• DocumentCode
    1234078
  • Title

    Fast reverse recovery body diode in high-voltage VDMOSFET using cell-distributed Schottky contacts

  • Author

    Cheng, Xu ; Sin, Johnny K O ; Kang, Baowei ; Feng, Chuguang ; Wu, Yu ; Liu, Xingming

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. Eng., Beijing Polytech. Univ., China
  • Volume
    50
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    5/1/2003 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1422
  • Lastpage
    1425
  • Abstract
    A new approach to improve the high-voltage vertical double-diffused MOSFET (VDMOSFET) body-diode recovery speed is proposed. In this approach, a Schottky contact is integrated into every cell of the VDMOSFET. Experimental results from the fabricated samples show a 50% decrease in the reverse recovery charge and a 60% increase in the softness factor of the body diode in 500 V/2 A VDMOSFETs.
  • Keywords
    Schottky barriers; power MOSFET; semiconductor device breakdown; 2 A; 500 V; body diode softness factor; breakdown voltage; cell-distributed Schottky contacts; current handling capability; fast reverse recovery body diode; high-voltage VDMOSFET; high-voltage vertical double-diffused MOSFET; Bridge circuits; Fabrication; MOSFET circuits; Power MOSFET; Power engineering and energy; Schottky barriers; Schottky diodes; Silicon compounds; Threshold voltage; Topology;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electron Devices, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9383
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TED.2003.813226
  • Filename
    1210818