Monolithic Complementary Multi-terminal RC-IGBT Chips for Compact Multi-phase Power Converter

Abstract

The paper deals with the monolithic / “on-chip” integration of multi-phase power converters in medium power applications. It focuses on the integration of the power converter within two original multi-terminal complementary substrates (P and N substrates). Interesting advantages can be brought by the integration of the multi-phase converter within only two complementary multi-terminal power chips. These advantages include power chips realization simplification, multi-terminal chips assembly simplification, gate driver circuit simplification and low EMI through the circuit board.