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Compact Trench Floating Field Rings Termination for 10kV+ Rated SiC n-IGBTs

Lophitis, Neophytos; Gammon, Peter M.; Renz, A. Benjamin; Dai, Tian Xiang; Tiwari, Amit; Trajkovic, Tanya; Mawby, Phillip A.; Udrea, Florin; Antoniou, Marina

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Authors

Peter M. Gammon

A. Benjamin Renz

Tian Xiang Dai

Amit Tiwari

Tanya Trajkovic

Phillip A. Mawby

Florin Udrea

Marina Antoniou



Abstract

This work presents the design methodology and performance of a compact edge termination structure aiming 10kV+ rated Silicon Carbide (SiC) devices. Standard Floating Field Rings (FFRs) for such high voltage rating SiC devices are not favored because they are inefficient in terms of the achievable breakdown voltage as a percentage of the 1D maximum, consume large chip area, require high implantation energies and small gaps between rings which can violate fabrication limits. We show that the implantation of Aluminium at the bottom of carefully positioned trenches can be analogous to deep Aluminium implantation in terms of performance, thus annulling the need for small gaps between rings and MeV ion implantation. We optimize the distribution of trenches by placing them in multiple zones of different expansion coefficient. The proposed multi expansion ratio Trench FFR termination was utilized to terminate the active area of a 10kV rated Punch Through n-IGBT having 0.8 μm p-body and 100 μm, 3×1014 cm-3 drift region. We found the 0.6–0.8 µm to be the most optimum trench depth, achieving over 10 kV within less than 500 μm of termination length.

Citation

Lophitis, N., Gammon, P. M., Renz, A. B., Dai, T. X., Tiwari, A., Trajkovic, T., …Antoniou, M. (2022). Compact Trench Floating Field Rings Termination for 10kV+ Rated SiC n-IGBTs. Materials Science Forum, 1062, 598-602. https://doi.org/10.4028/p-64ey6u

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Mar 18, 2022
Online Publication Date May 31, 2022
Publication Date May 31, 2022
Deposit Date Jul 1, 2022
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Materials Science Forum
Print ISSN 0255-5476
Electronic ISSN 1662-9752
Publisher Trans Tech Publications, Ltd.
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 1062
Pages 598-602
DOI https://doi.org/10.4028/p-64ey6u
Keywords Mechanical Engineering; Mechanics of Materials; Condensed Matter Physics; General Materials Science
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/8310118
Publisher URL https://www.scientific.net/MSF.1062.598

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