Power semiconductor devices and methods of manufacture

A Challa, A Elbanhawy, SP Sapp, PH Wilson… - US Patent …, 2008 - Google Patents
Various embodiments for improved power devices as well as their methods of manufacture,
packaging and circuitry incorporating the same for use in a wide variety of power electronic …

Reliability and performance limitations in SiC power devices

R Singh - Microelectronics reliability, 2006 - Elsevier
Despite silicon carbide's (SiC's) high breakdown electric field, high thermal conductivity and
wide bandgap, it faces certain reliability challenges when used to make conventional power …

Nitride semiconductor laser device

T Kozaki, M Sano, S Nakamura… - US Patent 7,496,124, 2009 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A nitride semiconductor laser device has an improved stabil ity of the lateral
mode under high output power and a longer lifetime, so that the device can be applied to …

Vertical gain cell

L Forbes - US Patent 7,241,658, 2007 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A high density vertical gain cell is realized for memory operation. The gain
cell includes a vertical MOS transistor used as a sense transistor having a floating body …

Dual trench power MOSFET

S Sapp - US Patent 6,710,403, 2004 - Google Patents
In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a MOSFET includes a first
semiconductor region of a first conductivity type, a gate trench which extends into the first …

Memory cell having a vertical transistor with buried source/drain and dual gates

WP Noble, L Forbes, KY Ahn - US Patent 6,150,687, 2000 - Google Patents
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Power semiconductor devices and methods of manufacture

A Challa - US Patent 7,638,841, 2009 - Google Patents
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Methods of making power semiconductor devices with thick bottom oxide layer

A Challa, A Elbanhawy, DE Probst, SP Sapp… - US Patent …, 2012 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device having a charge
control trench and an active control trench with a thick oxide bottom includes forming a drift …

Commercial impact of silicon carbide

R SIngh, MIE PEchT - IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Evolutionary improvements in silicon (Si) power devices through better device designs,
processing techniques, and material quality have led to great advancements in power …

Method of forming trench gate field effect transistor with recessed mesas

S Sapp, H Yilmaz, CL Rexer, D Calafut - US Patent 7,504,306, 2009 - Google Patents
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