• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2007.07a
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• pp.1309-1310
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• 2007

본 논문에서는 IGBT 소자 중 온저항을 낮추고 집적성을 향상시키기 위해 고안된 트렌치 게이트 IGBT의 단점인 게이트 코너에서의 전계 집중현상을 완화하기 위해 P+ 베이스 영역에 트렌치 전극을 형성하고, 트렌치 바닥면에 P+ 층을 형성한 새로운 구조를 제안하고 TSUPREM과 MEDICI 시뮬레이션을 사용하여 전기적 특성을 분석하였다. 제안한 구조를 시뮬레이션한 결과 순방향 저지시에 15% 이상의 항복전압 향상을 보였으며, 이 때 온저항 특성과 문턱전압의 변화는 없었다. 전계 분포를 3차원적 시뮬레이션을 통해 트렌치 전극 바닥에 형성된 P+ 층에 의해 전계집중이 분산되는 전계분산 효과에 의해 항복전압을 향상시킴을 확인하였다. 전계분산 효과에 의한 항복전압향상은 트렌치 게이트의 코너와 트렌치 전극의 코너의 깊이가 같을수록 두 코너 사이의 거리가 가까울수록 커짐을 시뮬레이션을 통해 확인하였다. 제안 구조는 공정상 복잡성이 야기되지만 15%이상의 항복전압향상 효과는 소자 특성 개선에서 많은 응용이 기대된다.

• ETRI Journal
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• v.35 no.4
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• pp.603-609
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• 2013

In this paper, we present a 600-V reverse conducting insulated gate bipolar transistor (RC-IGBT) for soft and hard switching applications, such as general purpose inverters. The newly developed RC-IGBT uses the deep reactive-ion etching trench technology without the thin wafer process technology. Therefore, a freewheeling diode (FWD) is monolithically integrated in an IGBT chip. The proposed RC-IGBT operates as an IGBT in forward conducting mode and as an FWD in reverse conducting mode. Also, to avoid the destructive failure of the gate oxide under the surge current and abnormal conditions, a protective Zener diode is successfully integrated in the gate electrode without compromising the operation performance of the IGBT.

• Journal of IKEEE
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.110-117
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• 2008

This paper presents a new Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor(IGBT) based on Non Punch Through(NPT) IGBT structure for power switching device. The proposed structure has adding N+ beside the P-base region of the conventional IGBT structure. The added n+ diffusion of the proposed device ensure device has faster turn-off time and lower forward conduction loss than the conventional IGBT structure. But, added n+ region can reduce th breakdown voltage and latching current density of the proposed device due to its high doping concentration. This problems can be overcome by using diverter on the right side of the device. In the simulation results, turn-off time of the proposed device is 0.3us and the on-state voltage drop is 3V. The results show that the proposed device has superior characteristic than conventional structure.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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• v.33 no.2
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• pp.105-108
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• 2020

In this study, experiments and simulations were conducted for a 1,200-V-class trench Si insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) with a small cell pitch below 2.5 ㎛. Presently, as a power device, the 1,200-V-class trench Si IGBT is used for automotives including electric vehicles, hybrid electric vehicles, and industrial motors. We obtained a breakdown voltage of 1,440 V, threshold of 6 V, and state voltage drop of 1.75 V. This device is superior to conventional IGBTs featuring a planar gate. To derive its electrical characteristics, we extracted design and process parameters. The cell pitch was 0.95 ㎛ and total wafer thickness was 140 ㎛ with a resistivity of 60 Ω·cm. We will apply these results to achieve fine-pitch gate power devices suitable for electrical automotive industries.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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• v.29 no.9
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• pp.523-526
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• 2016

This paper was researched about 1,200 V level floating island IGBT (insulated gate bipolar transistor). Presently, 1,200 V level IGBT is used in Inverter for distributed power generation. We analyzed and compared electrical charateristics of the proposed floating island IGBT and conventional IGBT. For analyzing and comparison, we used T-CAD tool and simulated the electrical charateristics of the devices. And we extracted optimal design and process parameter of the devices. As a result of experiments, we obtained 1,456 V and 1,459 V of breakdown voltages, respectively. And we obatined 4.06 V and 4.09 V of threshold voltages, respectively. On the other hand, on-state voltage drop of floating island IGBT was 3.75 V. but on-state vlotage drop of the conventional IGBT was 4.65 V. Therefore, we almost knew that the proposed floating island IGBT was superior than the conventional IGBT in terms of power dissipation.

• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 2007.11a
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• pp.1438-1444
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• 2007

Standard Gate Turn Off (GTO) Thyristor drive technology results in inhomogeneous turn-on and turn-off transients which in turn needs costly dv/dt and di/dt snubber circuits. Added to this GTO is bulky in size, needs external cooling, slower switching time etc. The development of high voltage Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT) have given new device advantage in the areas where they compete with conventional GTO technology. Indian Railway has developed first IGBT based traction converter and was commissioned in November 2006. Some of the supremacy of IGBT are smaller in size, no external cooling is required, built in power supply which enhances reliability, lower switching losses which leads to higher efficiency, reduced gate drive, high frequency operation in real time etc. These advantages are highlighted along with IGBT Traction system in operation.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2006.06a
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• pp.173-174
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• 2006

In this paper we proposed transient model for NPT(Non Punch-Through) IGBT(Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor) with gate resistances. As gate resistance increases, turn-off time increases. But If gate resistance is small, overshoot voltage increase. To analyze the effect of gate resistance, the transient model is made and the experiments are conducted. We used gate resistances of values; 8[$\Omega$], 140[$\Omega$], 810[$\Omega$] for simulations and experiments. We compared theoretical and experimental results and obtained good agreements.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.592-601
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• 2016

This paper presents the modeling of insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) in electromagnetic transients program (EMTP) simulation for the reliable calculation of switching and conduction losses. The conventional approach considering the physical property of switching devices requires many attribute parameters and large computation efforts. In contrast, the proposed method uses the curve fitting and interpolation techniques based on typical switching waveforms and a user-defined component with variable resistances to capture the dynamic characteristics of IGBTs. Therefore, the simulation time can be efficiently reduced without losing the accuracy while avoiding the extremely small time step, which is required in simulation by the conventional method. The EMTP based simulation includes turn-on and turn-off transients of IGBT, saturation state, forward voltage of free-wheeling diode, and reverse recovery characteristics, etc. The effectiveness of proposed modeling for the EMTP simulation is verified by the comparison with experimental results obtained from practical implementation in hardware.

• Journal of the Microelectronics and Packaging Society
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• v.24 no.1
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• pp.103-111
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• 2017

In this study, the thermomechanical stress and fatigue analysis of a high voltage and high current (3,300 V/1200 A) insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) module used for electric locomotive applications were performed under thermal cycling condition. Especially, the reliability of the copper wire and the ribbon wire were compared with that of the conventional aluminum wire. The copper wire showed three times higher stress than the aluminum wire. The ribbon type wire showed a higher stress than the circular type wire, and the copper ribbon wire showed the highest stress. The fatigue analysis results of the chip solder connecting the chip and the direct bond copper (DBC) indicated that the crack of the solder mainly occurred at the outer edge of the solder. In case of the circular wire, cracking of the solder occurred at 35,000 thermal cycles, and the crack area in the copper wire was larger than that of the aluminum wire. On the other hand, when the ribbon wire was used, the crack area was smaller than that of the circular wire. In case of the solder existing between DBC and base plate, the crack growth rate was similar regardless of the material and shape of the wire. However, cracking occurred earlier than chip solder, and more than half of the solder was failed at 40,000 cycles. Therefore, it is expected that the reliability of the solder between DBC and base plate would be worse than the chip solder.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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• v.25 no.3
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• pp.187-192
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• 2012

Development of new efficient, high voltage switching devices with wide safe operating area and low on-state losses has received considerable attention in recent years. One of those structures with a very effective geometrical design is the trench gate Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor(IGBT).power IGBT devices are optimized for high-voltage low-power design, decided to aim. Class 1,200 V NPT Planer IGBT, 1,200 V NPT Trench IGBT for class has been studied.