• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.208-211
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• 2018

This paper details the design of a 1,200 V class trench gate field stop IGBT (insulated gate bipolar transistor) with a nano gate structure smaller than 1 um. Decreasing the size is important for lowering the cost and increasing the efficiency of power devices because they are high-voltage switching devices, unlike memory devices. Therefore, in this paper, we used a 2-D device and process simulations to maintain a gate width of less than 1 um, and carried out experiments to determine design and process parameters to optimize the core electrical characteristics, such as breakdown voltage and on-state voltage drop. As a result of these experiments, we obtained a wafer resistivity of $45{\Omega}{\cdot}cm$, a drift layer depth of more than 180 um, an N+ buffer resistivity of 0.08, and an N+ buffer thickness of 0.5 um, which are important for maintaining 1,200 V class IGBTs. Specially, it is more important to optimize the resistivity of the wafer than the depth of the drift layer to maintain a high breakdown voltage for these devices.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제36권6호
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• pp.609-613
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• 2023

In this paper, a 1,200 V Si-based IGBT used in electric vehicles and new energy industries was designed. A field stop IGBT with a separate gate structure, which is the proposed structure, was designed to change trench depth and split gate width variables. Then, the general trench structure and electrical characteristics were compared and analyzed. As a result of conducting the trench depth experiment, it was confirmed that the breakdown voltage was the highest at 6 ㎛, and the on-state voltage drop was the lowest at 3.5 ㎛. In the separate gate width experiment, it was confirmed that the breakdown voltage decreased as the variable increased, and the on-state voltage drop increased. Therefore, it may be seen that it is preferable not to change the width of the separate gate. In addition, experiments show that there is no difference in on-state voltage drop compared to a structure in which a general field stop structure has a separate gate structure. In other words, it is determined that adding a dummy gate with a separate gate structure to the active cell will significantly improve the on-voltage drop characteristics, while confirming that the on-voltage drop does not change, and while having excellent characteristics in terms of breakdown voltage.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제37권5호
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• pp.951-960
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• 2015

For a conventional power metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET), there is a trade-off between specific on-state resistance and breakdown voltage. To overcome this trade-off, a super-junction trench MOSFET (TMOSFET) structure is suggested; within this structure, the ability to sense the temperature distribution of the TMOSFET is very important since heat is generated in the junction area, thus affecting its reliability. Generally, there are two types of temperature-sensing structures-diode and resistive. In this paper, a diode-type temperature-sensing structure for a TMOSFET is designed for a brushless direct current motor with on-resistance of $96m{\Omega}{\cdot}mm^2$. The temperature distribution for an ultra-low on-resistance power MOSFET has been analyzed for various bonding schemes. The multi-bonding and stripe bonding cases show a maximum temperature that is lower than that for the single-bonding case. It is shown that the metal resistance at the source area is non-negligible and should therefore be considered depending on the application for current driving capability.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.129-134
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• 2013

For the conventional power metal-oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) device structure, there exists a tradeoff relationship between specific on-resistance ($R_{ON.SP}$) and breakdown voltage ($V_{BR}$). In order to overcome the tradeoff relationship, a uniform super-junction (SJ) trench metal-oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor (TMOSFET) structure is studied and designed. The structure modeling considering doping concentrations is performed, and the distributions at breakdown voltages and the electric fields in a SJ TMOSFET are analyzed. The simulations are successfully optimized by the using of the SILVACO TCAD 2D device simulator, Atlas. In this paper, the specific on-resistance of the SJ TMOSFET is successfully obtained 0.96 $m{\Omega}{\cdot}cm^2$, which is of lesser value than the required one of 1.2 $m{\Omega}{\cdot}cm^2$ at the class of 100 V and 100 A for BLDC motor.

• 한국항행학회논문지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.364-370
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• 2014

본 논문에서는 트렌치 게이트 MOSFET에 적용을 위한 고 신뢰성을 갖는 트렌치 형성기술과 고품격의 제조기술을 제안하였다. 이는 향후 전력용 MOSFET 에 널리 적용이 가능하다. 트렌치 구조는 DMOSFET에서 셀 피치크기를 줄여서 Ron 특성을 개선하거나 대다수 전력용 IC에서 전력용 소자를 다른 CMOS(Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) 소자로부터 독립시킬 목적으로 채용된다. 마스크 레이어를 사용하여 자기정렬기술과 산화막 스페이서가 채용된 고밀도 트렌치 MOSFET를 제작하기 위한 새로운 공정방법을 구현하였다. 이 기술은 공정 스텝수를 감소시키고 트렌치 폭과 소오스, p-body 영역을 감소시킴으로써 결과적으로 셀 밀도와 전류 구동성능을 증가시키며 온 저항의 감소를 가져왔다.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.190-193
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• 2010

Various power semiconductor devices have been developed and evolved since 1950s. Among them, IGBT is the most developed power semiconductor device which has high breakdown voltage, high current conduction and suitable switching speed which perform trade-offs between each other. In other words, there are trade-offs between a breakdown voltage and on-state voltage drop, and between on-state voltage drop and turn-off time. In this paper, the new structure is proposed to improve a trade-off between a breakdown voltage and on-state voltage drop. The proposed structure has a trench collector and this trench collector induces an accumulation layer at the bottom of an n-drift region during off-state. And this accumulation layer prevents expansion of depletion layer so that trapezoidal electric field distribution is performed in the n-drift region. As a result of this, breakdown voltage is increased without increasing on-state voltage drop. The electrical characteristics of the proposed IGBT is analyzed and optimized by using representative device simulator, TSUPREM4 and MEDICI. After optimization, the electrical characteristics of the proposed IGBT is compared with NPT IGBT which have the same device thickness. As a result of this, it can be confirmed that the proposed structure increases the breakdown voltage of 800 V than that of the conventional NPT IGBT without increasing the on-state voltage drop.

• 한국시뮬레이션학회논문지
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.27-32
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• 2014

본 논문에서는, 초고집적 CMOS 회로를 위한 얕은 트랜치 격리로 기존의 수직 구조 보다 개선된 성질을 갖는 새로운 구조를 제안하고자 한다. 이를 위해서 제안한 구조는 회자 모양의 얕은 트랜치 격리 구조이다. 특성 분석은 기존 수직 구조와 제안한 구조에 대해서 전자농도 분포, 열전자 스트레스의 산화막 모양, 전위와 전계 플럭스, 열 손상의 유전 전계와 소자에서 전류-전압 특성을 분석 하고자 한다. 물리적 기본 모델들은 TCAD 툴을 이용하며, 집적화 소자들에 있어서 분석 조건은 주위 조건과 전류와 시간의 인가 스트레스 조건이다. 분석 결과, 얕은 트랜치 격리 구조가 소자의 크기가 감소됨에 따라서 수동적인 전기적 기능이었다. 트랜지스터 응용에서 제안한 회자 구조의 얕은 트랜치 격리 구조가 전기적 특성에서 전위차, 전계, 전자농도 분포가 높게 나타났으며, 활성영역에서 스트레스에 의한 산화막의 영향은 감소되었다. 이 결과 데이터를 바탕으로 소자의 전류-전압 특성 결과 분석도 양호한 특성으로 나타났다.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.195-202
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• 2003

This paper proposes a new LDMOSFET structure with a trenched sinker for high-power RF amplifiers. Using a low-temperature, deep-trench technology, we succeeded in drastically shrinking the sinker area to one-third the size of the conventional diffusion-type structure. The RF performance of the proposed device with a channel width of 5 mm showed a small signal gain of 16.5 dB and a maximum peak power of 32 dBm with a power-added efficiency of 25% at 2 GHz. Furthermore, the trench sinker, which was applied to the guard ring to suppress coupling between inductors, showed an excellent blocking performance below -40 dB at a frequency of up to 20 GHz. These results confirm that the proposed trenched sinker should be an effective technology both as a compact sinker for RF power devices and as a guard ring against coupling.

• Multiscale and Multiphysics Mechanics
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• 제1권3호
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• pp.225-231
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• 2016

The formation of silicon-on-nothing (SON) structure during an annealing process from the silicon substrate including the trench structures has been considered as an effective technique to construct the structure that has an empty space under the closed flat surface. Previous studies have demonstrated the mechanism of the formation of SON structure, which is based on the surface diffusion driven by the minimization of their surface energy. Also, it has been fragmentarily shown that the morphology of SON structure can be affected by the initial design of trench (e.g., size, number) and the annealing conditions (e.g., temperature, pressure). Based on the previous studies, here, we report a comprehensive study for the design of the cavity-embedded structure (i.e., SON structure). To do this, a dynamic model has been developed with the phase field approach. The simulation results represent that the morphology of SON structures could be detailedly designed, for example the position and thickness of cavity, the thickness of top and bottom layer, according to the design parameters. This study will give us an advantage in the effective design of SON structures.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2003년도 하계학술대회 논문집 Vol.4 No.1
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• pp.392-395
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• 2003

For the first time, the new dual trench gate Emitter Switched Thyristor is proposed for eliminating snap-back effect which leads to a lot of serious problems of device applications. Also, the parasitic thyristor that is inherent in the conventional EST is completely eliminated in the proposed EST structure, allowing higher maximum controllable current densities for ESTs. Moreover, the new dual trench gate allows homogenous current distribution throughout device and preserves the unique feature of the gate controlled current saturation of the thyristor current. The conventional EST exhibits snap-back with the anode voltage and current density 2.73V and $354/{\S}^2$, respectively. But the proposed EST exhibits snap-back with the anode voltage and current density 0.93V and $58A/{\S}^2$, respectively. Saturation current density of the proposed EST at anode voltage 6.11V is $3797A/{\S}^2$. The characteristics of 700V forward blocking of the proposed EST obtained from two dimensional numerical simulations (MEDICI) is described and compared with that of the conventional EST.