在一个改进的4H-SiC VDMOSFET中,对无式感应切换进行了二维计算机辅助设计研究
Xinfeng Nie1, Ying Wang1, Chenghao Yu1
1Key Laboratory of RF Circuits and Systems, Ministry of Education, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou 310018, China.
Micromachines
|January 23, 2024
概括
这项研究引入了一种改进的碳化 (SiC) 垂直双扩散 MOSFET (VDMOSFET),其表现出优异的无感应开关 (UIS) 性能和较低的启动阻力,与传统设计相比. 这些发现为高雪崩可靠性应用提供了宝贵的见解.
科学领域:
- 材料科学 材料科学 材料科学
- 电气工程 电气工程
- 半导体物理 半导体物理
背景情况:
- 碳化 (SiC) 金属氧化物半导体场效应晶体管 (MOSFET) 对于高功率工业应用至关重要,因为它们具有出色的热和电性能.
- 雪崩故障是SiC MOSFET在苛刻的操作环境中的可靠性问题.
- 现有的VDMOSFET设计需要改进,以满足严格的雪崩可靠性标准.
研究的目的:
- 提出和评估一个改进的SiC VDMOSFET设计,以提高雪崩性.
- 为了比较拟议的设备与传统的缓冲层VDMOSFET (B-VDMOSFET) 的无式感应开关 (UIS) 性能.
- 为了评估修改后的VDMOSFET的电阻特性.
主要方法:
- 使用Sentaurus TCAD模拟软件与混合模式模拟器来构建一个未紧的感应开关 (UIS) 测试电路.
- 进行了详细的模拟,以分析在UIS压力下的拟议和传统SiC VDMOSFET的行为.
- 评估设备性能指标,包括UIS能力和特定的电阻 (Ron,sp).
主要成果:
- 在相同的测试条件下,与B-VDMOSFET相比,改进的SiC VDMOSFET表现出明显更好的UIS性能.
- 模拟表明,修改后的VDMOSFET在室温下比B-VDMOSFET.实现了较低的特定电阻 (Ron,sp).
- 拟议的设计有效地减轻了SiC电源设备的雪崩故障问题.
结论:
- 开发的SiC VDMOSFET设计为要求高雪崩可靠性的应用提供了有前途的解决方案.
- 模拟结果验证了改进的设备的增强UIS性能和改进的电阻.
- 这项研究为开发强大的SiC VDMOSFET用于具有挑战性的工业场景提供了关键的参考.
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