Patent ID: 8222690

Claim:
A semiconductor apparatus, comprising: a doped semiconductor layer formed on a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type; a first gate trench formed in the semiconductor layer; and a second gate trench formed in the semiconductor layer separated from the first gate trench in a first direction, wherein the doped semiconductor layer comprises: a low concentration base region of a second conductivity typed formed between the first and second gate trenches, the low concentration base region having a first edge in touch with the first gate trench and a second edge in touch with the second gate trench; a first source region of the first conductivity type formed at an upper surface of the low concentration base region; a second source region of the first conductivity type formed at the upper surface of the low concentration base region separated from the first source region in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, each of the first and second source regions having a first edge in touch with the first gate trench and a second edge in touch with the second gate trench; a first high concentration base region of the second conductivity type formed at an upper surface of the low concentration base region between the first and second source regions, the first high concentration base region comprising a first edge in touch with the first gate trench, a second edge in touch with the second gate trench, a third edge in touch with the first source region, and a fourth edge in touch with the second source region; a second high concentration base region of the second conductivity type formed below the first high concentration base region, and in a third direction perpendicular to both the first direction and the second direction, so that the first and second high concentration base regions are separated by the low concentration base region, and the second high concentration base region is not provided below both of the first and second source regions; and a third high concentration base region of the second conductivity type formed between the first and second high concentration base regions so that the first and third high concentration base regions are separated by the low concentration base region, the third and second high concentration base regions are separated by the low concentration base region, and the third high concentration base region is not provided below both of the first and second source regions.