Trench field effect transistor and method of making it

• Main Author: PEAKE STEVEN T
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 23.03.2010
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES

A method of manufacturing an insulated gate field effect transistor includes providing a substrate (2) having a low-doped region (4), forming insulated gate trenches (8) and implanting dopants of a first conductivity type at the base of the trenches (8). A body implant is implanted in the low-doped regions between the trenches; and diffused to form an insulated gate transistor structure in which the body implant diffuses to form a p-n junction between a body region (22) doped to have the second conductivity type above a drain region (20) doped to have the first conductivity type, the p-n junction being deeper below the first major surface between the trenches than at the trenches. The difference in doping concentration between the low-doped region (4) and the implanted region at the base of the trenches causes the difference in depth of the body-drain p-n junction formed in the diffusion step.