摘要 |
A reverse conducting insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) includes a semiconductor substrate having a front side and a back side and a first conductivity region between the front and back sides. The first conductivity region includes a reduced lifetime zone, a first lifetime zone between the reduced lifetime zone and the front side, and an intermediate lifetime zone between the reduced lifetime zone and the back side. Charge carriers in the first lifetime zone have a first carrier lifetime, charge carriers in the reduced lifetime zone have a reduced carrier lifetime shorter than the first carrier lifetime, and charge carriers in the intermediate lifetime zone have an intermediate carrier lifetime shorter than the first carrier lifetime and longer than the reduced carrier lifetime.
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