The present application claims priority to Chinese patent application No. 202111466727.5, filed with China National Intellectual Property Administration on Dec. 3, 2021, and entitled “SUPER-JUNCTION MOSFET DEVICE”, the entire content of which is incorporated herein by reference.
The present disclosure belongs to the technical field of semiconductor devices, and relates to a super-junction MOSFET device.
Super-junction power MOSFETs are widely used because of their low on-resistance, easy driving, and fast switching speed. N-type pillar regions and P-type pillar regions are interleaved with each other in a body region of the super-junction MOSFET, and compensate for each other when subjected to a voltage, which is a main feature of the super-junction MOSFET. Compared to conventional power MOSFETs, the super-junction MOSFETs have lower on-resistance and parasitic capacitance, which enables them to be widely used in higher power and higher frequency scenarios.
In the case of taking an inductor as a load, it is usually necessary to add a freewheeling diode to conduct current when the super-junction MOSFET is turned off. It is a cost-saving and efficiency-improving way to use a body diode of the super-junction MOSFET as a freewheeling diode. However, the body diode of the super-junction MOSFET has an extremely poor reverse recovery characteristic. Specifically, the body diode of the super-junction MOSFET has a high reverse recovery charge and a low reverse recovery softness factor. The high reverse recovery charge will increase the loss of super-junction MOSFET during the switching process, thereby reducing the efficiency of the entire system. The low reverse recovery softness factor will cause high dI/dt in the switching circuit, resulting in voltage overshoot and RLC oscillation, which will directly cause the device to burn out in severe cases.
Currently, in order to improve the softness factor of the body diode of super-junction MOSFET, it is widely used to add a lightly doped buffer layer between the pillar region and the substrate region of the super-junction MOSFET. On the other hand, in order to reduce the reverse recovery charge of the body diode of the super-junction MOSFET, a method of reducing life times of carriers in the body diode of the super-junction MOSFET, or a method of introducing Schottky contacts on the surface of the super-junction MOSFET to reduce the injection of non-equilibrium carriers may be commonly employed to reduce the reverse recovery charge.
However, the above techniques are often accompanied by the sacrifice of other electrical characteristics while improving the reverse recovery characteristics of the super-junction MOSFETs. Specifically, although the thicker the N-type buffer layer, the higher the reverse recovery softness factor of the body diode, the reverse recovery charges will increase significantly, and the on-resistance of the super-junction MOSFET will also increase. Although a carrier lifetime control technology, such as introducing effective recombination centers through doping heavy metal impurities such as gold or platinum, or performing high-energy electron irradiation at the end of device fabrication, is adapted to reduce the life times of the carriers, but it also increases the leakage current and the on-resistance of the super-junction MOSFET. In addition, integrating Schottky diodes on the surface of the super-junction MOSFET will also increase the leakage current of the super-junction MOSFET.
Therefore, there is an urgent need for a super-junction MOSFET that can greatly reduce the reverse recovery charge of the device and improve the reverse recovery softness without increasing the specific on-resistance and the leakage current of the device.
In view of the above-described disadvantages of the conventional technology, it is an object of the present disclosure to provide a super-junction MOSFET device for solving the problem in the conventional technology that improvement of the super-junction reverse recovery characteristics is often accompanied by sacrifices of other electrical characteristics.
To achieve the above object and other related objects, the present disclosure provides a super-junction MOSFET device including a plurality of cell structures, and each of the cell structure includes:
Optionally, the doping concentration of the N-type field stop region is at least times the doping concentration of the N-type buffer layer.
Optionally, the N-type field stop region includes at least two divisions that are not in contact with each other.
Optionally, the spaced regions do not completely partition the N-type field stop region, and the N-type field stop region is integrally connected.
Optionally, a top surface of the N-type field stop region is spaced apart from a top surface of the N-type buffer layer by a preset distance, and a bottom surface of the N-type field stop region is spaced apart from a bottom surface of the N-type buffer layer by a preset distance.
Optionally, a top surface of the N-type field stop region is in contact with at least one of the first P-pillar, the N-pillar or the second P-pillar, and a bottom surface of the N-type field stop region is in contact with the N-type drain electrode layer.
Optionally, a top surface of the N-type field stop region is spaced apart from the top surface of the N-type buffer layer by a preset distance, and a bottom surface of the N-type field stop region is in contact with the N-type drain electrode layer.
Optionally, a top surface of the N-type field stop region is in contact with at least one of the first P-pillar, the N-pillar or the second P-pillar, and a bottom surface of the N-type field stop region is spaced apart from a bottom surface of the N-type buffer layer by a preset distance.
Optionally, the vertical projection of the N-type field stop region on the N-type drain electrode layer overlaps with vertical projections of the first P-pillar, the N-pillar and the second P-pillar on the N-type drain electrode layer.
Optionally, the gate structure includes a gate dielectric layer, a gate conductive layer and an insulating protective layer, the gate conductive layer is arranged on the gate dielectric layer, and the insulating protective layer covers a top surface and side surfaces of the gate conductive layer.
As described above, in the super-junction MOSFET device according to the present disclosure, an N-type field stop region is introduced into the N-type buffer layer, and the vertical projection of the N-type field stop region on the N-type drain electrode layer has spaced regions. Since the doping concentration of the N-type field stop region is much higher than that of the N-type buffer layer, when the body diode of the super-junction MOSFET is turned on, substantially no conductance modulation occurs in the N-type field stop region, which means that the N-type field stop region is substantially free of non-equilibrium carriers when the super-junction diode is turned on. As a result, the reverse recovery charge of the super-junction diode will be greatly reduced. In addition, when a high voltage is applied to the drain terminal and the source terminal, the electric field terminates at the N-type field stop region and cannot through the N-type field stop region. Therefore, during the reverse recovery of the super-junction diode, the non-equilibrium carriers in the N-type buffer layer located below and on the left and right sides of the N-type field stop region cannot be directly extracted by the electric field, so the reverse recovery softness will be greatly increased.
Since no carrier lifetime control technology is used, the leakage current of the device is not increased according to the present disclosure. In addition, due to the introduction of the N-type field stop region, the on-resistance of the super-junction MOSFET is greatly reduced, that is, according to the present disclosure, the on-resistance of the device can be reduced without increasing the leakage current of the device, while reducing the reverse recovery charge and improving the reverse recovery softness factor.
Implementations of the present disclosure are illustrated below through specific embodiments. Those skilled in the art can easily understand other advantages and efficacy of the present disclosure according to the content disclosed in this specification. The present disclosure can also be implemented or applied through other different specific implementations. Various modifications or variations can also be made on details in this specification based on different opinions and applications without departing from the spirit of the present disclosure.
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In this embodiment, a super-junction MOSFET device is provided. The super-junction MOSFET device includes a plurality of cell structures. Please refer to
Specifically, the N-type drain electrode layer 2 is arranged on the drain electrode 1, and the N-type buffer layer 3 is arranged on the N-type drain electrode layer 2. The drain electrode 1 is made of a conductive metal material. The N-type drain electrode layer 2 and the N-type buffer layer 3 are made of a material that includes but is not limited to N-type doped silicon, and the N-type drain electrode layer 2 has a higher doping concentration than the N-type buffer layer 3.
Specifically, the first P-pillar 5a and the second P-pillar 5b are arranged on the N-type buffer layer 3, and are spaced apart from each other in a horizontal direction. The first P-type body region 7a and the second P-type body region 7b are respectively arranged on the first P-pillar 5a and the second P-pillar 5b, and are spaced apart from each other in the horizontal direction. The N-pillar 6 is arranged on the N-type buffer layer 3, sandwiched between the first P-pillar 5a and the second P-pillar 5b, and sandwiched between the first P-type body region 7a and the second P-type body region 7b.
It should be noted that a P-pillar is shared by two neighboring cell structures, that is, in the horizontal direction, the P-pillar and the N-pillar are arranged alternately.
Specifically, the first N-type source region 9a and the second N-type source region 9b are respectively arranged on upper surface layers of the first P-type body region 7a and the second P-type body region 7b, and the doping concentrations of the first N-type source region 9a and the second N-type source region 9b are respectively higher than the doping concentrations of the first P-type body region 7a and the second P-type body region 7b.
Specifically, the first P-type body contact region 8a and the second P-type body contact region 8b are respectively arranged on the upper surface layers of the first P-type body region 7a and the second P-type body region 7b, the first P-type body contact region 8a is arranged on a side of the first N-type source region 9a away from the second P-type body region 7b, and the second P-type body contact region 8b is arranged on a side of the second N-type source region 9b away from the first P-type body region 7a. The doping concentrations of the first P-type body contact region 8a and the second P-type body contact region 8b are respectively higher than the doping concentrations of the first P-type body contact region 7a and the second P-type body region 7b.
Specifically, the gate structure is arranged on the first P-type body region 7a, the N-pillar 6 and the second P-type body region 7b, and is in contact with the first N-type source region 9a and the second N-type source region 9b. In this embodiment, the gate structure includes a gate dielectric layer 11, a gate conductive layer 12 and an insulating protective layer 13. The gate conductive layer 12 is arranged on the gate dielectric layer 11, and the insulating protective layer 13 covers a top surface and side surfaces of the gate conductive layer 12. The gate dielectric layer 11 includes but is not limited to a silicon dioxide layer, the gate conductive layer 12 includes but is not limited to a polysilicon layer, and the insulating protective layer 13 includes but is not limited to a silicon dioxide layer.
Specifically, the source electrode 10 covers the gate structure and is in contact with the first N-type source region 9a, the second N-type source region 9b, the first P-type body contact region 8a and the second P-type body contact region 8b. The source electrode 10 may be made of a conductive metal material.
Specifically, the N-type field stop region 4 is arranged in the N-type buffer layer 3, and the N-type field stop region 4 has a vertical projection with spaced regions on the N-type drain electrode layer 2.
It should be noted that the spaced regions may not completely partition the N-type field stop region 4, and the N-type field stop region 4 is integrally connected. For example, the N-type field stop region 4 has a cross-section in the form of an S shape, a grid shape, a comb shape, a ring shape, and so on.
As an example, the vertical projection of the N-type field stop region 4 on the N-type drain electrode layer 2 preferably overlaps with the vertical projections of the first P-pillar 5a, the N-pillar 6 and the second P-pillar 5b on the N-type drain electrode layer, that is, the N-type field stop region 4 faces each of the first P-pillar 5a, the N-pillar 6 and the second P-pillar 5b.
As an example, the N-type field stop region 4 includes at least two divisions 41 that are not in contact with each other. In this embodiment, the N-type field stop region 4 is partitioned into three divisions 41 that are not in contact with each other by the spaced regions, and the three divisions 41 face the first P-pillar 5a, the N-pillar 6 and the second P-pillar 5b, respectively.
As an example, the top surface of the N-type field stop region 4 is spaced apart from the top surface of the N-type buffer layer 3 by a preset distance, and the bottom surface of the N-type field stop region 4 is spaced apart from the bottom surface of the N-type buffer layer 3 by a preset distance, that is, in this embodiment, the N-type field stop region 4 is completely wrapped by the N-type buffer layer 3.
Specifically, the doping concentration of the N-type field stop region 4 is higher than that of the N-type buffer layer 3. In this embodiment, the doping concentration of the N-type field stop region 4 is at least 10 times that of the N-type buffer layer 3. Since the doping concentration of the N-type field stop region 4 is much higher than that of the N-type buffer layer 3, when the body diode of the super-junction MOSFET is turned on, substantially no conductance modulation occurs in the N-type field stop region 4, which means that the N-type field stop region 4 is substantially free of non-equilibrium carriers when the super-junction diode is turned on. As a result, the reverse recovery charge of the super-junction diode will be greatly reduced. In addition, when a high voltage is applied to the drain terminal and the source terminal, the electric field terminates at the N-type field stop region 4 and cannot pass through the N-type field stop region 4. Therefore, during the reverse recovery of the super-junction diode, the non-equilibrium carriers in the N-type buffer layer 3 located below and on the left and right sides of the N-type field stop region 4 cannot be directly extracted by the electric field, so the reverse recovery softness will be greatly increased.
Since no carrier lifetime control technology is used, the leakage current of the device is not increased according to the present disclosure. In addition, due to the introduction of the N-type field stop region, the on-resistance of the super-junction MOSFET is greatly reduced, that is, according to the present disclosure, the on-resistance of the device can be reduced without increasing the leakage current of the device, while reducing the reverse recovery charge and improving the reverse recovery softness factor.
In this embodiment, the technical solution is basically the same as that in the first embodiment, except that in the first embodiment, the top surface of the N-type field stop region 4 is spaced apart from the top surface of the N-type buffer layer 3 by a preset distance, and the bottom surface of the N-type field stop region 4 is spaced apart from the bottom surface of the N-type buffer layer 3 by a preset distance, and in this embodiment, the top surface of the N-type field stop region 4 is in contact with at least one of the first P-pillar 5a, the N-pillar 6 and the second P-pillar 5b, or the bottom surface of the N-type field stop region 4 is in contact with the N-type drain electrode layer 2.
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In this embodiment, the technical solution is basically the same as that in the first embodiment, except that in the first embodiment, the top surface of the N-type field stop region 4 is spaced apart from the top surface of the N-type buffer layer 3 by a preset distance, and the bottom surface of the N-type field stop region 4 is spaced apart from the bottom surface of the N-type buffer layer 3 by a preset distance, and in this embodiment, as shown in
In this embodiment, the technical solution is basically the same as that in the first embodiment, except that in the first embodiment, the top surface of the N-type field stop region 4 is spaced apart from the top surface of the N-type buffer layer 3 by a preset distance, and the bottom surface of the N-type field stop region 4 is spaced apart from the bottom surface of the N-type buffer layer 3 by a preset distance, and in this embodiment, the top surface of the N-type field stop region 4 is in contact with at least one of the first P-pillar 5a, the N-pillar 6 or the second P-pillar 5b, and the bottom surface of the N-type field stop region 4 is spaced apart from the bottom surface of the N-type buffer layer 3 by a preset distance.
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To sum up, in the super-junction MOSFET device according to the present disclosure, an N-type field stop region is introduced into the N-type buffer layer, and the vertical projection of the N-type field stop region on the N-type drain electrode layer has spaced regions. Since the doping concentration of the N-type field stop region is much higher than that of the N-type buffer layer, when the body diode of the super-junction MOSFET is turned on, substantially no conductance modulation occurs in the N-type field stop region, which means that the N-type field stop region is substantially free of non-equilibrium carriers when the super-junction diode is turned on. As a result, the reverse recovery charge of the super-junction diode will be greatly reduced. In addition, when a high voltage is applied to the drain terminal and the source terminal, the electric field terminates at the N-type field stop region and cannot pass through the N-type field stop region. Therefore, during the reverse recovery of the super-junction diode, the non-equilibrium carriers in the N-type buffer layer located below and on the left and right sides of the N-type field stop region cannot be directly extracted by the electric field, so the reverse recovery softness will be greatly increased. Since no carrier lifetime control technology is used, the leakage current of the device is not increased according to the present disclosure. In addition, due to the introduction of the N-type field stop region, the on-resistance of the super-junction MOSFET is greatly reduced, that is, according to the present disclosure, the on-resistance of the device can be reduced without increasing the leakage current of the device, while reducing the reverse recovery charge and improving the reverse recovery softness factor. Therefore, the present disclosure effectively overcomes various shortcomings in conventional technologies and has high industrial utilization value.
The above embodiments only illustrate the principles and effects of the present disclosure, but are not used to limit the present disclosure. Anyone familiar with this technology can modify or change the above embodiments without departing from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure. Therefore, all equivalent modifications or changes made by those with ordinary knowledge in the technical field without departing from the spirit and technical ideas disclosed in the present disclosure shall still be covered by the claims of the present disclosure.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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202111466727.5 | Dec 2021 | CN | national |
Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
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PCT/CN2022/134726 | 11/28/2022 | WO |