| CPC H01L 29/7806 (2013.01) [H01L 21/049 (2013.01); H01L 29/0696 (2013.01); H01L 29/1608 (2013.01); H01L 29/66068 (2013.01)] | 17 Claims |

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1. A semiconductor device comprising:
a semiconductor layer having a first main surface on one side and a second main surface on the other side;
a unit cell including a well region of a second conductivity type formed in a surface layer portion of the first main surface and a first conductivity type region formed in a surface layer portion of the well region;
a gate electrode layer that faces the well region across a gate insulating layer; and
a buried portion of an insulating material formed between the gate electrode layer and the first conductivity type region, the buried portion is in contact with the gate insulating layer and a thickness of the buried portion is more than a thickness of the gate insulating layer.
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