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Effects of Vth adjustment ion implantation on Switching Characteristics of MCT(MOS Controlled Thyristor)

문턱전압 조절 이온주입에 따른 MCT (MOS Controlled Thyristor)의 스위칭 특성 연구

  • Park, Kun-Sik (ICT Materials & Components Research Laboratory, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute) ;
  • Cho, Doohyung (Department of Electronic Engineering, Sogang University) ;
  • Won, Jong-Il (ICT Materials & Components Research Laboratory, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute) ;
  • Kwak, Changsub (Hanwha Corporation)
  • 박건식 (한국전자통신연구원, ICT소재부품연구소) ;
  • 조두형 (서강대학교, 전자공학과) ;
  • 원종일 (한국전자통신연구원, ICT소재부품연구소) ;
  • 곽창섭 ((주)한화)
  • Received : 2016.02.02
  • Accepted : 2016.05.04
  • Published : 2016.05.25
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Abstract

Current driving capability of MCT (MOS Controlled Thyristor) is determined by turn-off capability of conducting current, that is off-FET performance of MCT. On the other hand, having a good turn-on characteristics, including high peak anode current ($I_{peak}$) and rate of change of current (di/dt), is essential for pulsed power system which is one of major application field of MCTs. To satisfy above two requirements, careful control of on/off-FET performance is required. However, triple diffusion and several oxidation processes change surface doping profile and make it hard to control threshold voltage ($V_{th}$) of on/off-FET. In this paper, we have demonstrated the effect of $V_{th}$ adjustment ion implantation on the performance of MCT. The fabricated MCTs (active area = $0.465mm^2$) show forward voltage drop ($V_F$) of 1.25 V at $100A/cm^2$ and Ipeak of 290 A and di/dt of $5.8kA/{\mu}s$ at $V_A=800V$. While these characteristics are unaltered by $V_{th}$ adjustment ion implantation, the turn-off gate voltage is reduced from -3.5 V to -1.6 V for conducting current of $100A/cm^2$ when the $V_{th}$ adjustment ion implantation is carried out. This demonstrates that the current driving capability is enhanced without degradation of forward conduction and turn-on switching characteristics.

MCT (MOS Controlled Thyristor)의 전류 구동능력은 도통상태의 MCT를 턴-오프 시킬 수 있는 능력, 즉 off-FET의 성능에 의해 결정되고, MCT의 주된 응용분야인 펄스파워 분야에서는 턴-온 시의 피크전류($I_{peak}$)와 전류상승기울기(di/dt) 특성이 매우 중요하다. 이러한 요구사항을 만족시키기 위해서는 MCT의 on/off-FET 성능 조절이 중요하지만, 깊은 접합의 P-웰과 N-웰을 형성하기 위한 삼중 확산공정과 다수의 산화막 성장공정은 이온주입 불순물의 표면농도를 변화시키고 on/off-FET의 문턱전압($V_{th}$) 조절을 어렵게 한다. 본 논문에서는 on/off-FET의 $V_{th}$를 개선하기 위한 채널영역 문턱전압 이온주입에 대하여 시뮬레이션을 진행하고 이를 토대로 제작한 MCT의 전기적 특성을 비교 평가하였다. 그 결과 문턱전압 이온주입을 진행한 MCT의 경우(활성영역=$0.465mm^2$) $100A/cm^2$ 전류밀도에서의 전압손실($V_F$)은 1.25V, 800V의 어노드 전압에서 $I_{peak}$ 및 di/dt는 290A와 $5.8kA/{\mu}s$로 문턱전압 이온주입을 진행하지 않은 경우와 유사한 특성을 나타낸 반면, $100A/cm^2$의 구동전류에 대한 턴-오프 게이트전압은 -3.5V에서 -1.6V로 감소하여 MCT의 전류 구동능력을 향상시킴을 확인하였다.

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