• DocumentCode
    1278255
  • Title

    Modeling of the CoolMOSTM transistor - Part I: Device physics

  • Author

    Daniel, Bobby J. ; Parikh, Chetan D. ; Patil, Mahesh B.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Indian Inst. of Technol., Mumbai, India
  • Volume
    49
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    5/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    916
  • Lastpage
    922
  • Abstract
    CoolMOSTM is a novel power MOSFET with a "superjunction" for its drift region, which results in a vastly improved relationship between the on resistance and breakdown voltage. The presence of the superjunction makes the device physics very interesting and complicated. In this paper, we present simulation results aimed at understanding the device operation both in the on state and in the off state. Quasi saturation of the drain current is analyzed, and it is shown that it can be prevented by increasing the doping density of the drift region. An analytic model of the JFET-like drift region is presented. A CoolMOSTM transistor model based on the simulation results described here will be presented in an accompanying paper
  • Keywords
    power MOSFET; semiconductor device models; CoolMOS transistor; analytic model; breakdown voltage; device simulation; doping density; drain current; drift region; on-resistance; power MOSFET; quasi-saturation; simulation; superjunction; Circuit simulation; Doping; MOSFET circuits; Physics; Power MOSFET; Quasi-doping; Semiconductor process modeling; Strips; Switching circuits; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electron Devices, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9383
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/16.998603
  • Filename
    998603