Patent ID: 8502304
Filing Date: 2013-08-06
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. A semiconductor substrate comprising: a first semiconductor region on a main surface of a substrate; a second semiconductor region formed in the first semiconductor region and having a conductivity opposite to that of the first semiconductor region; a third semiconductor region formed in the second semiconductor region and having the same conductivity as the first semiconductor region; grooves formed in the first semiconductor region, the second semiconductor region, and the third semiconductor region and extending in a first direction on the main surface of the substrate; a first insulating film formed in the grooves; and a first conductor formed on the first insulating film, wherein the semiconductor substrate has a main current region and a current detecting region in which current smaller than main current flowing in the main current region flows, wherein the main current region has a second conductor disposed on a main surface of the main current region, the second conductor being in contact with the second semiconductor region and the third semiconductor region, and wherein the current detecting region has a third conductor and a fourth conductor disposed on a main surface of the current detecting region, the third conductor being in direct contact with the second semiconductor region and the third semiconductor region, and the fourth conductor being in direct contact with the second conductor.