Analysis of the Operation Mechanism of Superjunction in RC-IGBT and a Novel Snapback-Free Partial Schottky Collector Superjunction RC-IGBT-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Analysis of the Operation Mechanism of Superjunction in RC-IGBT and a Novel Snapback-Free Partial Schottky Collector Superjunction RC-IGBT

Published:2023-12-29 Issue:1 Volume:15 Page:73
ISSN:2072-666X
Container-title:Micromachines
language:en
Short-container-title:Micromachines

Author:

Yuan Song¹²^ORCID,Li Yichong¹²,Hou Min¹²,Jiang Xi¹²,Gong Xiaowu¹²,Hao Yue¹

Affiliation:

1. The Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Wide Bandgap Semiconductor Materials and Devices, School of Microelectronics, Xidian University, Xi’an 710071, China

2. The Guangzhou Institute of Technology, Xidian University, Guangzhou 510555, China

Abstract

This paper explores the operation mechanism of the superjunction structure in RC-IGBTs based on carrier distribution and analyzes the advantages and challenges associated with its application in RC-IGBTs for the first time. A Partial Schottky Collector Superjunction Reverse Conduction IGBT (PSC-SJ-RC-IGBT) is proposed to address these issues. The new structure eliminates the snapback phenomenon. Furthermore, by leveraging the unipolar conduction of the Schottky diode and its fast turn-off characteristics, the proposed device significantly reduces the turn-off power consumption and reverse recovery charge. With medium pillar doping concentration, the turn-off loss of the PSC-SJ-RC-IGBT decreases by 54.1% compared to conventional superjunction RC-IGBT, while the reverse recovery charge is reduced by 52.6%.

Funder

National Natural Science Foundation of China

Publisher

MDPI AG

Subject

Electrical and Electronic Engineering,Mechanical Engineering,Control and Systems Engineering

Link

https://www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/15/1/73/pdf

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