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Title:
A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE COMPRISING AN INSULATED GATE FIELD TRANSISTOR CONNECTED ON SERIES WITH A HIGH VOLTAGE FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2019/177529
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
A semiconductor device, comprising an insulated gate field effect transistor (1) connected in series with a field effect transistor(2), FET,wherein the FET (2) comprises several parallel conductive layers(n1-n5, p1-p4), and wherein a substrate (11) of first conductivity type is arranged as the basis for the semiconductor device, stretching under both transistors (1, 2), a first layer of a second conductivity type (n1)is arranged stretching over the substrate (11), wherein on top of this first layer (n1) are arranged several conductive layers with channels formed by several of the first conductivity type doped epitaxial layers (n2-n4) with layers of a first conductivity type (p1-p4) on both sides, wherein the uppermost layer (n5)of the device being substantially thicker than the directly underlying several parallel conductive layers(p1-p4, n1-n4), and that the field effect transistor (2), JFET, is isolated with deep poly trenches of first conductivity type, DPPT, (22) on the source side of the JFET, and the insulated gate field effect transistor (1) is isolated with deep poly trenches of the first conductivity type, DPPT, (22, 23) on both sides, and a further isolated region (5) comprising logics and analogue control functions is isolated with deep poly trenches of the first conductivity type, DPPT, (23, 24) on both sides.

Inventors:
EKLUND KLAS-HÅKAN (SE)
VESTLING LARS (SE)
Application Number:
PCT/SE2019/050229
Publication Date:
September 19, 2019
Filing Date:
March 14, 2019
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Assignee:
K EKLUND INNOVATION (SE)
International Classes:
H01L29/772
Foreign References:
US20170222043A12017-08-03
US20110241083A12011-10-06
US20020105028A12002-08-08
US20090166672A12009-07-02
US20020132406A12002-09-19
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
NORÉNS PATENTBYRÅ AB (SE)
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Claims:
Claims

1. A semiconductor device, comprising: an insulated gate field effect transistor (1), IGFET, connected in series with a high voltage field effect transistor (2), JFET,

wherein the JFET (2) comprises several parallel conductive layers (nl-n5, pl-p4), characterised in that

a substrate (11) of first conductivity type is arranged as the basis for the semiconductor device, stretching under both transistors (1, 2),

a first layer of a second conductivity type (nl) is arranged stretching over the substrate (11), wherein on top of this first layer (nl) are arranged several conductive layers with channels formed by several of the second conductivity type doped epitaxial layers (n2-n4) with layers of a first conductivity type (pl-p4) on both sides,

wherein the uppermost layer (n5) of the device being substantially thicker than the directly underlying several parallel conductive layers (pl-p4, nl-n4),

and that the field effect transistor (2), JFET, is isolated with deep poly trenches of first con ductivity type, DPPT, (22) on the source side of the JFET,

and that the insulated gate field effect transistor (1) is isolated with deep poly trenches of the first conductivity type, DPPT, (22, 23) on both sides,

and that a further isolated region (5) comprising logics and analogue control functions is isolated with deep poly trenches of the first conductivity type, DPPT, (23, 24) on both sides.

2. A semiconductor device according to claim 1,

characterised in that

the uppermost conductive layer (n5) has a buried layer of the first conductivity type forming a gate layer (px, 17) at the surface of the device.

3. A semiconductor device according to claim 1 or 2,

characterised in that the layers (17) comprising doped gates of the first conductivity type (px, pl-p4) on the side close to the JFET source (18) comprise shielding areas (17”) with a higher doping than in the other part of the layers (17) comprising the doped gates.

4. A semiconductor device according to any one of the preceding claims,

cha racterised in that

the first layer of the second conductivity type (nl) arranged stretching over the substrate (11) on its on its side close to the JFET source (18) is provided with a shielding layer (29) of the first conductivity type blocking any current from the first layer of the second conductiv ity type (nl) to reach the source (18) via a deep poly trench of the second conductivity type, DNPT (21).

5. A semiconductor device according to any one of the preceding claims,

cha racterised in that

openings (30, 17', 30) are arranged in the source connection region (21) allowing all gate layers (17) to contact the deep poly trench DPPT (22).

6. A semiconductor device according to claim 3 and 5,

cha racterised in that

a finger (17') of the first conductivity type is arranged stretching through the opening (30, 17', 30) in the source connection region (21) connecting the shielding area (17”) with the deep poly trench DPPT (22).

7. A semiconductor device according to claim 3 and 5,

cha racterised in that

a finger (17') of the DPPT material is arranged stretching through the opening (30, 17', 30) in the source connection region (21) connecting the deep poly trench DPPT (22) with the shielding area (17”).

8. A semiconductor device according to any one of the preceding claims,

cha racterised in that the substrate (11) is connected to the DPPT's (22-24) to act as a second gate for the first layer of the second conductivity type (nl).

9. A semiconductor device according to any one of the preceding claims,

characterised in that

the of the first conductivity type doped gates are epitaxially formed layers (pl-p4).

10. A semiconductor device according to any one of claims 1 - 8,

characterised in that

the of the first conductivity type doped gates (pi and p2) are ion-implantation formed layers in the of the second conductivity type doped epitaxial layer (Nl) creating conductive layers (nl and n2), and then the same procedure has been repeated after deposition of the fol lowing of the second conductivity type doped epitaxial layers (N2-N5).

11. A semiconductor device according to any one of the preceding claims,

characterised in that

channel layers (nl-n5) on a drain side (19) of the JFET (2) are connected together with a deep n-poly trench, DNPT, (20), and that the channel layers (nl-n5) on a source side (18) of the JFET (2) are connected together with a deep n-poly trench, DNPT, (21).

12. A semiconductor device according to any one of the preceding claims,

characterised in that

a drain contact (16) of the insulated gate field effect transistor (1) is electrically contacted to a source contact (18) of the field effect transistor, JFET, (2).

13. A semiconductor device according to any one of the preceding claims,

characterised in that

the insulated gate field effect transistor (1) is a MOS transistor (1).

14. A semiconductor device according to any one of the preceding claims,

characterised in that an integrated high speed Schottky diode is connected in parallel between a DNPT (21) and the DPPT (22), which is implemented on the source side of the JFET by contacting an n- channel layer (27) with Schottky metal (28) which is isolated from the MOS transistor (1). 15. A semiconductor device according to claim 11,

c h a r a c t e r i s e d in that

the device is a latch-free LIGBT, in which the doping of the drain (19) of the JFET (2) has been changed from second conductivity type to first conductivity type, creating a lateral PNP transistor, in which the base of the PNP is fed by the MOS transistor (1).

16. A semiconductor device, comprising: an insulated gate field effect transistor (1), IGFET, connected in series with a high voltage field effect transistor (2), JFET,

wherein the JFET (2) comprises several parallel conductive layers (nl-n5, pl-p4), c h a r a c t e r i s e d in that

a substrate (11) of first conductivity type is arranged as the basis for the semiconductor device, stretching under both transistors (1, 2),

a first layer of a second conductivity type (nl) is arranged stretching over the substrate (11), wherein on top of this first layer (nl) are arranged several conductive layers with channels formed by several of the first conductivity type doped epitaxial layers (n2-n4) with layers of a first conductivity type (pl-p4) on both sides,

wherein the uppermost layer (n5) of the device being substantially thicker than the directly underlying several parallel conductive layers (pl-p4, nl-n4),

wherein channel layers (nl-n5) on a drain side (19) of the JFET (2) are connected together with a deep n-poly trench, DNPT, (20), and that the channel layers (nl-n5) on a source side of the JFET (2) are connected together with a deep n-poly trench, DNPT, (21),

wherein the first layer of the second conductivity type (nl) arranged stretching over the substrate (11) on its side close to the JFET source is provided with a shielding layer (29) of the first conductivity type blocking any current from the first layer of the second conductivity type (nl) to reach the source via the deep poly trench of the first conductivity type, DNPT (21),

and that the insulated gate field effect transistor (1) is isolated with a deep poly trench of the first conductivity type, DPPT, (23) on the source side, and that the drain is formed by a deep poly trench of the second conductivity type, DNPT (21),

the drain of the IGFET (1) and the source of the JFET (2) constitutes the same trench (21) and are thus connected,

creating an LDMOS transistor. 17. A semiconductor device according to claim 16,

characterised in that

a finger (17') of the DPPT (23) material is arranged stretching through an opening in the transistor region (1) and an opening (30, 17', 30) in the source connection region (21) con necting the deep poly trench DPPT (22) with the shielding area (17''), thus connecting all p- gate layers of first conductivity type.

18. A semiconductor device according to any one of the preceding claims,

characterised in that

the layer of the first conductivity type is a p-layer and the layer of the second conductivity type is an n-layer.

19. A semiconductor device according to any one of claims 1- 17,

characterised in that

the layer of the first conductivity type is an n-layer and the layer of the second conductivity type is a p-layer.

Description:
A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE COMPRISING AN INSULATED GATE FIELD TRANSISTOR CONNECTED ON SERIES WITH A HIGH VOLTAGE FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR

The present invention relates to a semiconductor device comprising an insulated gate field- effect transistor connected in series with a field effect transistor with improved voltage and current capability, especially a device having a very low on-resistance.

An insulated gate field-effect transistor, such as a MOSFET, internally in silicon connected in series with a JFET has now long been the workhorse of the industry for combining high voltage power devices on the same chip as low voltage analogue and digital functions.

For improving voltage and current capability the evolution has gone from a single sided JFET to a symmetric JFET reducing the on-resistance to half, as obtained e.g. by the US patent No 4,811,075 A, describing an insulated-gate, field-effect transistor and a double- sided, junction-gate field-effect transistor connected in series on the same chip to form a high-voltage MOS transistor, and further developments having a JFET with 2 channels in series further reducing the on-resistance by 30%, as shown in US patent No. 5,313,082 A.

The latest patent has been further improved by US patent No. 6,168,983 Bl, suggesting a JFET with several conductive layers in parallel implemented vertically in the substrate in a common N-well or in an N-type epi layer on top of the substrate. Later it has also been shown that if the serial connection of the insulated gate field-effect transistor and JFET is made externally further reduction of the on-resistance can be made, performance im proved at high frequencies, and reliability enhanced, as e.g. described in US patent No. 8,264,015 B2. In this patent is also proposed several parallel JFET channels are imple mented in a common N-well in series with an insulated gate field-effect transistor of which the size can be optimized for matching the numbers of JFET channels. Due to the external connection this can not be made in US patent No. 6,168,983 Bl, as the connection is inter nal in silicon. The number of parallel conductive layers is practically set by the insulated gate transistor and further by the depth of the N-well, set to 15pm in the patent. A similar limitation is also present in US patent No. 8,264,015 B2, set by implantation energy. The proposed concept to create multiple conductive layers with ion-implantation has not been that successful as expected, due to very high energy implantation which is a funda mental limitation as noted earlier.

Other limiting problems are radiation damage lowering the mobility and the broadening of the profile of the implanted atoms. State of the art is still 2-3 conductive layers in parallel, e.g. according to Don Disney et ol High-Voltage Integrated Circuits: History, State of the Art, And Future Prospects. IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, Vol.64. No.3, March 2017.

In the present approach is proposed that the conductive layers are made by epitaxial layers with much better control, no radiation damage. Further As can be used as dopant instead of P in ion-implantation which gives higher mobility. With the epitaxial technique there is no fundamental limitation to the number of conductive layers which can made in parallel.

As the resistance of the conductive layers is known, an estimation of the performance can easily be done as figure of merit Ron*A for a device:

For 6-8 conductive layers is obtained:

For a 230V device Ron*A is around 100 mQmm 2 as compared to state of the art of 500 itiWitiiti 2

For a 700V device Ron*A is around 2 Q*mm 2 as compared to state of the art 15 Q*mm 2 , e.g. according to Don Disney et al High-Voltage Integrated Circuits: History, State of the Art, And Future Prospects. IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, Vol.64. No.3, March 2017.

Area advantage means of course less cost but also drastically reduced capacitances, in creased switching speed and much higher efficiency. Even at 1200 V there is a real oppor- tunity to compete with vertical power MOS devices and SiC devices. All this with a modest number of parallel conductive layers of 6-8. The number of layers can easily be increased, as there are no fundamental limitations, only practical.

The invention will now be explained further with a help of a couple of non-limiting embod- iments, shown on the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 schematically shows a first embodiment of a semiconductor device according to the invention in the form of a MOS transistor in series with a JFET comprising several conductive layers, Fig. 2 shows a second embodiment of a semiconductor device according to the invention in the form of a MOS transistor in series with a JFET comprising several conductive layers, with two implanted p- layers in each epitaxial layer, Fig. 3 shows an implementation of a device similar to Fig. 1 in a SOI technology with a BOX layer, Fig. 4 shows another optional gate implantation mask for creating a Schottky diode in parallel with the drain to ground for a device according to Fig. 1 or Fig. 3, Fig. 5 shows an optional gate implantation mask for creating a Schottky diode in parallel with the drain to ground for a device according to Fig. 2, Fig. 6 shows a LIGBT device based on the device according to Fig. 2 implemented on SOI where the doping of the drain has been changed to p+, and being placed in contact with a DPPT creating a latch- free LIGBT, and Fig. 7 shows a classic LDMOS device where the MOS and the JFET are in the same n-area being formed from a device in Fig. 1 where the MOS transistor is in an isolated n-area versus the JFET .

In Fig. 1 is shown a MOS transistor 1 to the left in serial connection with a JFET 2 to the right, which JFET 2 comprises several conductive layers, JFET channels, formed by parallel n-layers nl-n5 as shown in the figure and separated by common p-layers pl-p4, gates. The layers are deposited in situ in an epitaxial reactor or in two reactors where the n-layers are deposited in one and the p-layer in the other reactor. If two reactors are used, it would be a great advantage if the wafers are transported from one to the other under vacuum through interlocks. The first layer starts on top of a p-type substrate, with a resistivity rang ing from 10 Qcm to 135 Qcm. The thickness and the doping of the layers are determined by the resurf principle, which means that the product of the thickness and doping of a layer should be around 2*10 12 charges/cm 2 , which means thickness and doping can be varied as long this condition is satisfied. The first channel region in the figure is chosen to be 2 mih thick with a doping of l*10 16 /cm 3 , and then satisfies the condition above. The thickness and doping of the following layers are then chosen to be 0.5 pm with a doping of 4*10 16 /cm 3 and could actually be as many as one like.

As a practical example the number of parallel n-layers nl-n5 is stopped before an n5 epi taxial layer which is made thicker, 2.5 pm, and has a masked implanted px layer 17 as an upper gate with thickness of 0.5 pm and charge of l*10 12 /cm 2 . The px layer 17 is just acting as gate for the uppermost channel, which makes the channel layer 2 pm thick and having a doping density of 5*10 15 /cm 3 . The channel layers on the drain side are connected together with a deep N-poly trench, DNPT, 20, and so also the channel layers on the source side by a deep N-poly trench, DNPT, 21. The JFET 2 is isolated by a deep P-poly trench, DPPT 22, and on the same time connecting the p-layers pl-p4 which normally will be grounded and with given intervals abrupt the source DNPT with openings 30 for contacting p-layers pl- p4 in the other direction. In addition to the so formed isolated region 3 of the JFET 2 an additional DPPT 23, can create isolated n-islands, for example 4 and 5 in the figure.

Within an isolated n-region 4 for the MOS transistor 1 a body region 12 of first conductivity type, for example p-type material, is arranged and doped at between 1*10 17 and 1*10 18 atoms per cm 3 . The body region 12 typically extends to a depth of 1 pm or less below the surface of the device. Within the body region 12 for the MOS transistor 1 a source region 13 of second conductivity type, for example n+ type material doped at between 1*10 18 and 1*10 20 atoms per cm 3 , is arranged. The source region 13 extends for example 0.4 pm or less below the surface of the device. A body contact region 121 in the body region 12 to the left of source region 13 of first conductivity type doped at between 1*10 18 and 1*10 20 atoms per cm 3 . The body contact region 121 extends for example 0.4 pm or less below the surface of the device. Both the body region 12 and the body contact region 121 may be electrically connected to the substrate by extending the body region 12 and the body con- tact region 121 outside a pocket region formed. A drain contact region 16 for the MOS transistor 1, of second conductivity type, for example n+ type material, is doped at between 1*10 18 and 1*10 20 atoms per cm 3 . The drain contact region 16 extends, for example 0.4 pm or less below the surface of the device. Within the isolated region 3 for the JFET 2 a source region 18 and a drain region 19 of second conductivity type, for example n+ type material doped at 1*10 18 and 1*10 20 atoms per cm 3 are located. The source region 18 and the drain region 19 extend for example 0.4 pm or less below the surface of the device. The drain contact 16 of the MOS transistor 1 will be electrically contacted to the source contact 18 of the JFET 2 and thus constitute a MOS transistor 1 in series with a JFET 2.

The breakdown voltage of the device will be determined by the drift region LD, between source region 18 and drain region 19 of the JFET 2, and the substrate resistivity.

Several isolated regions 5 can easily be made as example for logic and analogue control functions.

The device can preferably be made symmetric, with a mirror to the right in the drawing, wherein 26 denotes the symmetry line.

An important requirement for the device shown in Fig. 1 to work is that the pinch voltage of any of the FETs in the JFET 2 is lowerthan the breakthrough voltage of the MOS transistor 1. The pinch voltage will appear on the common source 18 of the FETs and then connected to the drain 16 of the isolated MOS transistor 1. In Fig. 1 is indicated that the first layer nl on top of the p-substrate 11 is thicker and this is for meeting the requirement for a high breakthrough voltage. For a breakthrough voltage of around 800V the thickness of the layer should be around 6-7pm and with a pinch voltage of 50V or more. This means that the MOS transistor would stand 50V with good margin. Also a 50V MOS transistor will take up more space with lower performance than a 10V MOS device. It is therefore suggested that the remainder of the n-layers are designed for a 10V pinch voltage to start with, and that the first layer is shielded from the source 18 of the JFET 2 by a shielding layer 29 as shown in Fig. 1.

The pinch voltage, or actually the source voltage, of the common JFETs should be low and constant as the drain voltage of the JFET is increased, e.g. up to 800V. This will not happen as there is an increase of the source voltage when the drain voltage is increased. By increas ing the doping in the gate layers 17 close to the JFET source 18 thus forming a shielding area 17" along the edge of the gate layer 17, and so forming a conventional FET in series with a superjunction FET, where the gate layer never will be fully depleted. This will make the source voltage of the JFET 2 constant as the drain voltage of the JFET is increased up to 800V. This will further decrease the important Miller capacitance in the order of magni tude. As the doping in the indicated areas has been increased substantially, it can be used to contact the gate layer to ground much less frequently and increasing the effective width of the JFET. The charge in the shielding area can be in the order of 2*10 13 /cm 2 .

The gate layer 17 will preferably be grounded by fingers 17' bringing the layer in contact with the DPPT layer 22 in the same area where the DNPT 21 is abrupted by an opening 30 in the mask creating an area where a finger 17' stretches from the gate layer and the n+ source 18, 18' contacting will be disrupted. All gate layers can also be connected by fingers of DPPT stretching from the DPPT 22 in the area where the source DNPT 21 is abrupted for contacting each p-layer 17, thus replacing the finger 17'.

The substrate 11 is of the first conductivity type and usually grounded, as the layers of first conductivity type. When the voltage on the drain, i.e. the nl layer, increases the layer will be depleted from the substrate and the first p-layer, pi. Thereby the substrate will act as a second gate for the first layer of the second conductivity type, nl.

Fig 2 shows a MOS transistor 1 in serial connection with a JFET 2 which comprises several conductive layers, JFET channels in parallel, conductive n-layers in the figure 2, and sepa- rated by patterned common p-layers, gates. A first n-type epitaxial layer with a thickness of 2pm is grown on top of a p-substrate resis tivity ranging from 10 Qcm to 135 Qcm. The wafer is taken out of the reactor and two con ductive layers are formed, nl and n2, by the implanted gate layers pi and p2. The thickness and the doping of the layers are determined by the resurf principle which means that the product of the thickness and doping of a layer should be around 2*10 12 charges/cm 2 , which means thickness and doping can be varied as long this condition Is sat isfied. The first channel region in the figure, nl, is chosen to be 0.5 pm thick with a doping of 4*10 16 /cm 3 and then satisfies the condition above.

The thickness and doping of the following layers are then chosen to be 0.5 pm with doping 4*10 16 /cm 3 and could actually be as many as one like.

As a practical example 5 epitaxial layers N1-N5 are deposited of which each has two im planted p-layers.

The channel layers on the drain side are connected together to the n+drain implantation 3 in the surface. The channel layers on the source side are connected together to the n+drain implantation 3 in the surface.

The JFET 2 is isolated with a deep p-poly trench, DPPT, 22, on the source side of the JFET. The DPPT 22 on the source side has fingers connecting the p-layers, pl-plO, at given inter- vals.

The upper plO gate layer 17 will be put in a contact with the DPPT layer through an opening 30 in the mask creating an area where a finger 17' stretches from the gate layer and the n+ source 18, 18' contacting is disrupted. The same mask will be used for creating and contact- ing all other gate layers. The fingers 17' will make sure that all n layers are in contact. Within or partly within the isolated n-region body region of first conductivity type, for ex ample p-type material, is doped at between 1*10 17 and 1*10 18 atoms per cm 3 . The body region 12 typically extends to a depth of 1 pm or less below surface of the device. Within the body region 12 for the MOS transistor 1 a source region 13 of second conduc tivity type, for example n+type material doped at 1*10 18 and 1*10 20 atoms per cm 3 . The source region 13 extends for example 0.4 pm or less below the surface of the device. A body contact region 121 in the body region 12 to the left of source region of first conduc tivity type doped at between 1*10 18 and 1*10 20 atoms per cm 3 . The body contact region 121 extends for example 0.4 pm or less below the surface of the device. Both the body region 12 and the body contact region 121 may be electrically connected to the substrate by extending the body region 12 and body contact region 121 outside the pocket region.

A drain contact region 16 of second conductivity type, for example n+ type material, is doped at betweenl*10 18 and 1*10 20 atoms per cm 3 . The drain contact region 16 extends, for example 0.4 pm or less below the surface.

Within the isolated region 3 for the JFET a source region 18 and a drain 19 of second con ductivity type, for example n+ type material doped at 1*10 18 and 1*10 20 atoms per cm 3 are located. The source region 18 and the drain region 19 extend for example 0.4 pm or less below the surface.

The drain contact 16 of the MOS transistor 1 will be electrically contacted to the source contact 18 of the JFET 2 and thus constitute a MOS transistor 1 in series with a JFET 2.

The breakdown voltage of the device will be determined by the drift region LD and the substrate resistivity.

As several isolated regions can easily be made as example 5 for logic and analogue control functions. An important requirement for the device shown in Fig. 2 to work is that the pinch voltage of any of the FETs in the JFET 2 is lowerthan the breakthrough voltage of the MOS transistor 1. The pinch voltage will appear on the common source 18 of the FETs and then connected to the drain 16 of the isolated MOS transistor 1. In the same way as described in Fig. 1 the first layer nl on top of the p-substrate 11 is thicker and this is for meeting the requirement for a high breakthrough voltage. For a breakthrough voltage of around 800V the thickness of the layer should be around 6-7pm and with a pinch voltage of 50V or more. This means that the MOS transistor would stand 50V with good margin. Also a 50V MOS transistor will take up more space with lower performance than a 10V MOS device. It is therefore sug- gested that the remainder of the n-layers are designed for a 10V pinch voltage to start with, and that the first layer is shielded from the source 18 of the JFET 2 by a shielding layer 29 as shown in Fig. 1.

The pinch voltage, or actually the source voltage 18, of the common JFETs should be low and constant as the drain voltage 19 of the JFET is increased, e.g. up to 800V. This will not happen as there is an increase of the source voltage when the drain voltage is increased. By increasing the doping in the gate layers 17 close to the JFET source 18 thus forming a shielding area 17" along the edge of the gate layer 17, and so forming a conventional FET in series with a superjunction FET, where the gate layer never will be fully depleted. This will make the source voltage 18 of the JFET 2 constant as the drain voltage of the JFET is increased up to 800V. This will further decrease the important Miller capacitance in the order of magnitude. As the doping in the indicated areas has been increased substantially, it can be used to contact the gate layer to ground much less frequently and increasing the effective width of the JFET. The charge in the shielding area can be in the order of 2*10 13 /cm 2 .

Fig. 3 shows a MOS transistor 1 in serial connection with a JFET 2 which comprises several conductive layers, JFET channels in parallel n-layers nl-n5 in the figure and separated by common p-layers pl-p4, gates. The layers are deposited in situ in an epitaxial reactor on top of an oxide layer 10, which is carried by a p-substrate 11. On the top of the oxide layer 10 there is a thin crystalline seed layer before starting growing the epitaxial layers nl-n5, pl-p4.

The thickness and the doping of the layers are determined by the resurf principle which means that the product of the thickness and doping of a layer should be around 2*10 12 charges/cm 2 , which means thickness and doping can be varied as long this condition is sat isfied.

In the figure the epitaxial layers are started with equal thickness 0.5 pm and a doping of 4*10 16 /cm 3 and could actually be as many as one like.

As a practical example the number of epitaxial layers is stopped before the n5 epitaxial layer, which is made thicker 4.5 pm, and has a masked implanted px layer 17 as an upper gate, with a thickness of 0.5 pm and a charge of 1*10 12 . The implanted px layer is just acting as gate for one channel which makes the channel layer 4 pm thick and with a doping density of 5*10 15 /cm 3 .

The px gate layer 17 will be contacted by a finger 17' to DPPT 22 in the same way as for the device in Fig. 1.

The channel layers nl-n5 on the drain side are connected together with a deep N-poly trench, DNPT 20, and so also the channel layers on the source side by a deep N-poly trench, DNPT 21. The JFET 2 is isolated by a deep p-type poly trench, DPPT 22, and on the same time connecting the p-layers pl-p4, which normally will be grounded and with given inter- vals disrupt the source DNPT 21 for contacting p-layers pl-p4 in the other direction. In ad dition to the isolated region 3 additional DPPTs 23, 24 can create isolated n-islands for ex ample, 4 and 5 in the figure.

Within or partly within the isolated n-region 4 a body region 12 of a first conductivity type, for example p-type material, is doped at between 1*10 17 and 1*10 18 atoms per cm 3 . The body region 12 typically extends to a depth of 1 pm or less below surface of the device. Within the body region 12 for the MOS transistor 1 a source region 13 of a second conduc tivity type, for example n+ type material doped at 1*10 18 and 1*10 20 atoms per cm 3 . The source region 13 extends for example 0.4 pm or less below the surface of the device. A body contact region 121 in the body region 12 to the left of the source region 12 of first conductivity type is arranged, and doped at between 1*10 18 and 1*10 20 atoms per cm 3 . The body contact region 121 extends for example 0.4 pm or less below the surface of the de vice. Both the body region 12 and the body contact region 121 may be electrically con nected to the substrate by extending the body region 12 and body contact region 121 out side the pocket region.

A drain contact region 16 of the second conductivity type, for example n+ type material, is doped at between 1*10 18 and 1*10 20 atoms per cm 3 . The drain contact region 16 extends, for example 0.4 pm or less below the surface of the device. Within the isolated region 3 for the JFET 2 a source region 18 and a drain region 19 of the second conductivity type, for example n+ type material, doped at 1*10 18 and 1*10 20 atoms per cm 3 are located. The source region 18 and the drain region 19 extend for example 0.4 pm or less below the surface of the device. The drain contact 16 of the MOS transistor 1 will be electrically contacted to the source contact 18 of the JFET 2 and thus constitute a MOS transistor 1 in series with a JFET 2. The breakdown voltage of the device will be determined by the drift region LD.

Several isolated regions 5 can easily be made as example for logic and analog control func- tions.

In the embodiment shown and described in relation to Fig. 3 the epitaxial layers are on top of an oxide layer 10. Such an implementation could also be provided together with the embodiment shown and described in relation to Fig. 2, where the p-layers are implanted in the epitaxial n-layers. A high voltage Schottky diode in parallel with the drain and ground can easily be imple mented internally.

The px finger 17' in Fig. 1 is split into two, see Fig. 4, creating a n-type surface 27 area in the middle and this contacting 28 with a Schottky metal or silicide will create a Schottky diode in parallel with the PN junction. A high performance diode is very important in many motor applications where the diode is forward biased and generate a lot of parasitic power when switched back to normal reverse condition. The diode is too slow and an integrated Schottky diode will solve that problem. It will not be necessary to use external diodes.

A corresponding device is formed by using the device in Fig. 2 and splitting the plO finger into two, see Fig. 5, creating a n-type surface 27 area in the middle and this contacting 28 with a Schottky metal or silicide will create a Schottky diode in parallel with the PN junction. A Lateral LIGBT is a combination of a MOS transistor and a lateral PNP transistor where the MOS transistor drive the base of the PNP transistor. The device is prone to Latch-up which limits its current capability. In a conventional device the MOS transistor and lateral pnp are made in the same N-well (N-Area). By splitting the devices, a latch-free LIGBT can be gener ated with a dramatic increased current capability. See US patent No. US 8,264,015 B2

In Fig. 6 the device in FIG 2 is implemented on SOI where the doping of the drain 19 has been changed to p+ and placed in contact with a DPPT 20. This will form a lateral PNP tran sistor where the emitter is the p+ connected DPPT 20, the base are all conductive n-layers connected to the base contact. Collector is all gate-layers connected to DPPT 20. As the base is fed by the external MOS transistor a latch-free LIGBT with many conductive N-re- gions has been created which drastically should increase current capability.

Fig. 7 shows a classic LDMOS which has been created by starting from the device in Fig. 1 and deleting the drain contact 16, the source contact 18 and the DPPT 22. The width of the MOS transistor is the same as the width of the JFET. The saturation current of the MOS transistor will limit the current of the device, which is of favor for higher voltage devices where the JFET limit the current. Another advantage is the area has been taken away from the device, thus forming a smaller device.

In all devices which can be made symmetric, with a mirror to the right in the drawing, the reference sign 26 denotes the symmetry line.

The invention as described herein can also be modified so that an n-layer as described is replaced by a p-layer, and correspondingly that a p-layer is replaced by an n-layer. Also the substrate can be made reversed, so that it is an n-substrate.