High-voltage super-junction lateral double-diffused metal-oxide semiconductor with a partial lightly doped pillar

A novel super-junction lateral double-diffused metal-oxide semiconductor(SJ-LDMOS) with a partial lightly doped P pillar(PD) is proposed.Firstly,the reduction in the partial P pillar charges ensures the charge balance and suppresses the substrate-assisted depletion effect.Secondly,the new electric field peak produced by the P/P-junction modulates the surface electric field distribution.Both of these result in a high breakdown voltage(BV).In addition,due to the same conduction paths,the specific on-resistance(R on,sp) of the PD SJ-LDMOS is approximately identical to the conventional SJ-LDMOS.Simulation results indicate that the average value of the surface lateral electric field of the PD SJ-LDMOS reaches 20V/μm at a 15μm drift length,resulting in a BV of 300V.     

A 4H-SiC trench MOSFET structure with wrap N-type pillar for low oxide field and enhanced switching performance

An optimized silicon carbide (SiC) trench metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) structure with side-wall p-type pillar (p-pillar) and wrap n-type pillar (n-pillar) in the n-drain was investigated by utilizing Silvaco TCAD simulations. The optimized structure mainly includes a p$+$ buried region, a light n-type current spreading layer (CSL), a p-type pillar region, and a wrapping n-type pillar region at the right and bottom of the p-pillar. The improved structure is named as SNPPT-MOS. The side-wall p-pillar region could better relieve the high electric field around the p$+$ shielding region and the gate oxide in the off-state mode. The wrapping n-pillar region and CSL can also effectively reduce the specific on-resistance ($R_{\rm on,sp}$). As a result, the SNPPT-MOS structure exhibits that the figure of merit (FoM) related to the breakdown voltage ($V_{\rm BR}$) and $R_{\rm on,sp}$ ($V_{\rm BR}^{2}R_{\rm on,sp}$) of the SNPPT-MOS is improved by 44.5%, in comparison to that of the conventional trench gate SJ MOSFET (full-SJ-MOS). In addition, the SNPPT-MOS structure achieves a much faster-witching speed than the full-SJ-MOS, and the result indicates an appreciable reduction in the switching energy loss.     

一种900V超结VDMOSFET器件的设计与仿真

功率MOSFET在现代电子工业中已经得到了广泛的运用,然而在高压功率MOSFET器件中,如何平衡功率MOSFET的击穿电压与导通电阻的冲突一直是研究热点。结合超结理论和传统功率VDMOSFET的生产工艺设计了一款高压超结VDMOSFET器件,运用半导体器件仿真软件对器件结构进行优化,得到P柱区和N柱区掺杂浓度和厚度的最优值和工艺参数。仿真结果表明,设计的超结VDMOSFET器件击穿电压和导通电阻分别为946 V和0.83Ω,很好地平衡了功率MOSFET击穿电压与导通电阻的冲突。     

超结的击穿机理与特性分析

利用ISE软件模拟了阻断状态下超结(SJ)的耗尽层与电场分布,从电场分布的角度解释了SJ的击穿机理.并分析关键参数,如P柱与n柱的宽度、浓度等变化对超结击穿电压的影响.结果表明,SJ的击穿机理与传统的圆柱型结不同,SJ的击穿并不发生在结面的拐点处.并且,通过调整边缘区域P柱或n柱的宽度和浓度来提高SJ器件耐压及其稳定性.     

Improvement on short-circuit ability of SiC super-junction MOSFET with partially widened pillar structure

A novel 1200 V SiC super-junction (SJ) MOSFET with a partially widened pillar structure is proposed and investigated by using the two-dimensional numerical simulation tool. Based on the SiC SJ MOSFET structure, a partially widened P-region is added at the SJ pillar region to improve the short-circuit (SC) ability. After investigating the position and doping concentration of the widened P-region, an optimal structure is determined. From the simulation results, the SC withstand times (SCWTs) of the conventional trench MOSFET (CT-MOSFET), the SJ MOSFET, and the proposed structure at 800 V DC bus voltage are 15 μs, 17 μs, and 24 μs, respectively. The SCWTs of the proposed structure are increased by 60% and 41.2% in comparison with that of the other two structures. The main reason for the proposed structure with an enhanced SC capability is related to the effective suppression of saturation current at the high DC bias conditions by using a modulated P-pillar region. Meanwhile, a good Baliga's FOM ($BV^{2}/R_{\rm on}$) also can be achieved in the proposed structure due to the advantage of the SJ structure. In addition, the fabrication technology of the proposed structure is compatible with the standard epitaxy growth method used in the SJ MOSFET. As a result, the SJ structure with this feasible optimization skill presents an effect on improving the SC reliability of the SiC SJ MOSFET without the degeneration of the Baliga's FOM.     

高压超结VDMOS结构设计

为改善高压功率VDMOS击穿电压和导通电阻之间的平方率关系,采用超结理论及其分析方法,结合电荷平衡理论,计算了超结VDMOS的理想结构参数,并利用仿真软件SILVACO对超结VDMOS的各个工艺参数(外延厚度,P柱掺杂剂量,阈值电压)进行了优化设计,对器件的正向导通特性和反向击穿特性进行了仿真分析。最终设计了一个击穿电压为815V,比导通电阻为23mΩ.cm2的超结VDMOS。     

一种具有独特导通机理的新型超结IGBT

首次指出了超结IGBT这一新型功率半导体器件独特的导通机理并对其作了详细分析.通过TMAMEDICI仿真验证,超结IGBT耐压能力和正向导通能力都明显优于普通IGBT.并且发现,不同N柱、P柱掺杂浓度下器件的导通模式会在单极输运和双极输运之间相互改变,而这一特性是超结IGBT所独有的.也正是这一特殊的导通机理使得超结I...     

半超结抑制RC-TIGBT Snapback效应机理与仿真

首次对半超结RC-TIGBT与传统RC-TIGBT的正向导通机理进行了比较研究。通过Silvaco TCAD软件仿真,模拟研究了Ydrift值、P-集电区宽度与N+短路区宽度等关键参数对Snapback效应的影响。结果表明,回退电压点随着Ydrift的减小而减小,且与Ydrift呈线性关系。对于底部集电极尺寸而言,回退电压点与P-集电区宽度有关,与N+短路区宽度基本无关。基于仿真结果,给出半超结RC-TIGBT的等效电路,并详细分析了半超结技术能抑制Snapback效应的原因。最后,对半超结RC-TIGBT的结构参数进行设计,提出一种能减小Snapback效应的有效方法。     

Improved 4H-SiC UMOSFET with super-junction shield region

This article investigates an improved 4H-SiC trench gate metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) (UMOSFET) fitted with a super-junction (SJ) shielded region. The modified structure is composed of two n-type conductive pillars, three p-type conductive pillars, an oxide trench under the gate, and a light n-type current spreading layer (NCSL) under the p-body. The n-type conductive pillars and the light n-type current spreading layer provide two paths to and promote the diffusion of a transverse current in the epitaxial layer, thus improving the specific on-resistance ($R_{\rm on,sp}$). There are three p-type pillars in the modified structure, with the p-type pillars on both sides playing the same role. The p-type conductive pillars relieve the electric field ($E$-field) in the corner of the trench bottom. Two-dimensional simulation (silvaco TCAD) indicates that $R_{\rm on,sp }$ of the modified structure, and breakdown voltage ($V_{\rm BR}$) are improved by 22.2% and 21.1% respectively, while the maximum figure of merit (${\rm FOM}=V^{2}_{\rm BR}/R_{\rm on,sp}$) is improved by 79.0%. Furthermore, the improved structure achieves a light smaller low gate-to-drain charge ($Q_{\rm gd}$) and when compared with the conventional UMOSFET (conventional-UMOS), it displays great advantages for reducing the switching energy loss. These advantages are due to the fact that the p-type conductive pillars and n-type conductive pillars configured under the gate provide a substantial charge balance, which also enables the charge carriers to be extracted quickly. In the end, under the condition of the same total charge quantity, the simulation comparison of gate charge and OFF-state characteristics between Gauss-doped structure and uniform-doped structure shows that Gauss-doped structure increases the $V_{\rm BR}$ of the device without degradation of dynamic performance.     

A novel SOI high-voltage SJ-pLDMOS based on self-adaptive charge balance

A new SOl self-balance （SB） super-junction （S J） pLDMOS with a self-adaptive charge （SAC） layer and its physical model are presented. The SB is an effective way to realize charges balance （CB）. The substrate-assisted depletion （SAD） effect of the lateral SJ is eliminated by the self-adaptive inversion electrons provided by the SAC. At the same time, high concentration dynamic self-adaptive electrons effectively enhance the electric field （EI） of the dielectric buried layer and increase breakdown voltage （BV）. E1 = 600 V/μm and BV =- 237 V are obtained by 3D simulation on a 0.375-μm-thick dielectric layer and a 2.5-μm-thick top silicon layer. The optimized structure realizes the specific on resistance （Ron,sp） of 0.01319Ω·cm2, FOM （FOM = BV2/R p） of 4.26 MW/cm2 under a 11 μm length （Ld） drift region.