Patent ID: 7622787
Filing Date: 2009-11-24
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. A semiconductor device having an active region and a termination region surrounding the active region, the semiconductor device formed by a method comprising: providing a semiconductor substrate having first and second main surfaces opposite to each other, the semiconductor substrate having a heavily doped region of a first conductivity type at the second main surface and having a lightly doped region of the first conductivity type at the first main surface; forming a first plurality of trenches and a first plurality of mesas in the termination region, each trench of the first plurality of trenches extending from the first main surface toward the heavily doped region to a first depth position; filling the first plurality of trenches in the termination region which is outside and adjacent to the active region with a first dielectric material; forming a second plurality of trenches in the active region and the termination region, the first plurality of trenches being formed before the second plurality of trenches, each trench of the second plurality of trenches extending from the first main surface toward the heavily doped region to a second depth position; filling the second plurality of trenches with a second dielectric material; planarizing the first main surface; and removing the second dielectric material from the second plurality of trenches in the active region.