8.5 m/spl Omega/ /spl middot/ cm/sub 2/ 600-V double-epitaxial MOSFETs in 4H-SiC

The most important issue in realizing a 4H-SiC vertical MOSFET is to improve the poor channel mobility at the MOS interface, which is related to high on-resistance. This letter focuses on a novel 4H-SiC vertical MOSFET device structure where a low acceptor concentration epitaxial layer is used as a channel. We call this structure a double-epitaxial MOSFET (DEMOSFET). In the structure, the p-well is composed of two p-type epitaxial layers, while an n-type region between the p-wells is formed by low-dose n-type ion implantation. A buried channel is formed at the surface of the upper p/sup $/epitaxial layer. A fabricated DEMOSFET showed an on-resistance of 8.5 m/spl Omega//spl middot/cm/sup 2/ at a gate voltage of 15 V and a blocking voltage of 600 V. This on-resistance is the lowest so far reported for a vertical MOSFET with a blocking voltage of 600 V.