes a gate electrode and at least one field electrode arranged between the gate electrode and a bottom side of the trench structure. A body region adjoins the trench structure and laterally extends from a transistor cell area into an edge termination area. A pn junction is between the body region and semiconductor layer. A doping concentration of at least one of the body region and semiconductor layer is lowered at a lateral end of the pn junction in the edge termination area compared to a doping concentration of the at least one of the body region and semiconductor layer at the pn junction in the transistor cell area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Andreas Meiser, Karl-Heinz Bach, Christian Kampen, Dietmar Kotz, Andrew Christopher Graeme Wood, Markus Zundel
  • Publication number: 20190189742
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a semiconductor device including a first planar field effect transistor cell and a second planar field effect transistor cell. The first planar field effect transistor cell and the second planar field effect transistor cell are electrically connected in parallel and each include a drain extension region between a channel region and a drain terminal at a first surface of a semiconductor body. A gate electrode of the first field effect transistor cell is electrically connected to a source terminal, and a gate electrode of the second field effect transistor cell is connected to a gate terminal that is electrically isolated from the source terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Andreas Meiser, Christian Kampen
  • Patent number: 10205019
    Abstract: One embodiment of a semiconductor device includes a fin at a first side of a semiconductor body, a body region of a second conductivity type in at least a part of the fin, a drain extension region of a first conductivity type, a source region and a drain region of the first conductivity type, a source contact in contact with the source region, and a gate structure adjoining opposing walls of the fin. The source contact extends along a vertical direction along the source region. The source contact includes a conductive material and is disposed in a trench in the semiconductor body, adjacent to the source region. The body region and the drain extension region are arranged one after another between the source region and the drain region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies Austria AG
    Inventors: Andreas Meiser, Christian Kampen
  • Publication number: 20180286944
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor body having a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type and a semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type on the substrate. A trench structure extends into the semiconductor body from a first surface and includes a gate electrode and at least one field electrode arranged between the gate electrode and a bottom side of the trench structure. A body region adjoins the trench structure and laterally extends from a transistor cell area into an edge termination area. A pn junction is between the body region and semiconductor layer. A doping concentration of at least one of the body region and semiconductor layer is lowered at a lateral end of the pn junction in the edge termination area compared to a doping concentration of the at least one of the body region and semiconductor layer at the pn junction in the transistor cell area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Andreas Meiser, Karl-Heinz Bach, Christian Kampen, Dietmar Kotz, Andrew Christopher Graeme Wood, Markus Zundel
  • Patent number: 9960268
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a drift region of a device structure arranged in a semiconductor layer. The drift region includes at least one first drift region portion and at least one second drift region portion. A majority of dopants within the first drift region portion are a first species of dopants having a diffusivity less than a diffusivity of phosphor within the semiconductor layer. Further, a majority of dopants within the second drift region portion are a second species of dopants. Additionally, the semiconductor device includes a trench extending from a surface of the semiconductor layer into the semiconductor layer. A vertical distance of a border between the first drift region portion and the second drift region portion to the surface of the semiconductor layer is larger than 0.5 times a maximal depth of the trench and less than 1.5 times the maximal depth of the trench.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Markus Zundel, Christian Kampen, Jacob Tillmann Ludwig
  • Patent number: 9812563
    Abstract: A transistor cell includes, in a semiconductor body, a drift region of a first doping type, a source region of the first doping type, a body region of a second doping type, and a drain region of the first doping type. The body region is arranged between the source and drift regions. The drift region is arranged between the body and drain regions. A gate electrode is adjacent the body region and dielectrically insulated from the body region by a gate dielectric, and a field electrode is dielectrically insulated from the drift region by a field electrode dielectric. The drift region includes an avalanche region having a higher doping concentration than sections of the drift region adjacent the avalanche region and which is spaced apart from the field electrode dielectric in a direction perpendicular to the current flow direction. The field electrode is arranged in a needle-shaped trench.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Ralf Siemieniec, Markus Zundel, Karl-Heinz Bach, Franz Hirler, Christian Kampen, Werner Schustereder
  • Patent number: 9698228
    Abstract: Disclosed is a transistor device. The transistor device includes a plurality of field structures which define a plurality of semiconductor mesa regions in a semiconductor body, and each of which comprises a field electrode and a field electrode dielectric; a plurality of gate structures in each semiconductor mesa region, wherein each gate structure comprises a gate electrode and a gate dielectric, and is arranged in a trench of the semiconductor mesa region; a plurality of body regions, a plurality of source regions, and a drift region. Each body region adjoins the gate dielectric of at least one of the plurality of gate structures, and is located between one of the plurality of source regions and the drift region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Christian Kampen, Markus Zundel
  • Publication number: 20170110572
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a drift region of a device structure arranged in a semiconductor layer. The drift region includes at least one first drift region portion and at least one second drift region portion. A majority of dopants within the first drift region portion are a first species of dopants having a diffusivity less than a diffusivity of phosphor within the semiconductor layer. Further, a majority of &pants within the second drift region portion are a second species of dopants. Additionally, the semiconductor device includes a trench extending from a surface of the semiconductor layer into the semiconductor layer. A vertical distance of a border between the first drift region portion and the second drift region portion to the surface of the semiconductor layer is larger than 0.5 times a maximal depth of the trench and less than 1.5 times the maximal depth of the trench.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Markus Zundel, Christian Kampen, Jacob Tillmann Ludwig
  • Publication number: 20160365441
    Abstract: A transistor cell includes, in a semiconductor body, a drift region of a first doping type, a source region of the first doping type, a body region of a second doping type, and a drain region of the first doping type. The body region is arranged between the source and drift regions. The drift region is arranged between the body and drain regions. A gate electrode is adjacent the body region and dielectrically insulated from the body region by a gate dielectric, and a field electrode is dielectrically insulated from the drift region by a field electrode dielectric. The drift region includes an avalanche region having a higher doping concentration than sections of the drift region adjacent the avalanche region and which is spaced apart from the field electrode dielectric in a direction perpendicular to the current flow direction. The field electrode is arranged in a needle-shaped trench.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Inventors: Ralf Siemieniec, Markus Zundel, Karl-Heinz Bach, Franz Hirler, Christian Kampen, Werner Schustereder
  • Publication number: 20160268425
    Abstract: One embodiment of a semiconductor device includes a fin at a first side of a semiconductor body, a body region of a second conductivity type in at least a part of the fin, a drain extension region of a first conductivity type, a source region and a drain region of the first conductivity type, a source contact in contact with the source region, and a gate structure adjoining opposing walls of the fin. The source contact extends along a vertical direction along the source region. The source contact includes a conductive material and is disposed in a trench in the semiconductor body, adjacent to the source region. The body region and the drain extension region are arranged one after another between the source region and the drain region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Andreas Meiser, Christian Kampen
  • Publication number: 20160181417
    Abstract: Disclosed is a transistor device. The transistor device includes a plurality of field structures which define a plurality of semiconductor mesa regions in a semiconductor body, and each of which comprises a field electrode and a field electrode dielectric; a plurality of gate structures in each semiconductor mesa region, wherein each gate structure comprises a gate electrode and a gate dielectric, and is arranged in a trench of the semiconductor mesa region; a plurality of body regions, a plurality of source regions, and a drift region. Each body region adjoins the gate dielectric of at least one of the plurality of gate structures, and is located between one of the plurality of source regions and the drift region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Christian Kampen, Markus Zundel
  • Patent number: 9356148
    Abstract: One embodiment of a semiconductor device includes a fin at a first side of a semiconductor body, a body region of a second conductivity type in at least a part of the fin, a drain extension region of a first conductivity type, a source region and a drain region of the first conductivity type, a source contact in contact with the source region, the source contact extending along a vertical direction along the source region, and a gate structure adjoining opposing walls of the fin. The body region and the drain extension region are arranged one after another between the source region and the drain region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies Austria AG
    Inventors: Andreas Meiser, Christian Kampen
  • Patent number: 9269592
    Abstract: A transistor is formed by forming a ridge including a first ridge portion and a second ridge portion in a semiconductor substrate, the ridge extending along a first direction, forming a source region, a drain region, a channel region, a drain extension region and a gate electrode adjacent to the channel region, in the ridge, doping the channel region with dopants of a first conductivity type, and doping the source region and the drain region with dopants of a second conductivity type. Forming the drain extension region includes forming a core portion doped with the first conductivity type in the second ridge portion, and forming the drain extension region further includes forming a cover portion doped with the second conductivity type, the cover portion being formed so as to be adjacent to at least one or two sidewalls of the second ridge portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Andreas Meiser, Franz Hirler, Christian Kampen
  • Publication number: 20150206975
    Abstract: One embodiment of a semiconductor device includes a fin at a first side of a semiconductor body, a body region of a second conductivity type in at least a part of the fin, a drain extension region of a first conductivity type, a source region and a drain region of the first conductivity type, a source contact in contact with the source region, the source contact extending along a vertical direction along the source region, and a gate structure adjoining opposing walls of the fin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventors: Andreas Meiser, Christian Kampen
  • Patent number: 9006811
    Abstract: One embodiment of a semiconductor device includes a fin on a first side of a semiconductor body. The semiconductor device further includes a body region of a second conductivity type in at least a part of the fin. The semiconductor device further includes a drain extension region of a first conductivity type, a source and a drain region of the first conductivity type, and a gate structure adjoining opposing walls of the fin. The body region and the drain extension region are arranged one after another between the source region and the drain region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies Austria AG
    Inventors: Andreas Meiser, Christian Kampen
  • Publication number: 20140363940
    Abstract: A transistor is formed by forming a ridge including a first ridge portion and a second ridge portion in a semiconductor substrate, the ridge extending along a first direction, forming a source region, a drain region, a channel region, a drain extension region and a gate electrode adjacent to the channel region, in the ridge, doping the channel region with dopants of a first conductivity type, and doping the source region and the drain region with dopants of a second conductivity type. Forming the drain extension region includes forming a core portion doped with the first conductivity type in the second ridge portion, and forming the drain extension region further includes forming a cover portion doped with the second conductivity type, the cover portion being formed so as to be adjacent to at least one or two sidewalls of the second ridge portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Andreas Meiser, Franz Hirler, Christian Kampen
  • Patent number: 8847311
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a transistor, formed in a semiconductor substrate having a first main surface. The transistor includes a channel region, doped with dopants of a first conductivity type, a source region, a drain region, the source and the drain region being doped with dopants of a second conductivity type different from the first conductivity type, a drain extension region, and a gate electrode adjacent to the channel region. The channel region is disposed in a first portion of a ridge. The drain extension region is disposed in a second portion of the ridge, and includes a core portion doped with the first conductivity type. The drain extension region further includes a cover portion doped with the second conductivity type, the cover portion being adjacent to at least one or two sidewalls of the second portion of the ridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Andreas Meiser, Franz Hirler, Christian Kampen