18894482. SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND POWER CONTROL UNIT (DENSO CORPORATION)
SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND POWER CONTROL UNIT
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Inventor(s)
Keita Fukutani of Kariya-city JP
Masanori Miyata of Kariya-city JP
SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND POWER CONTROL UNIT
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18894482 titled 'SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND POWER CONTROL UNIT
Original Abstract Submitted
A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor substrate having an active region and an outer peripheral region in which a voltage withstanding structure is formed to surround the active region; a temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of the semiconductor substrate in the outer peripheral region; and a conductive spacer disposed on the active region. The temperature sensor is positioned not to overlap the conductive spacer in the thickness direction. The temperature sensor is positioned closer to a center of the semiconductor substrate in an orthogonal direction perpendicular to the thickness direction than the voltage withstanding structure is.