β-Ga_(2)O_(3) junction barrier Schottky diode with NiO p-well floating field rings

Recently,β-Ga_(2)O_(3),an ultra-wide bandgap semiconductor,has shown great potential to be used in power devices blessed with its unique material properties.For instance,the measured average critical field of the vertical Schottky barrier diode(SBD)based onβ-Ga_(2)O_(3) has reached 5.45 MV/cm,and no device in any material has measured a greater before.However,the high electric field of theβ-Ga_(2)O_(3) SBD makes it challenging to manage the electric field distribution and leakage current.Here,we showβ-Ga_(2)O_(3) junction barrier Schottky diode with NiO p-well floating field rings(FFRs).For the central anode,we filled a circular trench array with NiO to reduce the surface field under the Schottky contact between them to reduce the leakage current of the device.For the anode edge,experimental results have demonstrated that the produced NiO/β-Ga_(2)O_(3) heterojunction FFRs enable the spreading of the depletion region,thereby mitigating the crowding effect of electric fields at the anode edge.Additionally,simulation results indicated that the p-NiO field plate structure designed at the edges of the rings and central anode can further reduce the electric field.This work verified the feasibility of the heterojunction FFRs inβ-Ga_(2)O_(3) devices based on the experimental findings and provided ideas for managing the electric field ofβ-Ga_(2)O_(3) SBD.

Study and optimal simulation of 4H-SiC floating junction Schottky barrier diodes' structures and electric properties

This paper stuides the structures of 4H SiC floating junction Schottky barrier diodes. Some structure parameters of devices are optimized with commercial simulator based on forward and reverse electrical characteristics. Compared with conventional power Schottky barrier diodes, the devices are featured by highly doped drift region and embedded floating junction layers, which can ensure high breakdown voltage while keeping lower specific on-state resistance, and solve the contradiction between forward voltage drop and breakdown voltage. The simulation results show that with optimized structure parameter, the breakdown voltage can reach 4.36 kV and the specific on-resistance is 5.8 mΩ.cm2 when the Baliga figure of merit value of 13.1 GW/cm2 is achieved.

Modeling of 4H-SiC multi-floating-junction Schottky barrier diode

This paper develops a new and easy to implement analytical model for the specific on-resistance and electric field distribution along the critical path for 4H-SiC multi-floating junction Schottky barrier diode. Considering the charge compensation effects by the multilayer of buried opposite doped regions, it improves the breakdown voltage a lot in comparison with conventional one with the same on-resistance. The forward resistance of the floating junction Schottky barrier diode consists of several components and the electric field can be understood with superposition concept, both are consistent with MEDICI simulation results. Moreover, device parameters are optimized and the analyses show that in comparison with one layer floating junction, multilayer of floating junction layer is an effective way to increase the device performance when specific resistance and the breakdown voltage are traded off. The results show that the specific resistance increases 3.2 mΩ.cm2 and breakdown voltage increases 422 V with an additional floating junction for the given structure.

Optimized design of 4H-SiC floating junction power Schottky barrier diodes

SiC floating junction Schottky barrier diodes were simulated with software MEDICI 4.0 and their device structures were optimized based on forward and reverse electrical characteristics. Compared with the conventional power Schottky barrier diode, the device structure is featured by a highly doped drift region and embedded floating junction region, which can ensure high breakdown voltage while keeping lower specific on-state resistance, solved the contradiction between forward voltage drop and breakdown voltage. The simulation results show that with opti- mized structure parameter, the breakdown voltage can reach 4 kV and the specific on-resistance is 8.3 mΩ·cm2.

1200V 40A碳化硅肖特基二极管设计

设计并实现了一种阻断电压为1 200V、正向电流40A的碳化硅(SiC)肖特基势垒二极管(SBD)。采用有限元仿真的方法对器件的有源区和终端保护参数进行了优化。器件采用10μm厚度掺杂浓度为6E15cm-3的外延材料,终端保护采用浮空场限制环。正向电压1.75V时,导通电流达到40A。

超结与浮结型肖特基势垒二极管的比较研究(英文)

对浮结型及超结型肖特基势垒二极管静态及动态特性进行了解析及模拟。静态特性通过解析击穿电压与导通电阻之间的关系得到。反向恢复特性通过二极管电容随反向电压变化关系解释,商用混合模拟器MEDICI模拟结果表明浮结结构具有软恢复特性,软度因子为0.949。超结结构恢复特性较硬,软度因子为0.780 7。当考虑这两种耐压结构时,必须权衡静态及动态之间的关系。

6500 V 15 A 4H-SiC JBS二极管的研制

基于有限元仿真的方法对6 500 V15 A4H-SiC肖特基二极管开展了材料结构、有源区结型势垒肖特基（JBS）结构和终端保护结构的优化设计。基于4英寸（1英寸=2.54 cm）n型4H-SiC导电衬底,采用厚度为55μm、杂质浓度为9×1014 cm-3的外延材料、48个宽度为3.0μm浮空场限环实现了一款反向击穿电压大于6 500 V的4H-SiC JBS二极管。电特性测试结果表明,室温下正向电流为15 A时,正向电压为2.9 V,开启电压为1.3 V;150℃下正向电流为15 A时,正向电压为5.2 V,开启电压为1.2 V。

4H-SiC浮动结JBS器件的设计方法

研究了4H-SiC浮动结(FJ)结势垒肖特基(JBS)二极管的设计方法。提出在上外延层厚度一定的情况下得到外延层最佳掺杂浓度,然后以器件的功率优值(BFOM值)为依据确定出最佳下外延层厚度,进而设计出浮动结和表面结的最佳结构参数。否定了文献中认为浮动结位于器件中部为最佳设计的结论。仿真结果表明浮动结和表面结线宽比不仅影响器件导通特性,还会影响反向特性。浮动结线宽比在一定范围内会略微影响器件击穿电压,而表面结线宽比主要影响器件的反向泄漏电流。

套刻偏差对4H-SiC浮动结结势垒肖特基二极管的影响研究

4H-SiC浮动结结势垒肖特基二极管与常规结势垒肖特基二极管相比在相同的导通电阻条件下具有更高的击穿电压.由p^+埋层形成的浮动结与主结p^+区之间的套刻对准是实现该结构的一项关键技术.二维模拟软件ISE的模拟结果表明,套刻偏差的存在会明显影响器件的击穿特性,随着偏差的增大击穿电压减小.尽管主结和埋层的交错结构与对准结构具有相似的击穿特性,但是当正向电压大于2 V后,交错结构的串联电阻更大.