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http://dx.doi.org/10.7471/ikeee.2012.16.4.283

Trench Power MOSFET using Separate Gate Technique for Reducing Gate Charge  

Cho, Doohyung (Dept. of Electronic Engineering, Sogang University)
Kim, Kwangsoo (Dept. of Electronic Engineering, Sogang University)
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Journal of IKEEE / v.16, no.4, 2012 , pp. 283-289 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this paper, We proposed Separate Gate Technique(SGT) to improve the switching characteristics of Trench power MOSFET. Low gate-to-drain 전하 (Miller 전하 : Qgd) has to be achieved to improve the switching characteristics of Trench power MOSFET. A thin poly-silicon deposition is processed to form side wall which is used as gate and thus, it has thinner gate compared to the gate of conventional Trench MOSFET. The reduction of the overlapped area between the gate and the drain decreases the overlapped charge, and the performance of the proposed device is compared to the conventional Trench MOSFET using Silvaco T-CAD. Ciss(input capacitance : Cgs+Cgd), Coss(output capacitance : Cgd+Cds) and Crss(reverse recovery capacitance : Cgd) are reduced to 14.3%, 23% and 30% respectively. To confirm the reduction effect of capacitance, the characteristics of inverter circuit is comprised. Consequently, the reverse recovery time is reduced by 28%. The proposed device can be fabricated with convetional processes without any electrical property degradation compare to conventional device.
Keywords
Gate charge; Trench gate; Miller charge; Power MOSFET; switching loss;
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