SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING RAPID REMOVAL OF MAJORITY CARRIERS FROM AN ACTIVE BASE REGION THEREOF AT DEVICE TURN-OFF AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THIS DEVICE

摘要

A semiconductor device comprising a bulk substrate and an epitaxial layer grown thereon attains the feature of rapid removal of majority carriers from an N-type active base region thereof, a function conventionally performed by anode shorts, through the incorporation into the otherwise P-type substrate of a highly doped, N-type region having a surface in contact with the N-type epitaxial layer for injecting majority carriers from an N-type active base region in the epitaxial layer into the remaining P-type portion of the substrate.