Patent ID: 10777675

Abstract:
A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes a SiC layer having a first and a second plane, a first SiC region of a first conductivity type, second and third SiC regions of a second conductivity type provided between the first SiC region and the first plane, a fourth SiC region of the first conductivity type provided between the second SiC region and the first plane, a fifth SiC region of the first conductivity type provided between the third SiC region and the first plane, a gate electrode provided between the second SiC region and the third SiC region, a gate insulating layer, a sixth SiC region of the second conductivity type provided between the first SiC region and the second SiC region, and a seventh SiC region of the second conductivity type provided between the first SiC region and the third SiC region.