• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.588-593
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• 2014

Current crowding problem can worsen the internal quantum efficiency and the negative-voltage ESD of InGaN-based LEDs. In this paper, by using photon emission microscope and thermal emission microscope measurement, we confirmed that the electric field and the current of the InGaN-based LED sample are crowded in specific regions where the distance between p-type metal contact and n-type metal contact is shorter than other regions. To improve this crowding problem of electric field and current, modified metal contact geometry having uniform distance between the two contacts is proposed and verified by a numerical simulation. It is confirmed that the proposed structure shows better current spreading, resulting in higher internal quantum efficiency and reduced reverse leakage current.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.916-921
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• 2018

본 논문에서는 고전압, 고전류 동작을 위한 전력 MOSFET 소자에 대한 전기적 특성을 시뮬레이션을 통해 분석하였다. 소자의 정적 특성을 향상시키기 위해 기존의 Si대신 4H-SiC를 이용했다. 4H-SiC는 넓은 에너지 밴드 갭에 의한 높은 한계전계를 갖기 때문에 고전압, 고전류 동작에서 Si보다 유리한 특성을 갖는다. 4H-SiC를 사용한 기존 VDMOSFET 구조는 p-base 영역 모서리에 전계가 집중되는 현상으로 인해 항복 전압이 제한된다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 p-base 영역의 모서리에 곡률을 주어 전계의 집중을 완화시켜 항복 전압을 높이고, 정적 특성을 개선한 곡률 VDMOSFET 구조를 제안하였다. TCAD 시뮬레이션을 통해 기존 VDMOSFET과 곡률 VDMOSFET의 정적 특성을 비교, 분석 하였다. 곡률 VDMOSFET은 기존 구조에 비해 온저항의 증가 없이 68.6% 향상 된 항복 전압을 갖는다.

• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.465-474
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• 2011

Objectives : The removal of most reliable mechanical dental plaque that is to say tooth brushing was generalized to control of dental plaque, many oral health goods have also developed due to the effect differences followed by individual habit. The electric toothbrush have studied and developed widely as major field of study that electric toothbrush having various moving phase was sold and developed at the market. Methods : Accordingly author studied about selling electric toothbrushes shape (vibration type, ultra-sonic minuteness vibration type, semi rotation type) to raise the efficiency after comparing to the moving them that total 8 groups classified by poor tooth models for example normal set of tooth, crowding tooth, bracket attached tooth, prosthetic status etc. and executed plaque removal effect on the tooth through comparing experiment. Results : The removal rate of artificial plaque on the tooth was improved in proportion to the increase of tooth brushing time(p<0.05). The ultra-sonic minuteness vibration and semi rotation type was superior to toothbrush of vibration type comparing to the removal rate of plaque on the tooth(p<0.05). Conclusions : The electric toothbrush of supersonic minuteness vibration and semi rotation type can be recommended most of tooth types regardless of oral tooth setting status for example, normal set of tooth, crowding tooth, bracket attached tooth, porcelain tooth.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 1998년도 하계학술대회 논문집 D
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• pp.1337-1339
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• 1998

The trench termination scheme is introduced for high voltage devices. The curvature of the depletion region at field limiting ring is critical factor to determine the breakdown voltage. The smooth curvature of the depletion junction alleviate the electric field crowding effect around this region. In the trench field limiting ring, the radius of the depletion region is smaller than conventional field limiting ring, but the distance between every trench is spaced small enough to punchthrough before initiation of local breakdown. The trench field limiting ring on silicon can ne formed by RIE followed by oxidation on side wall surface of the trench, and polysilicon filling. The combined termination of this trench floating field ring and field plate have been designed and analyzed. The breakdown simulation by 2-dimensional TCAD shows that the cylindrical junction breakdown voltage for substrate doping might be 99 percent of the ideal breakdwon voltage for substrate doping concentration of $3\times10^{14}cm^{-3}$ with about $100{\mu}m$ of lateral termination width.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2001년도 하계학술대회 논문집 C
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• pp.1451-1453
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• 2001

An SOI(Silicon-On-Insulator) LD(Lateral Double-diffused)MOS with graded gate and recessed source is proposed. The proposed structure can increase the breakdown voltage by reducing the electric field crowding at the edge of gate. Simulation results by TSUPREM4 and MEDICI have shown that the breakdown voltage of proposed device was found to be 52 V while that of conventional device was 45 V. At the same breakdown voltage of 45 V, the on-resistance of the LDMOS with graded gate and recessed source was 14.4 % lower than that of conventional structure.

• Journal of Korean Vacuum Science & Technology
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.39-44
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• 2003

Recent ULSI and multilevel structure trends in microelectronic devices minimize the line width down to a quarter micron and below, which results in the high current densities in thin film interconnections. Under high current densities, an EM(electromigration) induced failure becomes one of the critical problems in a microelectronic device. This study is to improve thin film interconnection materials by investigating the EM characteristics in PSG(phosphosilicate glass)/SiO$_2$ passivated Al-l%Si thin film interconnections. Straight line patterns, wide and narrow link type patterns, and meander type patterns, etc. were fabricated by a standard photholithography process. The main results are as follows. The current crowding effects result in the decrease of the lifetime in thin film interconnections. The electric field effects accelerate the decrease of lifetime in the double-layered thin film interconnections. The lifetime of interconnections also depends upon the current conditions of P.D.C.(pulsed direct current) frequencies applied at the same duty factor.

• 전자공학회논문지
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• 제53권7호
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• pp.11-16
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• 2016

탄화규소(Silicon Carbide)는 와이드 밴드 갭 물질로써 실리콘(Si)에 비해 고전력, 고주파, 고온 소자용 반도체 물질로서 각광받고 있다. 탄화규소를 이용하여 만든 반도체 소자 중 특히 쇼트키 배리어 다이오드는 현재 가장 많이 사용되는 전력반도체 소자로써 스위칭 속도가 매우 빠르고 낮은 온저항 특성을 가지는 소자이다. 하지만 컨텍 엣지에서의 전계집중으로 인해 항복전압이 낮아지는 단점이 있다. 이를 해결하기 위해 다양한 엣지 터미네이션 기술이 제안되고 있는데, 본 논문에서는 최적의 항복전압을 갖기 위한 이중 필드 플레이트(Double Field Plate) 소자 구조를 제안하였다. 측정결과 제작한 소자는 온저항을 유지한 채 38% 향상된 항복전압을 나타내었다. 제안한 소자 특성 검증을 위해 소자를 설계 및 제작한 후 전기적 특성을 측정하였으며, 이중 필드 플레이트 구조는 길이와 두께가 서로 다른 필드 플레이트를 겹쳐 올림으로써 구현하였다.