{"title":"Rapid thermal modeling for smart-power and integrated multichip power circuit design","authors":"P. Dupuy, J. Dorkel, P. Tounsi, L. Borucki","doi":"10.1109/ISPSD.1996.509474","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISPSD.1996.509474","url":null,"abstract":"This paper recalls how the two-port network theory can be introduced to solve the 3D heat flow equation in a multilayered plane structure. In this paper we present two pieces of software based on the application of this theory, which are used to analyze the thermal behavior of SmartMos circuits with a fairly good accuracy and short computational times. Finally, an illustration is given and some comparisons are made with experiments and an FE code.","PeriodicalId":377997,"journal":{"name":"8th International Symposium on Power Semiconductor Devices and ICs. ISPSD '96. Proceedings","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132326600","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nungpyo Hong, Yong-Woo Lee, Pil-Gyu Im, D. Cho, Jin-woong Hong
{"title":"The effect of electron beam irradiation on insulating characteristics of molding compound for power semiconductor modules","authors":"Nungpyo Hong, Yong-Woo Lee, Pil-Gyu Im, D. Cho, Jin-woong Hong","doi":"10.1109/ISPSD.1996.509482","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISPSD.1996.509482","url":null,"abstract":"The high temperature-low expansion type epoxy resin used for molding material of power semiconductor elements is irradiated with an electron beam. It is found that the insulating characteristics of the molding material varied with electron beam irradiation conditions. The insulating characteristics of the molding material, such as dielectric breakdown voltage and volume resistivity, are investigated as a function of electron beam dose. As a result, the specimen which is irradiated with 4 Mrad has exhibited a high breakdown voltage and volume resistivity.","PeriodicalId":377997,"journal":{"name":"8th International Symposium on Power Semiconductor Devices and ICs. ISPSD '96. Proceedings","volume":"570 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134453903","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A filamentation-free insulated-gate controlled thyristor and comparisons to the IGBT","authors":"K. Lilja, W. Fichtner","doi":"10.1109/ISPSD.1996.509498","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISPSD.1996.509498","url":null,"abstract":"An insulated-gate controlled thyristor is presented which has a saturating on-state current characteristic and a stable homogeneous current distribution during turn-on and turn-off. The design of the device and a proposed fabrication-process is discussed. The new device has the robust qualities of the IGBT (current saturation, homogeneous current distribution, insulated gate control), and the four-layer thyristor structure allows for a strong reduction in losses compared to the IGBT. A comparison by simulation for high-voltage devices shows that the losses can be reduced by a factor of 2-3 at 3 kV switching and by a factor of 4 at 6 kV switching, as compared to an optimized planar IGBT structure. We also show simulations comparing the stability of these devices against dynamic avalanche-induced current filamentation instabilities.","PeriodicalId":377997,"journal":{"name":"8th International Symposium on Power Semiconductor Devices and ICs. ISPSD '96. Proceedings","volume":"397 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116331149","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Onuki, M. Satou, S. Murakami, T. Morita, T. Yatsuo
{"title":"A new low temperature diffusion bonding technology between large-area, high-power devices and internal Mo electrodes using Au-Al films","authors":"J. Onuki, M. Satou, S. Murakami, T. Morita, T. Yatsuo","doi":"10.1109/ISPSD.1996.509506","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISPSD.1996.509506","url":null,"abstract":"To realize large-area, high-power devices, low temperature diffusion bonding between Al electrodes on both sides of the device and Au-plated Mo internal electrode foils has been investigated. Bonding was feasible below 573 K due to the formation of Au-Al intermetallic compound. Substantial reduction of the mounting force while keeping contact uniform was also possible. Reliability of the bond type devices is predicted from metallurgical viewpoint.","PeriodicalId":377997,"journal":{"name":"8th International Symposium on Power Semiconductor Devices and ICs. ISPSD '96. Proceedings","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125787891","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A high density self-aligned 4-mask planar VDMOS process","authors":"D. Kinzer, J. Ajit, K. Wagers, D. Asselanis","doi":"10.1109/ISPSD.1996.509491","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISPSD.1996.509491","url":null,"abstract":"The fifth generation HEXFET technology achieves its industry leading performance by using innovative self-alignment processes to improve manufacturing precision while cutting the number of process steps. It is a scaled down form of the dominant planar DMOS technology and requires only four masks to build. The self-alignment allows junction depths and feature sizes 30-40% smaller than previous generations. This is especially critical for power FETs with voltage ratings of 100 V or below, since so much of the on-resistance is determined by the width, length, and carrier mobility of the MOS channel. The shallow base greatly reduces JFET resistance while the heavy doping reduces base resistance to enhance ruggedness.","PeriodicalId":377997,"journal":{"name":"8th International Symposium on Power Semiconductor Devices and ICs. ISPSD '96. Proceedings","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131432078","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The MOS-gated floating base thyristor: a new dual gate thyristor with improved forward biased safe operating area","authors":"R. Kurlagunda, B. J. Baliga","doi":"10.1109/ISPSD.1996.509472","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISPSD.1996.509472","url":null,"abstract":"The Floating Base Thyristor (FBT) is a new thyristor structure proposed for obtaining a low on-state voltage drop during conduction and a good Forward Biased Safe Operating Area (FBSOA). This structure has highly doped P/sup +/ region in the floating P-base region to improve FBSOA. The FBT has two MOS gates-that will be hereafter referred to as the ON-gate and the OFF-gate. When both gates are biased positively, the device conducts with low forward voltage drop. When the OFF-gate is negatively biased the device operates in the IGBT mode and is able to saturate currents to high voltages. The effect of design parameters and temperature on latching current density and forward voltage drop of the FBT and the dependence of turnoff time with electron radiation dose are examined in this paper.","PeriodicalId":377997,"journal":{"name":"8th International Symposium on Power Semiconductor Devices and ICs. ISPSD '96. Proceedings","volume":"68 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124451427","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The DI lateral insulated gate field controlled thyristor (LIGFT)","authors":"R. Sunkavalli, A. Tamba, B. J. Baliga","doi":"10.1109/ISPSD.1996.509497","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISPSD.1996.509497","url":null,"abstract":"A new device called the DI Lateral insulated Field Controlled Thyristor (LIGFT) is introduced, which eliminates the parasitic thyristor latchup problem of the LIGBT. The LIGFT successfully integrates a high voltage lateral FCT with a series low voltage lateral MOSFET to create a unique MOS-gate controlled three terminal device. In comparison to the LIGBT, the LIGFT is experimentally shown to achieve a tremendous increase in maximum controllable current (RBSOA) and FBSOA by eliminating parasitic thyristor latchup, at the expense of an increase in on-state voltage drop.","PeriodicalId":377997,"journal":{"name":"8th International Symposium on Power Semiconductor Devices and ICs. ISPSD '96. Proceedings","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130870636","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Self-aligned RESURF to LOCOS region LDMOS characterization shows excellent R/sub sp/ vs BV performance","authors":"T. R. Efland, P. Mei, D. Mosher, B. Todd","doi":"10.1109/ISPSD.1996.509468","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISPSD.1996.509468","url":null,"abstract":"This paper discusses modeling and experimental development of self-aligned RESURF 60 V rated LDMOS power MOSFETs. The goals of this work were to provide state-of-the-art BV vs. R/sub sp/ performance RESURF devices using existing fabrication techniques capable of high current conduction. The devices were fabricated in a production environment with an additional RESURF implant added to the process. Best performance reported is BV=69 V, and R/sub sp/=0.82 m/spl Omega/ cm/sup 2/ @V/sub gs/=15 V which is the best to our knowledge in this voltage range. Large (18 m/spl Omega/) devices were demonstrated with linear performance up to 60 and 100 A @V/sub gs/=10 V and 15 V respectively. Thick third level metal was used to reduce surface interconnect debiasing.","PeriodicalId":377997,"journal":{"name":"8th International Symposium on Power Semiconductor Devices and ICs. ISPSD '96. Proceedings","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128424225","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Experimental verification of large current capability of lateral IEGTs on SOI","authors":"N. Yasuhara, H. Funaki, T. Matsudai, A. Nakagawa","doi":"10.1109/ISPSD.1996.509457","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISPSD.1996.509457","url":null,"abstract":"This paper reports, for the first time, the experimentally obtained electrical characteristics of lateral injection enhanced insulated gate bipolar transistors (LIEGTs) on SOI. It is shown that optimized LIEGTs have twice as large a current capability as LIGBTs and attain the same turn-off characteristics. These results show that LIEGTs are attractive for the output devices of high voltage power ICs.","PeriodicalId":377997,"journal":{"name":"8th International Symposium on Power Semiconductor Devices and ICs. ISPSD '96. Proceedings","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115465318","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Chowdhury, B. Guenin, R. Groover, S. Anderson, E.J. Derian
{"title":"Thermally-enhanced SOIC packages for power IC devices","authors":"A. Chowdhury, B. Guenin, R. Groover, S. Anderson, E.J. Derian","doi":"10.1109/ISPSD.1996.509505","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISPSD.1996.509505","url":null,"abstract":"Different design techniques to improve the thermal performance of a standard SOIC package have been evaluated and their thermal performance compared through thermal models by utilizing finite element analysis. It is shown that by enhancing the design of a standard SOIC package the thermal performance can be improved by as much as 46% over that of the standard design.","PeriodicalId":377997,"journal":{"name":"8th International Symposium on Power Semiconductor Devices and ICs. ISPSD '96. Proceedings","volume":"89 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127198793","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}