• DocumentCode
    1430337
  • Title

    Investigation of voltage-dependent drift region resistance on high-voltage drain-extended MOSFETs´ I-V characteristics

  • Author

    Chu, C.-L. ; Hu, C.-M. ; Gong, J. ; Huang, C.-F. ; Tsai, C.-L. ; Chen, F.-Y. ; Liou, R.-H. ; Tuan, H.-C.

  • Author_Institution
    Analog/Power & Specialty Technol. Div., TSMC, Hsinchu, Taiwan
  • Volume
    48
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    110
  • Lastpage
    111
  • Abstract
    In this reported work, a decrease in saturation current with increasing drain voltage in a 30 V asymmetric DEMOSFET biased at medium gate voltage was observed. The change in parasitic junction field-effect transistor (JFET) resistance for different gate and drain voltages is used to explain this phenomenon. The JFET resistance is increased with increasing drain voltage, which causes the saturated drain current to decrease and exhibits a negative dynamic output resistance. Careful design of the drift region doping profile can reduce the JFET resistance and relieve the output resistance issue without affecting the breakdown voltage.
  • Keywords
    MOSFET; junction gate field effect transistors; I-V characteristics; asymmetric DEMOSFET; high-voltage drain-extended MOSFET; junction field-effect transistor; parasitic JFET resistance; voltage 30 V; voltage-dependent drift region resistance;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el.2011.3286
  • Filename
    6138376