Patent ID: 8324691

Claim:
A power semiconductor device comprising: first and second main electrodes formed on first and second main surfaces of a semiconductor substrate, respectively; a power semiconductor element formed in said semiconductor substrate and electrically connected to said first and second main electrodes; and a resistance element formed in said semiconductor substrate and electrically connected to said first and second main electrodes in parallel with said power semiconductor element, wherein said power semiconductor element includes a first control electrode configured to control a current flowing between said first and second main electrodes, in accordance with a first control voltage, said semiconductor substrate has a first conductivity type, said power semiconductor element further includes a first region of a second conductivity type formed on said first main surface of said semiconductor substrate, a second region of said second conductivity type formed on said second main surface of said semiconductor substrate and sandwiching a low concentration region that is a region of said first conductivity type in said semiconductor substrate, between said second region and said first region, and a third region of said first conductivity type formed to overlap said first region in said first main surface, a first trench extending from said first main surface through said third and first regions to said low concentration region as well as a second trench surrounding a predetermined region in said first main surface and formed more deeply than said first trench are formed in said semiconductor substrate, said first control electrode is formed inside said first trench to face said first region, said third region and said low concentration region with an insulating film interposed, said resistance element includes a fourth region of said first conductivity type formed in said predetermined region, and a fifth region of said first conductivity type buried under said fourth region and formed such that a resistance value per unit volume is higher than that of said low concentration region, said first main electrode is electrically connected to said first, third and fourth regions, and said second main electrode is electrically connected to said second region.