Patent Publication Number: US-9905555-B2

Title: Semiconductor device and semiconductor device manufacturing method

Description:
The contents of the following Japanese patent applications are incorporated herein by reference:
         NO. 2014-216872 filed in JP on Oct. 24, 2014, and   NO. PCT/JP2015/077376 filed on Sep. 28, 2015.       

     BACKGROUND 
     Conventionally, a semiconductor chip including a super junction MOSFET and a semiconductor chip including an insulated gate bipolar transistor have been connected in parallel, as shown in Patent Document 1, for example. The term “super junction” is abbreviated hereinafter as SJ. The term “insulated gate bipolar transistor” is abbreviated hereinafter as IGBT. Furthermore, conventionally, an SJ-MOSFET structure is known that includes a p+ collector layer, as shown in Patent Document 2, for example.
     Patent Document 1: Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2014-130909 (US Patent Application Publication No. 2014/184303)   Patent Document 2: Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2013-102111 (US Patent Application Publication No. 2013/134478)   

     However, in Patent Document 1, the semiconductor chip including the SJ-MOSFET and the semiconductor chip including the IGBT are connected by wiring to form a module. Therefore, compared to a case where the SJ-MOSFET and IGBT are formed in a single semiconductor chip, the module cannot be miniaturized. In Patent Document 2, the upper border of the depletion layer weakening region including protons is provided in a manner to approximately match the bottom surface of the p-type column layer (see FIG. 1 and paragraphs 0055 and 0056). As a result, the protons that have become donors and the (n−)-type base layer contact each other, and therefore there are more electrons that are carriers in the (n−)-type base layer than holes that are carriers in the p-type column layer, which damages the carrier balance. Accordingly, the depletion layer is difficult to form because of the (n−)-type base layer and the p-type column layer. 
     SUMMARY 
     According to a first aspect of the present invention, provided is a semiconductor device comprising a semiconductor substrate, a super junction structure, and a field stop layer. The super junction structure may be formed on a front surface side of the semiconductor substrate. The field stop layer may be formed at a position overlapping with the super junction structure on a back surface side of the semiconductor substrate, in a manner to not contact an end of the back surface side of the super junction structure. 
     An impurity concentration distribution of the field stop layer may have a plurality of peaks and, among the peaks, the peak closest to the back surface side of the semiconductor substrate may be the largest peak. The field stop layer may include protons as an impurity. 
     An impurity concentration distribution of the field stop layer may gradually decrease in a direction from the back surface side of the semiconductor substrate toward the front surface side of the semiconductor substrate. The field stop layer may include selenium as an impurity. 
     Distance in a depth direction between the super junction structure and the field stop layer may be less than or equal to 20 μm. The semiconductor device may include a super junction transistor element and an IGBT element. The super junction transistor element may be formed in the semiconductor substrate. The super junction transistor element may include the super junction structure and a portion of the field stop layer. The IGBT element that may be formed in the semiconductor substrate. The IGBT element that may include a portion of the field stop layer. 
     The semiconductor substrate may include a drain layer that is closer to the back surface than the field stop layer is. The semiconductor substrate may include a floating region that is provided between the field stop layer and the drain layer. The floating region may have a polarity differing from polarities of the field stop layer and the drain layer. 
     According to a second aspect of the present invention, provided is a semiconductor device manufacturing method, comprising forming a super junction structure in a semiconductor substrate and forming a field stop layer. The forming the field stop layer may include forming the field stop layer at a position overlapping with the super junction structure on a back surface side of the semiconductor substrate, in a manner to not contact an end of the back surface side of the super junction structure. The semiconductor device manufacturing method may further include, after the forming of the super junction structure, grinding the back surface of the semiconductor substrate. 
     The summary clause does not necessarily describe all necessary features of the embodiments of the present invention. The present invention may also be a sub-combination of the features described above. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  is a planar view of a semiconductor device  200  as seen from a front surface side of a semiconductor substrate  100 . 
         FIG. 2  shows the S 1 -S 2  cross section of the semiconductor device  200 . 
         FIG. 3A  shows the impurity concentration in the A 1 -A 2  region of the SJ-MOSFET section  10 . 
         FIG. 3B  shows the impurity concentration in the B 1 -B 2  region of the IGBT section  20 . 
         FIG. 4A  shows another example of the impurity concentration in the A 1 -A 2  region of the SJ-MOSFET section  10 . 
         FIG. 4B  shows another example of the impurity concentration in the B 1 -B 2  region of the IGBT section  20 . 
         FIG. 5  shows (a) a step of forming an epitaxial layer  120 , (b) a step of multilayering an epitaxial layer  122  doped with impurities, and (c) a step of forming an epitaxial layer  124 . 
         FIG. 6  shows (d) a step of forming the front surface structure and a step of grinding the back surface structure, (e) a step of forming the FS layer  72 , and (f) a step of forming the back surface structure. 
         FIG. 7  is a cross-sectional view of a semiconductor device  210  that includes a modification of the SJ-MOSFET section  10 . 
     
    
    
     DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS 
     Hereinafter, some embodiments of the present invention will be described. The embodiments do not limit the invention according to the claims, and all the combinations of the features described in the embodiments are not necessarily essential to means provided by aspects of the invention. 
       FIG. 1  is a planar view of a semiconductor device  200  as seen from a front surface side of a semiconductor substrate  100 . The semiconductor device  200  includes the semiconductor substrate  100 . An SJ-MOSFET section  10  and an IGBT section  20  are provided on the semiconductor substrate  100 . An edge termination structure  30  is provided on the semiconductor substrate  100  in a manner to surround the SJ-MOSFET section  10  and the IGBT section  20  in the x-y plane. 
     In this Specification, the x direction and the y direction are perpendicular to each other. The z direction is perpendicular to a plane defined by the x direction and the y direction. The z direction needs not be the parallel to the direction of gravity. The lengths of the semiconductor substrate  100  in the x direction and in the y direction are each sufficiently greater than the length of the semiconductor substrate  100  in the z direction. In this Specification, for ease of explanation, the surface of the semiconductor substrate  100  on the +z side is referred to as the front surface and the surface of the semiconductor substrate  100  on the opposite side is referred to as the back surface. The x-y plane is parallel to both the front surface and the back surface of the semiconductor substrate  100 . 
     The semiconductor device  200  of this example includes the SJ-MOSFET section  10  and the IGBT section  20  that are each longer in the y direction than in the x direction. In other words, the SJ-MOSFET section  10  and the IGBT section  20  each have a striped shape that is long in the y direction. The semiconductor device  200  includes a boundary portion  12  between the SJ-MOSFET section  10  and the IGBT section  20 . 
     The semiconductor device  200  includes an SJ-MOSFET section  10  at one x-direction end thereof. The semiconductor device  200  has a structure in which a plurality of the SJ-MOSFET sections  10  and the IGBT sections  20  are arranged repeatedly along the x direction. The semiconductor device  200  includes an SJ-MOSFET section  10  at the opposite x-direction end thereof. In other words, the semiconductor device  200  includes SJ-MOSFET sections  10  at both ends thereof in the x direction. 
     In a cross section obtained by cleaving the semiconductor device  200  in the x-z plane that is perpendicular to the front surface of the semiconductor substrate  100 , the semiconductor device  200  includes the IGBT sections  20  in regions sandwiched by SJ-MOSFET sections  10 . The regions sandwiched by the SJ-MOSFET sections  10  are regions where an IGBT section  20  is sandwiched on both ends in the x direction by two SJ-MOSFET sections  10 . 
     Each SJ-MOSFET section  10  includes one or more super junction transistor regions. Each IGBT section  20  includes one or more IGBT regions. It should be noted that each SJ-MOSFET section  10  includes only a super junction transistor region and does not include any IGBT regions. Furthermore, each IGBT section  20  includes only an IGBT region and does not include any super junction transistor regions. 
     In this Specification, the super junction transistor regions are the smallest unit regions of a region forming a super junction transistor. Furthermore, the IGBT regions are the smallest unit regions of a region forming an IGBT. The withstand voltage of each IGBT region is higher than the withstand voltage of each super junction transistor region. For example, each IGBT region has a withstand voltage of approximately 700 V, and each super junction transistor region has a withstand voltage of approximately 650 V. A detailed description of the structure of the super junction transistor regions and the IGBT regions is provided in conjunction with the next drawing. 
     In this Specification, a group of super junction transistor regions including two or more super junction transistor regions is referred to as an SJ-MOSFET section  10 . Furthermore, a plurality of SJ-MOSFET sections  10  in one semiconductor substrate  100  are referred to collectively as an SJ-MOSFET element  11 . Similarly, a group of IGBT regions including two or more IGBT regions is referred to as an IGBT section  20 . Furthermore, a plurality of IGBT sections  20  in one semiconductor substrate  100  are referred to collectively as an IGBT element  21 . 
     The semiconductor device  200  of this example includes a plurality of SJ-MOSFET sections  10  and IGBT sections  20  arranged repeatedly along the x direction, and therefore the super junction transistor regions and IGBT regions are provided respectively at different position in the semiconductor substrate  100 . Specifically, one or more IGBT regions are provided in regions sandwiched by two or more super junction transistor regions. Furthermore, SJ-MOSFET sections  10  are provided at both ends of the semiconductor substrate  100  in the x direction. 
     When the power supply of the semiconductor device  200  is turned ON, the drain-source voltage (V DS ) of the super junction transistor regions and the collector-emitter voltage (V CE ) of the IGBT regions gradually increase, and when V DS  and V CE  exceed a prescribed voltage value, the current (I CE ) flowing through the IGBT regions becomes greater than the current (I DS ) flowing through the super junction transistor regions. The load placed on the super junction transistor regions and the IGBT regions is determined by the product of the current (I CE  or I DS ) and the voltage (V DS  or V CE ). Therefore, when a voltage higher than the prescribed voltage value is applied, the load on the super junction transistor regions becomes smaller than the load on the IGBT regions. 
     When the power supply of the semiconductor device  200  is turned OFF, the super junction transistor regions and IGBT regions enter a reverse bias state. During the reverse bias state, the breakdown endurance is higher for whichever region has a smaller load in the ON state. In the ON state where a voltage higher than the prescribed voltage value is applied, the load on the super junction transistor regions is less than the load on the IGBT regions. Therefore, during the reverse bias state, the breakdown endurance of the super junction transistor regions is higher than the breakdown endurance of the IGBT regions. 
     On the semiconductor substrate  100 , the super junction transistor regions and the IGBT regions are electrically connected in parallel. The super junction transistor regions function as a diode during reverse recovery. When there are too few super junction transistor regions, the semiconductor device  200  exhibits hard recovery characteristics during reverse recovery. Therefore, in order to realize soft recovery characteristics to a certain extent, it is necessary to have a certain number of super junction transistor regions. Furthermore, when the number of super junction transistor regions is too much higher than the number of IGBT regions, the IGBT characteristics in the semiconductor device  200  are lost. Therefore, a balance is desired between the number of super junction transistor regions and the number of IGBT regions. 
     The semiconductor device  200  includes the IGBT sections  20  that each have two or more IGBT regions in regions sandwiched by super junction transistor regions. For example, in each SJ-MOSFET section  10  and each IGBT section  20 , two super junction transistor regions and two IGBT regions are respectively provided. The ratio of the number of IGBT regions in the IGBT sections  20  to the number of super junction transistor regions in the SJ-MOSFET sections  10  differ according to the use of the product, but is preferably from 1:1 to 3:1. 
     In this example, the super junction transistor regions and the IGBT regions are not provided in a manner alternating one at a time, but instead are provided in alternating sets of a plurality of super junction transistor regions and a plurality of IGBT regions. In this way, compared to a case where the super junction transistor regions and IGBT regions are provided in a manner alternating one at a time, it is possible to decrease the ratio of boundary portions  12 . 
     In the semiconductor device  200  including the super junction transistor regions and the IGBT regions on the semiconductor substrate  100 , output characteristics of the super junction transistor regions are preferably realized in the low-voltage regions and output characteristics of the IGBT regions are preferably realized at high voltages. However, in a configuration where the super junction transistor regions and the IGBT regions are provided in a manner alternating one at a time, abnormal voltage-current characteristics (i.e. characteristic gaps) can occur due to the super junction transistor regions and IGBT regions interfering with each other. Therefore, a configuration in which the super junction transistor regions and the IGBT regions are provided in a manner alternating one at a time is not preferable. In this example, each SJ-MOSFET section  10  includes two or more super junction transistor regions and each IGBT section  20  includes two or more IGBT regions, and therefore, compared to a case where the super junction transistor regions and the IGBT regions are provided in a manner alternating one at a time, it is possible to restrict the abnormal voltage-current characteristics (i.e. characteristic gaps). 
       FIG. 2  shows the S 1 -S 2  cross section of the semiconductor device  200 . The semiconductor device  200  in this cross-sectional view includes an SJ-MOSFET section  10 , an IGBT section  20 , a boundary portion  12  between the SJ-MOSFET section  10  and the IGBT section  20 , and an edge termination structure  30 . In this example, the first conductivity type is n-type and the second conductivity type is p-type. However, in other example, these types may be reversed such that the first conductivity type is p-type and the second conductivity type is n-type. As long as elements and formation techniques are not explicitly stated, the n-type and p-type conductivity types of the semiconductor substrate  100  can be formed using known elements and known formation techniques. 
     The SJ-MOSFET section  10  has a super junction structure formed in the front surface side of the semiconductor substrate  100 . In this Specification, a super junction structure refers to n-type columns  54  and p-type columns  56  provided adjacent to each other in a repeating manner in the x-direction of the super junction transistor region  14 . 
     The SJ-MOSFET section  10  includes two or more super junction transistor regions  14 . In this example, the SJ-MOSFET section  10  includes five super junction transistor regions  14 . It should be noted that, in order to make the drawing easily understandable, a reference numeral is given to only one of the super junction transistor regions  14 . Each super junction transistor region  14  includes a p-type base layer  42 , a contact region  44 , a source region  45 , a gate electrode  50 , a gate insulating film  52 , and an n-type column  54  and p-type column  56  that are adjacent in the x direction. 
     In this example, the p-type base layer  42  has (p−)-type impurities, the contact region  44  has (p+)-type impurities, and the source region  45  has (n+)-type impurities. Furthermore, the n-type columns  54  and p-type columns  56  that are adjacent in the x direction respectively have (n−)-type impurities and (p−)-type impurities. 
     Two adjacent super junction transistor regions  14  share one n-type column  54  or one p-type column  56 . In this example, two adjacent super junction transistor regions  14  share one n-type column  54 . Furthermore, two adjacent super junction transistor regions  14  share one gate electrode  50  and one gate insulating film  52 . 
     The IGBT section  20  includes two or more IGBT regions  24 . In the portion shown in  FIG. 2 , the IGBT section  20  includes six IGBT regions  24 . It should be noted that, in order to make the drawing easily understandable, a reference numeral is given to only one of the IGBT regions  24 . Each IGBT region  24  includes a p-type base layer  42 , a contact region  44 , an emitter region  46 , a gate electrode  50 , a gate insulating film  52 , and an n-type base layer  40 . The emitter region  46  has (n+)-type impurities. 
     Two adjacent IGBT regions  24  share an n-type base layer  40 . Furthermore, two adjacent IGBT regions  24  share one gate electrode  50  and one gate insulating film  52 . 
     During a reverse bias state, to make the withstand voltage of the super junction transistor regions  14  lower than the withstand voltage of the IGBT regions  24 , the intervals between the gate electrodes  50  of adjacent IGBT regions  24  are made wider than the intervals between the gate electrodes  50  of adjacent super junction transistor regions  14  as needed. Alternatively, the withstand voltage of the IGBT regions can also be made high by lowering the impurity concentration of the n-type base layers  40  of the IGBT regions. 
     (Boundary Portions  12 ) When a forward voltage is applied to turn ON the semiconductor device  200 , the n-type base layers  40  of the boundary portions  12  of this example are regions having a higher carrier amount than the n-type columns  54  of the SJ-MOSFET section  10  and having a lower carrier amount than the n-type base layers  40  of the IGBT section  20 . The carriers of the IGBT regions  24  are holes and electrons, and the carriers of the super junction transistor regions  14  are only electrons. Therefore, when the semiconductor device  200  operates according to a forward voltage, the carrier amount of the IGBT regions  24  is greater than the carrier amount of the super junction transistor regions  14 . For example, the carrier amount of the IGBT regions  24  is greater than the carrier amount of the super junction transistor regions  14  by a factor of 10. 
     During a reverse bias state, if it were assumed that there are no boundary portions  12  and the SJ-MOSFET section  10  and IGBT section  20  are continuous and in direct contact with each other, the n-type base layer  40  at the boundary portion between the SJ-MOSFET section  10  and the IGBT section  20  would be a portion where the carrier amount changes suddenly. In such a case, a strong electrical field acts at the n-type base layer  40  of the boundary portion, and therefore there is a possibility that the semiconductor device  200  would break down and be damaged. 
     Therefore, a region having an intermediate carrier amount between the carrier amount of the n-type column  54  and the carrier amount of the n-type base layer  40  when a forward voltage is applied is provided in the n-type base layer  40  of the boundary portion  12 . In this example, a defect region  58  with a lifetime killer injected thereto is included in the n-type base layer  40  serving as a drift region in the boundary portions  12  between the IGBT regions  24  and the super junction transistor regions  14 . Injection of the lifetime killer may refer to the formation of the defect region  58  having lattice defects in the n-type base layer  40  by injecting an electron beam, protons (H + ), or helium (He) from the front surface side and/or back surface side of the semiconductor substrate  100  during the manufacturing process. 
     Each boundary portion  12  includes a defect region  58 , and therefore, when the semiconductor device  200  is in a reverse bias state, it is possible to soften the change in the carrier amount between the n-type columns  54  and the n-type base layers  40 . Accordingly, it is possible to prevent the electrical field from being focused at the n-type base layers  40  of the boundary portions  12  during a reverse bias and prevent the semiconductor device  200  from breaking down. 
     (Front Surface Structure) The structure of the semiconductor substrate  100  on the front surface side is the same for both the SJ-MOSFET section  10  and the IGBT section  20 . The gate electrodes  50  in this example are trench gate electrodes. The gate electrodes  50  are electrically insulated from the semiconductor substrate  100  by the gate insulating film  52 . The p-type base layers  42  and the contact regions  44  are provided respectively between two gate electrodes  50 . 
     In the super junction transistor regions  14 , source regions  45  are provided between the contact regions  44  and the gate electrodes  50 . In the IGBT regions  24 , emitter regions  46  are provided between the contact regions  44  and the gate electrodes  50 . 
     The insulating layer  60  is provided closer to the front surface of the semiconductor substrate  100  than the gate electrode  50 . The front surface electrodes  62  are provided closer to the front surface than the insulating layer  60 . The front surface electrodes  62  contact at least the contact regions  44 , from among the contact regions  44 , the source regions  45 , and the emitter regions  46 . 
     The structure of the boundary portion  12  on the front surface side is approximately the same as that of both the SJ-MOSFET section  10  and the IGBT section  20 . However, it should be noted that no emitter regions  46  are provided between the boundary portion  12  and the IGBT section  20 . In this way, the boundary portion  12  is prevented from operating as the IGBT region  24 . 
     (Back Surface Structure) The n-type layer  70  is provided on the back surface of the n-type base layer  40  in contact with the n-type base layer  40 , in the IGBT section  20 . The n-type layer  70  is provided on the back surface of the super junction structure in contact with the super junction structure of the n-type columns  54  and the p-type columns  56 , in the SJ-MOSFET section  10 . 
     If it were assumed that the n-type layer  70  was not provided, the FS layer  72  would be in direct contact with the n-type columns  54  and the p-type columns  56  in the SJ-MOSFET section  10 . Since the FS layer  72  is (n+)-type and the n-type columns  54  are (n−)-type, when the FS layer  72  and the n-type columns  54  directly contact each other, the carrier amount of the n-type columns  54  increases. In this way, the balance between the amount of electrons, which are the carriers of the n-type columns  54 , and the amount of holes, which are the carriers of the p-type columns  56 , is disturbed. 
     When the balance between the carrier amounts of the n-type columns  54  and the p-type columns  56  is disturbed, it is impossible to completely deplete the n-type columns  54  and the p-type columns  56  when a reverse voltage is applied. Therefore, the n-type layer  70  is provided in order to maintain the balance between the carrier amounts of the n-type columns  54  and the p-type columns  56 . In this example, the n-type layer  70  may be (n−)-type, in the same manner as the n-type columns  54 . 
     By causing the n-type columns  54  and p-type columns  56  to have approximately the same carrier amounts, the amount of positive charge and the amount of negative charge become substantially equal. Therefore, the n-type columns  54  and the p-type columns  56  can be completely depleted when the reverse voltage is applied. Accordingly, the withstand voltage of the SJ-MOSFET section  10  when a reverse voltage is applied is improved. 
     The FS layer  72  is a field stop layer. The FS layer  72  is provided on the back surface side of the n-type layer  70 . The FS layer  72  is formed at a position overlapping the super junction structure of the SJ-MOSFET section  10  on the back surface side of the semiconductor substrate  100 , and is formed in a manner to not contact the back surface side end of the super junction structure. 
     The FS layer  72  may be formed by using a dose of protons (H + ) or selenium (Se) and performing thermal processing. The FS layer  72  of this example is an n+ layer. The FS layer  72  prevents the depletion layer from reaching the collector layer  80  when a reverse bias is applied to the semiconductor device  200 . A portion of the defect region  58  is formed in the FS layer  72 . 
     The collector layer  80  is provided on the back surface side of the FS layer  72 . In other words, the collector layer  80  is provided closer to the back surface than the FS layer  72 . The collector layer  80  functions as a collector layer of the IGBT section  20 . The collector layer  80  of this example is a (p+)-type layer. 
     The drain layer  82  is provided closer to the back surface than the FS layer  72 . The drain layer  82  functions as a drain layer of the SJ-MOSFET section  10 . The drain layer  82  of this example is an (n+)-type layer. 
     As made clear by  FIG. 2 , each super junction transistor region  14  of this example includes a portion of the n-type layer  70 , a portion of the FS layer  72 , a portion of the drain layer  82 , and a portion of the back surface electrode  90 . Furthermore, each IGBT region  24  includes a portion of the n-type layer  70 , a portion of the FS layer  72 , a portion of the collector layer  80 , and a portion of the back surface electrode  90 . 
     (Operation of the SJ-MOSFET Section  10 ) The following is a simple description of the operation of the SJ-MOSFET section  10 . When a prescribed voltage is applied to the gate electrodes  50  of the SJ-MOSFET section  10 , an inversion layer is formed near the boundary between the gate insulating film  52  and the p-type base layer  42 . Furthermore, when a forward voltage is applied to the semiconductor device  200 , a prescribed voltage that is higher than the voltage of the drain layer  82  is applied to the source regions  45 . As a result, electrons flow from the front surface electrodes  62  to the back surface electrode  90  through the contact regions  44 , the source regions  45 , the inversion layer formed in the p-type base layer  42 , the n-type columns  54 , the FS layer  72 , and the drain layer  82  in the stated order. 
     (Operation of the IGBT Section  20 ) The following is a simple description of the operation of the IGBT section  20 . When a prescribed voltage is applied to the gate electrodes  50  of the IGBT section  20 , an inversion layer is formed near the boundary between the gate insulating film  52  and the p-type base layer  42 . When a forward voltage is applied to the semiconductor device  200 , a prescribed voltage higher than the voltage of the collector layer  80  is applied to the emitter regions  46 . As a result, electrons are supplied to the n-type base layer  40  from the emitter regions  46  and holes are supplied to the n-type base layer  40  from the collector layer  80 . In this way, current flows from the back surface electrode  90  to the front surface electrodes  62 . 
     (Edge Termination Structure  30 ) The semiconductor device  200  includes an edge termination structure  30  provided farther outward than the outermost super junction transistor region  14  among the plurality of super junction transistor regions  14 . The edge termination structure  30  includes a first edge termination section  32  provided in an inner periphery thereof in the x-y plane and a second edge termination section  34  provided in an outer periphery thereof in the x-y plane. The first edge termination section  32  includes a guard ring  47 . The guard ring  47  of this example is (p+)-type. The guard ring  47  is provided on the front surface side of the n-type region  48 . The first edge termination section  32  includes a field plate  64  that connects to the guard ring  47  via a slit or hole formed in the insulating layer  60 . The field plate  64  and the guard ring  47  are provided to form a ring shape that surrounds the SJ-MOSFET section  10  and the IGBT section  20  in the x-y plane. 
     The first edge termination section  32  has a structure in which n-type columns  54  and p-type columns  56  are formed repeatedly, in the same manner as the SJ-MOSFET section  10 . The n-type columns  54  and the p-type columns  56  are formed from the back surface side end of the n-type region  48  to the front surface side end of the FS layer  72 . With this structure of the repeating n-type columns  54  and p-type columns  56 , it is possible to prevent the depletion layer from expanding in the x-y plane direction when a reverse bias is applied to the semiconductor device  200 . Furthermore, the field plate  64  collects the front surface charge that gathers on the front surface of the semiconductor substrate  100 , and can therefore prevent changes in the withstand voltage of the semiconductor device  200  caused by this front surface charge. 
     The second edge termination section  34  includes an n-type region  48  as a first conductivity type region. The second edge termination section  34  includes p-type regions  49  as second conductivity type columns. The n-type base layer  40  is present from the n-type region  48  of the second edge termination section  34  to the FS layer  72 . The p-type regions  49  are provided with intervals therebetween in the n-type base layer  40 . The depth of the ends of the p-type regions  49  is less than the depth of the ends of the p-type columns  56  of the super junction transistor regions  14 . 
     The depth of the ends of the p-type columns  56  refers to the z coordinates of the ends of the p-type columns  56  near the FS layer  72 . The depth of the ends of the p-type regions  49  refers to the z coordinates of the ends of the p-type regions  49  on the back surface side. Ends having less depth means that these ends are positioned closer to the front surface when the z coordinates thereof are compared to the z coordinates of ends positioned closer to the back surface. 
     The pitch width P 1  of the p-type columns  56  in the first edge termination section  32  is the same as the pitch width P 1  of the p-type regions  49  in the second edge termination section  34 . This pitch width P 1  is less than the pitch width P 2  of the p-type columns  56  in the SJ-MOSFET section  10 . As a result, compared to a case where the pitch width P 1  of the edge termination structure  30  is the same as the pitch width P 2  of the SJ-MOSFET section  10 , the expansion of the depletion layer to the end of the semiconductor substrate  100  when a reverse bias is applied is further restricted, and therefore the withstand voltage of the semiconductor device  200  can be increased. 
     Furthermore, by making the depth of the ends of the p-type regions  49  less than the depth of the ends of the p-type columns  56 , the n-type region becomes larger than the p-type region in the second edge termination section  34 . Therefore, when the depletion layer has expanded from the first edge termination section  32  to the second edge termination section  34  when a reverse bias is applied to the semiconductor device  200 , carriers that are primarily electrons are provided from the n-type base layer  40  to this depletion layer. As a result, the depletion layer can be prevented from reaching the end of the semiconductor substrate  100  in the x direction. 
       FIG. 3A  shows the impurity concentration in the A 1 -A 2  region of the SJ-MOSFET section  10 , and  FIG. 3B  shows the impurity concentration in the B 1 -B 2  region of the IGBT section  20 . The horizontal axes indicate the length (μm) in the z direction, which is the thickness, and the vertical axes respectively indicate the n-type and p-type impurity concentrations (cm −3 ). 
     The length from A 1  to A 2  and the length from B 1  to B 2  are equal, and together make up the thickness of the semiconductor substrate  100 . The thickness of the semiconductor substrate  100  is adjusted according to the withstand voltage of the semiconductor device  200 . If the withstand voltage of the semiconductor device  200  is from 600 V to 1200 V, the thickness of the semiconductor substrate  100  may be from 60 μm to 120 μm. 
     A contact region  44  (P++ type), the p-type base layer  42  ((p−)-type), a p-type column  56  ((p−)-type), the n-type layer  70  ((n−)-type), the FS layer  72  ((n+)-type), and the drain layer  82  ((n+)-type) are provided in the stated order from A 1  to A 2  in the SJ-MOSFET section  10 . The n-type layer  70  between the n-type column  54  and the FS layer  72  is a region that is not affected by the impurities used when forming the FS layer  72 . In other words, the impurities used when forming the FS layer  72  do not spread to this region. 
     The FS layer  72  is formed by doping with impurities from the back surface side. In this example, the FS layer  72  includes selenium (Se) as the impurity. The impurity concentration distribution of the FS layer  72  is formed to gradually decrease in a direction from the back surface side toward the front surface side of the semiconductor substrate  100 . In this example, the selenium doped from the back surface side of the semiconductor substrate  100  is thermally diffused to the front surface side of the semiconductor substrate  100  by thermal processing after the doping. The temperature and time of the thermal processing are controlled such that the doped selenium does not reach the n-type columns  54 . The thermal processing temperature may be 900° C., and the thermal processing time may be approximately 2 hours. In this way, the n-type layer  70  is formed without any of the selenium being present therein. 
     The thickness of the n-type layer  70  is equal to the distance in the depth direction of the FS layer  72  and the super junction structure of the n-type columns  54  and p-type columns  56 . The depth direction may be a direction parallel to the z direction, a direction from the super junction structure toward the FS layer  72 , or a direction from the FS layer  72  to the super junction structure. The thickness of the n-type layer  70  may be constant, regardless of the thickness of the substrate. For example, the thickness of the n-type layer  70  may be less than or equal to 20 μm. Specifically, the thickness of the n-type layer  70  may be 20, 15, 10, 9, 5, . . . 3, or 1 μm. In this example, the thickness of the n-type layer  70  is from 3 μm to 5 μm. 
     Phosphorous (P) cannot be used as the impurities for forming the FS layer  72  of this example. Phosphorous cannot be doped to a sufficient depth toward the front surface side when doped from the back surface side. For example, phosphorous can only be doped to a distance 1.5 μm from the back surface side. Furthermore, phosphorous cannot be driven deep enough toward the front surface side from the back surface side by thermal processing. Therefore, if phosphorous is used, the thickness of the n-type layer  70  becomes greater than 20 μm and the thickness of the FS layer  72  becomes relatively smaller. On the other hand, it is possible to restrict the expansion of the depletion layer by making the impurity concentration of the FS layer  72  higher than the impurity concentration of the n-type layer  70 , and therefore the impurities of the FS layer  72  should be doped to a position that is as close as possible to the n-type layer  70  in order to draw out the function of the FS layer  72 . Accordingly, instead of phosphorous, the selenium described above or protons are preferably used as the impurities of the FS layer  72 . 
     In this example, the combined thickness of the FS layer  72  and the drain layer  82  is approximately 25 μm. However, it should be noted that the combined thickness of the FS layer  72  and the drain layer  82  may be adjusted as desired according to the thickness of the semiconductor substrate  100 . The drain layer  82  is formed by further doping the FS layer  72  with n-type impurities. 
     A contact region  44  (p++ type), the p-type base layer  42  ((p−)-type), the n-type base layer  40  ((n−)-type), the n-type layer  70  ((n−)-type), the FS layer  72  ((n−)-type), and the collector layer  80  ((p+)-type) are provided in the stated order from B 1  to B 2  in the IGBT section  20 . The B 1 -B 2  region differs from the A 1 -A 2  region by including the n-type base layer  40  instead of an n-type column  54  and by including the collector layer  80  instead of the drain layer  82 . Other components in the B 1 -B 2  region are the same as in the A 1 -A 2  region. The n-type base layer  40  is (n−)-type, in the same manner as the n-type columns  54 . In this example, the impurity concentration of the n-type base layer  40  may be the same as the impurity concentration of the n-type layer  70 . 
       FIG. 4A  shows another example of the impurity concentration in the A 1 -A 2  region of the SJ-MOSFET section  10 , and  FIG. 4B  shows another example of the impurity concentration in the B 1 -B 2  region of the IGBT section  20 . This example differs from the example shown in  FIGS. 3A and 3B  in that the FS layer  72  includes protons as the impurities. Other points in this example are the same as in the example of  FIGS. 3A and 3B . 
     The FS layer  72  is formed to include a plurality of peaks in a direction from the front surface side toward the back surface side. However, it should be noted that the FS layer  72  is formed such that the peak values become gradually smaller in a direction from the back surface side toward the front surface side. In this example, the impurity concentration distribution of the FS layer  72  has the largest peak closest to the back surface of the semiconductor substrate  100 . Therefore, the FS layer  72  can supply a sufficient amount of carriers when a reverse voltage is applied, and can restrict the amount of carriers near the n-type layer  70 . In this example, there are peaks in the impurity concentration at three different z-coordinate positions, but the number of peaks is not limited to 3 and may instead be 4 or more. 
     By adjusting the acceleration voltage and doping amount between a plurality of instances of doping, it is possible to form the FS layer  72  including a plurality of proton impurity concentration peaks. For example, when doping from the back surface side, it is possible to dope the protons farther toward the front surface side by increasing the acceleration voltage. For example, by increasing the acceleration voltage to 1.0 MeV, it is possible to dope the protons farther toward the front surface side than in a case where the acceleration voltage is 0.5 MeV. In order to realize the plurality of peaks in this example, the acceleration may be selected as desired within a range from 1.45 MeV to 0.4 MeV, and the impurity doping amount may be suitably selected as desired within a range from 1E+12 cm −2  to 3E+14 cm −2 . 
       FIGS. 5 and 6  are cross-sectional views used to describe a manufacturing method of an SJ-MOSFET section  10 , a boundary portion  12 , and an IGBT section  20  of the semiconductor device  200 . In  FIG. 5 , portion (a) shows a step of forming an epitaxial layer  120 , portion (b) shows a step of multilayering an epitaxial layer  122  doped with impurities, and portion (c) shows a step of forming an epitaxial layer  124 . 
     ( FIG. 5 , Portion (a): Step of Forming the Epitaxial Layer  120 ) First, the epitaxial layer  120  is formed in contact with the front surface of the semiconductor substrate  110 . In this example, the semiconductor substrate  110  and the epitaxial layer  120  are both (n−)-type. 
     ( FIG. 5 , Portion (b): Step of Multilayering the Epitaxial Layer  122  Doped with Impurities) Next, p-type impurities and n-type impurities are locally doped at respectively different locations from the front surface side of the epitaxial layer  120 . The p-type impurities may be boron (B) and the n-type impurities may be phosphorous (P). 
     After this, the epitaxial layer  122  is formed on the front surface side of the epitaxial layer  120 . In this example, the epitaxial layer  122  is (n−)-type, in the same manner as the epitaxial layer  120 . After forming the epitaxial layer  122 , the p-type impurities and n-type impurities are locally doped at respectively different locations from the front surface side of the epitaxial layer  122 . At this time, in the epitaxial layer  120  and the epitaxial layer  122 , the x and y coordinates of the positions where the n-type impurities and the p-type impurities are respectively doped are made to substantially match. Here, making the x and y coordinates of the doping positions substantially match may mean that the error in the alignment accuracy of the masks used for the impurity doping is within a certain range. 
     ( FIG. 5 , Portion (c): Step of Forming the Epitaxial Layer  124 ) After this, the formation of the epitaxial layer  122  and the localized doping with the p-type impurities and n-type impurities are repeated a plurality of times. Next, thermal processing is performed to form the epitaxial layer  124  including the n-type base layer  40 , the n-type column  54 , and the p-type column  56 . In this way, the super junction structure including the n-type column  54  and the p-type column  56  is formed on the semiconductor substrate  110 . 
     In  FIG. 6 , portion (d) shows a step of forming the front surface structure and a step of grinding the back surface, portion (e) shows a step of forming the FS layer  72 , and portion (f) shows a step of forming the back surface structure. The step of portion (d) in  FIG. 6  is next after the step of portion (c) in  FIG. 5 . 
     ( FIG. 6 , Portion (d): Step of Forming the Front Surface Structure and Step of Grinding the Back Surface) First, the defect region  58  is formed by introducing the lifetime killer from the front surface side (+z side) and/or the back surface side (−z side). After this, the front surface structure including the gate electrode  50 , the gate insulating film  52 , the p-type base layer  42 , the contact region  44 , the source region  45 , the emitter region  46 , the insulating layer  60 , and the front surface electrode  62  is formed. Next, the back surface side (−z side) of the semiconductor substrate  110  is ground. It is not necessary to grind and remove the entire original thickness of the semiconductor substrate  110 . In other words, after the grinding, the semiconductor substrate  110  may retain some amount of thickness. Thickness variations in the semiconductor substrate  100  caused by grinding of the back surface are from 3 μm to 5 μm. 
     When forming an SJ-MOSFET device that includes an SJ-MOSFET section  10 , the back surface grinding described above is not performed. This is because, unlike an IGBT device, an SJ-MOSFET device is not a device in which the withstand voltage is adjusted according to the thickness of the semiconductor substrate. Including the grinding step when forming the semiconductor device  200  that includes the SJ-MOSFET section  10  is one technical feature in this Specification. 
     ( FIG. 6 , Portion (e): Step of Forming the FS Layer  72 ) Next, on the back surface side of the semiconductor substrate  110  the FS layer  72  is formed at a position overlapping with the n-type base layer  40  and the super junction structure of the n-type column  54  and the p-type column  56 , in a manner to not contact the end of the super junction structure on the back surface side. As described above, the FS layer  72  may be formed by doping with selenium or doping a plurality of times with protons. 
     ( FIG. 6 , Portion ( 0 : Step of Forming the Back Surface Structure) Next, the collector layer  80  is formed by counter-doping the FS layer  72  with p-type impurities from the back surface side of the IGBT section  20 . The collector layer  80  may be provided on the back surface side of the boundary portion  12 . Furthermore, the drain layer  82  is formed by further doping the FS layer  72  with n-type impurities from the back surface side of the SJ-MOSFET section  10 . Finally, the back surface electrode  90  is formed on the back surface side of the collector layer  80  and the drain layer  82 . The back surface electrode  90  may be an aluminum layer formed by sputtering. 
       FIG. 7  is a cross-sectional view of a semiconductor device  210  that includes a modification of the SJ-MOSFET section  10 . In this example, the semiconductor substrate  100  includes a floating region  84  between the FS layer  72  and the drain layer  82 . This floating region  84  includes p-type impurities, which have a different polarity than the FS layer  72  ((n+)-type) and the drain layer  82  ((n+)-type). Other points in this example are the same as those in the example of  FIG. 1 . 
     The ON voltage increases when the p-type floating region  84  contacts the back surface electrode  90 . Therefore, the p-type floating region  84  is not allowed to contact the back surface electrode  90 . As long as the p-type floating region  84  does not contact the back surface electrode  90 , the p-type floating region  84  may be provided only in the drain layer  82 . By providing the p-type floating region  84  between the FS layer  72  and the drain layer  82 , when a high voltage is added during reverse recovery, the diode formed by the p-type floating region  84  and the drain layer  82  has an avalanche breakdown and holes are injected thereto. Therefore, it is possible to further improve the soft recovery characteristics of the IGBT section  20  when a reverse voltage is applied. 
     While the embodiments of the present invention have been described, the technical scope of the invention is not limited to the above described embodiments. It is apparent to persons skilled in the art that various alterations and improvements can be added to the above-described embodiments. It is also apparent from the scope of the claims that the embodiments added with such alterations or improvements can be included in the technical scope of the invention. 
     The operations, procedures, steps, and stages of each process performed by an apparatus, system, program, and method shown in the claims, embodiments, or diagrams can be performed in any order as long as the order is not indicated by “prior to,” “before,” or the like and as long as the output from a previous process is not used in a later process. Even if the process flow is described using phrases such as “first” or “next” in the claims, embodiments, or diagrams, it does not necessarily mean that the process must be performed in this order. 
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               10 : SJ-MOSFET section,  11 : SJ-MOSFET element,  12 : boundary portion,  14 : super junction transistor region,  20 : IGBT section,  21 : IGBT element,  24 : IGBT region,  30 : edge termination structure,  32 : first edge termination section,  34 : second edge termination section,  40 : n-type base layer,  42 : p-type base layer,  44 : contact region,  45 : source region,  46 : emitter region,  47 : guard ring,  48 : n-type region,  49 : p-type region,  50 : gate electrode,  52 : gate insulating film,  54 : n-type column,  56 : p-type column,  58 : defect region,  60 : insulating layer,  62 : front surface electrode,  64 : field plate,  70 : n-type layer,  72 : FS layer,  80 : collector layer,  82 : drain layer,  84 : floating region,  90 : back surface electrode,  100 : semiconductor substrate,  110 : semiconductor substrate,  120 : epitaxial layer,  122 : epitaxial layer,  124 : epitaxial layer,  200 : semiconductor device,  210 : semiconductor device