Novel Step Floating Islands VDMOS with Low Specific on-Resistance by TCAD Simulation

A novel VDMOS with Step Floating Islands VDMOS (S-FLI VDMOS) is proposed for the first time in this letter, in order to optimize the breakdown voltage (<i>BV</i>) and the specific on-resistance (<i>R</i><sub>on,sp</sub>). The innovative terminal technology of Brea...

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Main Authors: Dongyan Zhao, Yubo Wang, Yanning Chen, Jin Shao, Zhen Fu, Baoxing Duan, Fang Liu, Xiuwei Li, Tenghao Li, Xin Yang, Mingzhe Li, Yintang Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-04-01
Series:Micromachines
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/13/4/573
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Summary:A novel VDMOS with Step Floating Islands VDMOS (S-FLI VDMOS) is proposed for the first time in this letter, in order to optimize the breakdown voltage (<i>BV</i>) and the specific on-resistance (<i>R</i><sub>on,sp</sub>). The innovative terminal technology of Breakdown Point Transfer (BPT) is applied to S-FLI VDMOS, which transfers the breakdown point from the high electric field region to the low electric field region, and the S-FLI VDMOS structure uses multiple layers of charge compensation blocks to generate multiple electric field peaks in the drift region in order to optimize the electric field distribution. In the TCAD simulation, the <i>BV</i> of the proposed S-FLI VDMOS is improved to 326 V, which is higher than that of 281 V for the conventional Si VDMOS with the same drift region length of 15 μm, and the <i>R</i><sub>on,sp</sub> is reduced from 21.54 mΩ·cm<sup>2</sup> for the conventional Si VDMOS to 7.77 mΩ·cm<sup>2</sup> for the S-FLI VDMOS. Compared with the conventional Si VDMOS, the current density of the effective current conduction path is increased when the forward bias is applied to the proposed device.
ISSN:2072-666X