Abstract: In semiconductor device, a field plate portion having a high concentration p-type semiconductor region, a low concentration p-type semiconductor region having a lower impurity concentration than the high concentration p-type semiconductor region and a high concentration n-type semiconductor region is provided. Then, the high concentration p-type semiconductor region is electrically connected to the source region while the high concentration n-type semiconductor region is electrically connected to the drain region.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a gate dielectric film formed on the semiconductor substrate, a gate electrode formed on the gate dielectric film, a field plate portion which is integrally formed with the gate electrode, a step insulating film in contact with the field plate portion, a high dielectric constant film in contact with the step insulating film and having a higher dielectric constant than silicon.

Abstract: LDMOS having an n-type source region and a drain region formed on an upper surface of a semiconductor substrate, a gate electrode formed on the semiconductor substrate via a gate dielectric film, and a field plate electrode formed on the semiconductor substrate between the gate electrode and the drain region via a dielectric film having a larger film thickness than the gate dielectric film, is formed. Here, the field plate electrode has a larger work function than an n-type semiconductor region formed in the semiconductor substrate directly below the field plate electrode.

Abstract: The source region, drain region, buried insulating film, gate insulating film, and gate electrode of the semiconductor device are formed in a main surface of a semiconductor substrate. The buried insulating film is buried in a first trench formed between the source and drain regions. The first trench has a first side surface and a first bottom surface. The first side surface faces the source region in a first direction extending from one of the source and drain regions to the other. The first bottom surface is connected to the first side surface and is along the main surface of the semiconductor substrate. A crystal plane of a first surface of the semiconductor substrate, which is the first side surface of the first trench, is (111) plane. A crystal plane of a second surface of the semiconductor substrate, which is the bottom surface of the first trench, is (100) plane.

Abstract: A semiconductor substrate includes an n-type substrate region, an n-type first semiconductor region and a second semiconductor region disposed at different positions on the n-type substrate region, an n-type buried layer formed on the n-type first semiconductor region and on the second semiconductor region, a p-type third semiconductor region and a p-type fourth semiconductor region formed on the n-type buried layer and spaced apart from each other, and an n-type fifth semiconductor region that reaches an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate from the n-type buried layer. The n-type buried layer, the n-type first semiconductor region, and the n-type substrate region are present under the p-type third semiconductor region and the n-type fifth semiconductor region. A first transistor is formed in an upper portion of the p-type third semiconductor region, and a second transistor is formed in an upper portion of the p-type fourth semiconductor region.

Abstract: The source region, drain region, buried insulating film, gate insulating film, and gate electrode of the semiconductor device are formed in a main surface of a semiconductor substrate. The buried insulating film is buried in a first trench formed between the source and drain regions. The first trench has a first side surface and a first bottom surface. The first side surface faces the source region in a first direction extending from one of the source and drain regions to the other. The first bottom surface is connected to the first side surface and is along the main surface of the semiconductor substrate. A crystal plane of a first surface of the semiconductor substrate, which is the first side surface of the first trench, is (111) plane. A crystal plane of a second surface of the semiconductor substrate, which is the bottom surface of the first trench, is (100) plane.

Abstract: A reliability of a semiconductor device is ensured, and performance of the device is improved. A semiconductor device including a region 1A and a region 2A includes an n-type semiconductor substrate TS having a front surface BS1, BS2 and a back surface SUB, a IGBT formed on a semiconductor substrate in a region 1A, and a diode formed on the semiconductor substrate SUB in a region 2A. And a thickness T1 of the semiconductor substrate SUB in the region 1A is smaller than a thickness of the semiconductor substrate T2 in the region 2A.

Abstract: There is formed a semiconductor device including, as the uppermost-layer wiring of the multilayer wiring layer, a plurality of first wirings, a second wiring, a plurality of first dummy wirings, a second dummy wiring, and a passivation film covering these wirings. The passivation film is patterned by etching with a photoresist film used as a mask, the plurality of first wirings and the plurality of first dummy wirings close thereto are densely formed, and the second dummy wiring is formed so as to surround a periphery of the second wiring sparsely formed directly above an analog circuit portion.

Abstract: A semiconductor substrate has a surface and a convex portion projecting upward from the surface. An n-type drift region has a portion located in the convex portion. The n?-type drain region has a higher n-type impurity concentration than the n-type drift region, and is arranged in the convex portion and on the n-type drift region such that the n?-type drain region and a gate electrode sandwich the n-type drift region in plan view.

Abstract: An interlayer insulating film has via holes. A sidewall conductive layer is arranged along a sidewall surface of one via hole and contains one or more kinds selected from a group including tungsten, titanium, titanium nitride, tantalum and molybdenum. A second metal wiring layer is embedded in one via hole and contains aluminum. A plug layer is embedded in the other via hole and contains one or more kinds selected from the group including tungsten, titanium, titanium nitride, tantalum and molybdenum.

Abstract: A semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the semiconductor device to achieve both of a high breakdown voltage and a low on resistance are provided. A semiconductor substrate includes a convex portion protruding upward from a surface of the semiconductor substrate. An n-type drift region is arranged on the semiconductor substrate so as to be positioned between a gate electrode and an n+-type drain region in plan view, and has an impurity concentration lower than an impurity concentration of the n+-type drain region. A p-type resurf region is arranged in the convex portion and forms a pn junction with the n-type drift region.

Abstract: The source region, drain region, buried insulating film, gate insulating film, and gate electrode of the semiconductor device are formed in a main surface of a semiconductor substrate. The buried insulating film is buried in a first trench formed between the source and drain regions. The first trench has a first side surface and a first bottom surface. The first side surface faces the source region in a first direction extending from one of the source and drain regions to the other. The first bottom surface is connected to the first side surface and is along the main surface of the semiconductor substrate. A crystal plane of a first surface of the semiconductor substrate, which is the first side surface of the first trench, is (111) plane. A crystal plane of a second surface of the semiconductor substrate, which is the bottom surface of the first trench, is (100) plane.

Abstract: In semiconductor device, a field plate portion having a high concentration p-type semiconductor region, a low concentration p-type semiconductor region having a lower impurity concentration than the high concentration p-type semiconductor region and a high concentration n-type semiconductor region is provided. Then, the high concentration p-type semiconductor region is electrically connected to the source region while the high concentration n-type semiconductor region is electrically connected to the drain region.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a gate dielectric film formed on the semiconductor substrate, a gate electrode formed on the gate dielectric film, a field plate portion which is integrally formed with the gate electrode, a step insulating film in contact with the field plate portion, a high dielectric constant film in contact with the step insulating film and having a higher dielectric constant than silicon.

Abstract: A terrace insulating film (SL) to be overridden by a gate electrode (G) of an nLDMOS device is configured by LOCOS, and a device isolation portion (SS) is configured by STI. Furthermore, on an outermost periphery of an active region where a plurality of nLDMOS devices are formed, a guard ring having the same potential as that of a drain region (D) is provided. And, via this guard ring, the device isolation portion (SS) is formed in a periphery of the active region, thereby not connecting but isolating the terrace insulating film (SL) and the device isolation portion (SS) from each other.

Abstract: A semiconductor device with improved performance. A channel region and a well region having a lower impurity concentration than the channel region are formed in a semiconductor substrate on the source region side of an LDMOS. The channel region partially overlaps a gate electrode in plan view. In the gate length direction of the LDMOS, an end of the well region in the channel region is at a distance from the end of the gate electrode on the source region side of the LDMOS in a manner to be away from the gate electrode.

Abstract: A terrace insulating film (SL) to be overridden by a gate electrode (G) of an nLDMOS device is configured by LOCOS, and a device isolation portion (SS) is configured by STI. Furthermore, on an outermost periphery of an active region where a plurality of nLDMOS devices are formed, a guard ring having the same potential as that of a drain region (D) is provided. And, via this guard ring, the device isolation portion (SS) is formed in a periphery of the active region, thereby not connecting but isolating the terrace insulating film (SL) and the device isolation portion (SS) from each other.

Abstract: An interlayer insulating film has via holes. A sidewall conductive layer is arranged along a sidewall surface of one via hole and contains one or more kinds selected from a group including tungsten, titanium, titanium nitride, tantalum and molybdenum. A second metal wiring layer is embedded in one via hole and contains aluminum. A plug layer is embedded in the other via hole and contains one or more kinds selected from the group including tungsten, titanium, titanium nitride, tantalum and molybdenum.

Abstract: A terrace insulating film (SL) to be overridden by a gate electrode (G) of an nLDMOS device is configured by LOCOS, and a device isolation portion (SS) is configured by STI. Furthermore, on an outermost periphery of an active region where a plurality of nLDMOS devices are formed, a guard ring having the same potential as that of a drain region (D) is provided. And, via this guard ring, the device isolation portion (SS) is formed in a periphery of the active region, thereby not connecting but isolating the terrace insulating film (SL) and the device isolation portion (SS) from each other.

Abstract: A semiconductor device with improved performance. A channel region and a well region having a lower impurity concentration than the channel region are formed in a semiconductor substrate on the source region side of an LDMOS. The channel region partially overlaps a gate electrode in plan view. In the gate length direction of the LDMOS, an end of the well region in the channel region is at a distance from the end of the gate electrode on the source region side of the LDMOS in a manner to be away from the gate electrode.