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  • H10D12/00—Bipolar devices controlled by the field effect, e.g. insulated-gate bipolar transistors [IGBT]
  • H10D12/01—Manufacture or treatment
  • H10D12/031—Manufacture or treatment of IGBTs
  • H10D12/032—Manufacture or treatment of IGBTs of vertical IGBTs
  • H10D12/038—Manufacture or treatment of IGBTs of vertical IGBTs having a recessed gate, e.g. trench-gate IGBTs
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  • H10D12/00—Bipolar devices controlled by the field effect, e.g. insulated-gate bipolar transistors [IGBT]
  • H10D12/411—Insulated-gate bipolar transistors [IGBT]
  • H10D12/441—Vertical IGBTs
  • H10D12/461—Vertical IGBTs having non-planar surfaces, e.g. having trenches, recesses or pillars in the surfaces of the emitter, base or collector regions
  • H10D12/481—Vertical IGBTs having non-planar surfaces, e.g. having trenches, recesses or pillars in the surfaces of the emitter, base or collector regions having gate structures on slanted surfaces, on vertical surfaces, or in grooves, e.g. trench gate IGBTs
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  • H10D62/00—Semiconductor bodies, or regions thereof, of devices having potential barriers
  • H10D62/10—Shapes, relative sizes or dispositions of the regions of the semiconductor bodies; Shapes of the semiconductor bodies
  • H10D62/102—Constructional design considerations for preventing surface leakage or controlling electric field concentration
  • H10D62/103—Constructional design considerations for preventing surface leakage or controlling electric field concentration for increasing or controlling the breakdown voltage of reverse-biased devices
  • H10D62/105—Constructional design considerations for preventing surface leakage or controlling electric field concentration for increasing or controlling the breakdown voltage of reverse-biased devices by having particular doping profiles, shapes or arrangements of PN junctions; by having supplementary regions, e.g. junction termination extension [JTE] 
  • H10D62/106—Constructional design considerations for preventing surface leakage or controlling electric field concentration for increasing or controlling the breakdown voltage of reverse-biased devices by having particular doping profiles, shapes or arrangements of PN junctions; by having supplementary regions, e.g. junction termination extension [JTE]  having supplementary regions doped oppositely to or in rectifying contact with regions of the semiconductor bodies, e.g. guard rings with PN or Schottky junctions
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  • H10D64/00—Electrodes of devices having potential barriers
  • H10D64/111—Field plates
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  • H10D64/20—Electrodes characterised by their shapes, relative sizes or dispositions 
  • H10D64/27—Electrodes not carrying the current to be rectified, amplified, oscillated or switched, e.g. gates
  • H10D64/311—Gate electrodes for field-effect devices
  • H10D64/411—Gate electrodes for field-effect devices for FETs
  • H10D64/511—Gate electrodes for field-effect devices for FETs for IGFETs
  • H10D64/514—Gate electrodes for field-effect devices for FETs for IGFETs characterised by the insulating layers
  • H10D64/516—Gate electrodes for field-effect devices for FETs for IGFETs characterised by the insulating layers the thicknesses being non-uniform
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  • H10D64/00—Electrodes of devices having potential barriers
  • H10D64/20—Electrodes characterised by their shapes, relative sizes or dispositions 
  • H10D64/27—Electrodes not carrying the current to be rectified, amplified, oscillated or switched, e.g. gates
  • H10D64/311—Gate electrodes for field-effect devices
  • H10D64/411—Gate electrodes for field-effect devices for FETs
  • H10D64/511—Gate electrodes for field-effect devices for FETs for IGFETs
  • H10D64/517—Gate electrodes for field-effect devices for FETs for IGFETs characterised by the conducting layers
  • H10D64/518—Gate electrodes for field-effect devices for FETs for IGFETs characterised by the conducting layers characterised by their lengths or sectional shapes

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