Electronic Science and Technology ›› 2021, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (1): 60-64.doi: 10.16180/j.cnki.issn1007-7820.2021.01.011

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Simulation Study of Anode Short Circuit 4H-SiC IGBT with Low Lifetime Region

MAO Hongkai,SU Fangwen,LIN Mao,ZHANG Fei,SUI Jinchi   

  1. School of Electronics and Information Engineering,Hangzhou Dianzi University,Hangzhou 310018,China
  • Received:2019-10-31 Online:2021-01-15 Published:2021-01-22
  • Supported by:
    The Excellent Youth Foundation of Zhejiang Province of China(LR17F040001)

Abstract:

The traditional trench type 4H-SiC IGBT has a large turn-off loss, and it is difficult to compromise the turn-on voltage drop and turn-off loss. Aiming at this problem, a LS-IGBT structure was proposed, in which the emitter region contained a low-life region while a stepped collector was introduced by collector region to reduce the turn-off loss of the device. This method reduced the turn-off loss of a device by simultaneously controlling the number of hole carriers injected in the collector region and the lifetime of the P base region carriers, while maintaining the device breakdown voltage. The Silvaco Atlas device simulation tool was used to simulate the improved structure and compare it with the traditional structure. The simulation results showed that under the premise of consistent breakdown voltage, the turn-off loss of the new structure was increased by 84.5 % compared with the conventional structure, and the turn-on voltage drop of the device was reduced by 8.3%, which verified the correctness of the design.

Key words: breakdown voltage, turn-off loss, 4H-SiC, IGBT, on-state voltage, Silvaco Atlas

CLC Number: 

  • TN312+.3