“Shift and Match” (S…M) method for channel mobility correction in degraded MOSFETs

Author(s):  
Linglin Jing ◽  
Rui Gao ◽  
Zhigang Ji ◽  
Runsheng Wang
Keyword(s):  
Electronics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 735
Author(s):  
Fortunato Pezzimenti ◽  
Hichem Bencherif ◽  
Giuseppe De Martino ◽  
Lakhdar Dehimi ◽  
Riccardo Carotenuto ◽  
...  

A numerical simulation study accounting for trap and defect effects on the current-voltage characteristics of a 4H-SiC-based power metal-oxide-semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET) is performed in a wide range of temperatures and bias conditions. In particular, the most penalizing native defects in the starting substrate (i.e., EH6/7 and Z1/2) as well as the fixed oxide trap concentration and the density of states (DoS) at the 4H-SiC/SiO2 interface are carefully taken into account. The temperature-dependent physics of the interface traps are considered in detail. Scattering phenomena related to the joint contribution of defects and traps shift the MOSFET threshold voltage, reduce the channel mobility, and penalize the device current capabilities. However, while the MOSFET on-state resistance (RON) tends to increase with scattering centers, the sensitivity of the drain current to the temperature decreases especially when the device is operating at a high gate voltage (VGS). Assuming the temperature ranges from 300 K to 573 K, RON is about 2.5 MΩ·µm2 for VGS > 16 V with a percentage variation ΔRON lower than 20%. The device is rated to perform a blocking voltage of 650 V.


2008 ◽  
Vol 600-603 ◽  
pp. 1187-1190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Q. Jon Zhang ◽  
Charlotte Jonas ◽  
Joseph J. Sumakeris ◽  
Anant K. Agarwal ◽  
John W. Palmour

DC characteristics of 4H-SiC p-channel IGBTs capable of blocking -12 kV and conducting -0.4 A (-100 A/cm2) at a forward voltage of -5.2 V at 25°C are demonstrated for the first time. A record low differential on-resistance of 14 mW×cm2 was achieved with a gate bias of -20 V indicating a strong conductivity modulation in the p-type drift region. A moderately doped current enhancement layer grown on the lightly doped drift layer effectively reduces the JFET resistance while maintains a high carrier lifetime for conductivity modulation. A hole MOS channel mobility of 12.5 cm2/V-s at -20 V of gate bias was measured with a MOS threshold voltage of -5.8 V. The blocking voltage of -12 kV was achieved by Junction Termination Extension (JTE).


2007 ◽  
Vol 556-557 ◽  
pp. 835-838 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amador Pérez-Tomás ◽  
Michael R. Jennings ◽  
Philip A. Mawby ◽  
James A. Covington ◽  
Phillippe Godignon ◽  
...  

In prior work we have proposed a mobility model for describing the mobility degradation observed in SiC MOSFET devices, suitable for being implemented into a commercial simulator, including Coulomb scattering effects at interface traps. In this paper, the effect of temperature and doping on the channel mobility has been modelled. The computation results suggest that the Coulomb scattering at charged interface traps is the dominant degradation mechanism. Simulations also show that a temperature increase implies an improvement in field-effect mobility since the inversion channel concentration increases and the trapped charge is reduced due to bandgap narrowing. In contrast, increasing the substrate impurity concentration further degrades the fieldeffect mobility since the inversion charge concentration decreases for a given gate bias. We have good agreement between the computational results and experimental mobility measurements.


2011 ◽  
Vol 1315 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. K. Ngwashi ◽  
R. B. M. Cross ◽  
S. Paul ◽  
Andrian P. Milanov ◽  
Anjana Devi

ABSTRACTIn order to investigate the performance of ZnO-based thin film transistors (ZnO-TFTs), we fabricate devices using amorphous hafnium dioxide (HfO2) high-k dielectrics. Sputtered ZnO was used as the active channel layer, and aluminium source/drain electrodes were deposited by thermal evaporation, and the HfO2 high-k dielectrics are deposited by metal-organic chemical vapour deposition (MOCVD). The ZnO-TFTs with high-k HfO2 gate insulators exhibit good performance metrics and effective channel mobility which is appreciably higher in comparison to SiO2-based ZnO TFTs fabricated under similar conditions. The average channel mobility, turn-on voltage, on-off current ratio and subthreshold swing of the high-k TFTs are 31.2 cm2V-1s-1, -4.7 V, ~103, and 2.4 V/dec respectively. We compared the characteristics of a typical device consisting of HfO2 to those of a device consisting of thermally grown SiO2 to examine their potential for use as high-k dielectrics in future TFT devices.


2013 ◽  
Vol 740-742 ◽  
pp. 958-961 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuji Katakami ◽  
Hiroyuki Fujisawa ◽  
Kensuke Takenaka ◽  
Hitoshi Ishimori ◽  
Shinji Takasu ◽  
...  

We fabricated and characterized an ultrahigh voltage (>10kV) p-channel silicon carbide insulated gate bipolar transistor (SiC-IGBT) with high channel mobility. Higher field-effect channel mobility of 13.5 cm2/Vs was achieved by the combination of adopting an n-type base layer with a retrograde doping profile and additional wet re-oxidation annealing (wet-ROA) at 1100°C in the gate oxidation process. The on-state characteristics of the p-channel SiC-IGBT at 200°C showed the low differential specific on-resistance of 24 mΩcm2 at VG = -20 V. The forward blocking voltage of the p-channel SiC-IGBT at 25°C was 10.2 kV a the leakage current density of 1.0 μA/cm2.


2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (7) ◽  
pp. 219-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Yang ◽  
Cheng-Wei Cheng ◽  
Mayank T. Bulsara ◽  
Eugene A. Fitzgerald
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1997 ◽  
Vol 471 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Eccleston

ABSTRACTThe drift of electrons in the channels of Thin Film Transistors is analysed for discrete grains separated by grain boundaries containing amorphous silicon. The model provides the relationship channel mobility and grain size. The relationship between drain current and the terminal voltages is also predicted. The model relates to normal high current region of transistor operation.


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