混合PiN/Schottky二极管的研究

对混合PiN/Schottky二极管（MPS）进行研究,首先对MPS二极管的工作原理进行了分析,通过对MPS二极管、肖特基二极管、PIN二极管的伏安特性进行模拟,结果表明MPS二极管正向压降小,电流密度大,反向漏电流小,是一种具有肖特基正向特性和PN结反向特性的新型整流器。可以通过改变肖特基和PN结的面积比来调整MPS二极管的性能,与肖特基二极管和PIN二极管相比具有明显的优势,是功率系统不可或缺的功率整流管。     

碳化硅器件发展概述

概要介绍了第三代半导体材料碳化硅(SiC)在高温、高频、大功率器件应用方面的优势,结合国际上SiC肖特基势垒二极管,PiN二极管和结势垒肖特基二极管的发展历史,介绍了SiC功率二极管的最新进展,同时对我国宽禁带半导体SiC器件的研究现状及发展方向做了概述及展望。     

SiC肖特基功率二极管在Boost功率因数校正器应用中的性能评估

实验评估了600V，4A碳化硅(SiC)肖特基二极管(英飞凌，SDP04S06)的性能。作为一种重点的应用，作者考虑选用一种300W，按平均电流模式控制的Boost功率因数校正器(PFC)。作者测量了采用该型号SiC肖特基二极管和采用两种超快、软恢复的硅功率二极管(RURD460和目前正被列入的STTH5R06D)制成的整机的效率、开关损耗、二极管损耗和电磁干扰(EMI)等特性。本文比较了这些结果，特别是定量地考察了SiC二极管提供的恢复电流的减小对该变换器行为的这些关键参数的影响。基于试验结果，本文表明在功率因数校正器设计中，采用SiC二极管只是在高开关频率时才是合算的。     

SiGeC异质结功率二极管通态特性研究

研究了一种大功率低功耗p+(SiGeC)-n--n+异质结二极管结构,分析了Ge、C含量对器件正向通态特性的影响。结果表明:与常规的Si p-i-n二极管相比,在正向电流密度不超过1000 A/cm2情况下,p+(SiGeC)-n--n+二极管的正向压降有明显的降低。当电流密度为10 A/cm2时,Si p-i-n二极管的压降为0.655 V,而SiGeC异质结二极管的压降只有0.525 V,大大降低了器件的通态功耗。在相同正向电流密度的条件下,SiGeC异质结二极管在n-区存储的载流子比Si二极管的减少了1个数量级以上,这导致前者的关断时间远小于后者。     

科锐推出封装型1,700V碳化硅肖特基二极管

科锐公司日前宣布推出全新系列封装型二极管,在现有碳化硅肖特基二极管技术条件下,该系列二极管可提供业界最高的阻断电压。科锐1,700V Z-Rec肖特基二极管从根本上消除了硅PiN二极管替代品中存在的反向恢复损耗,     

MPS二极管的少子特性仿真

混合pin/肖特基(MPS)二极管是广泛应用于电子电路中的快恢复功率器件,具有高击穿电压、快速开关和正向电流大等特性。对MPS二极管漂移区的少数载流子的特性进行了仿真分析。仿真结果表明,MPS二极管的p^+区向漂移区注入的少数载流子浓度随外加正向电压和pn结面积占元胞总面积比例的增大而增大。虽然漂移区的少数载流子改变了MPS二极管的工作模式,增大了电流,但是存储在漂移区的少数载流子增大了反向峰值电流和恢复时间,进而增大了功耗并降低了关断速度。折中考虑正向电流和反向恢复特性,可获得具有正向电流大、反向峰值电流小和反向恢复时间短的MPS二极管。     

混合P-i-N和异质结二极管的设计与仿真

设计了一个混合P-i-N和多晶硅/4H-SiC异质结的二极管结构(MPH diode)。当正向偏置时,异质结区在低电压下开启,随着正偏电压的不断加大,P~+4H-SiC区域注入少数载流子到漂移区,在异质结下就会有明显的电导调制效应。异质结部分的正向传导增强,即使在高电流密度时,大多数的电流运输也会通过异质结区,这样会使得正向压降和储存电荷之间有一个很好的折衷。当反向偏置时,沟槽MOS结构形成夹断,从而使器件有低漏电流密度和高阻断电压。采用仿真工具Silvaco TCAD来研究MPH二极管的电学特性。结果表明,MPH二极管有低正向开启电压(0.8V),而且当正向电压大于2.7V时,P-i-N区域导通,正向电流密度快速增大。与MPS二极管相比,MPH二极管同样可以工作在高压状态下(2 332V),并且有较小的反向漏电流和较好的反向恢复特性。     

新型大功率快速软恢复二极管：SIOD

提出了用于高频电力线路中的一处大功率软恢复二极管新结构。该二极管阳极由低注入效率的Ｐ区及高注入效率的Ｐ区组成。大电流下Ｐ区的高注入效率使二极管正向压降显著降低，而在换地，Ｐ区的低注入效率又能使反向峰值电流显著下降，反向电流衰减变软，阴极是欧姆接触结构，同时为电子和穴提供抽取通道，大大降低了反向恢复时间。采用传统绊导体哗啦的常规工艺，作出了反向恢复软度因子ｔＢ／ｔＡ最大，ｄｉ（ｒｅｃ）／ｄｚ最小的大     

一种带有注入增强缓冲层的4H-SiC GTO晶闸管

门极可关断(GTO)晶闸管是应用在脉冲功率领域中的一种重要的功率器件。目前,由于常规SiC GTO晶闸管的阴极注入效率较低,限制了器件性能的提高。提出了一种带有注入增强缓冲层的碳化硅门极可关断(IEB-GTO)晶闸管结构,相比于常规GTO晶闸管结构,该结构有着更高的阴极注入效率,从而减小了器件的导通电阻和功耗。仿真结果表明,当导通电流为1 000 A/cm^2时,IEB-GTO晶闸管的比导通电阻比常规GTO晶闸管下降了约45.5%;在脉冲峰值电流为6 000 A、半周期为1 ms的宽脉冲放电过程中,器件的最大导通压降比常规GTO晶闸管降低了约58.5%。     

一种积累型槽栅超势垒二极管

提出了一种积累型槽栅超势垒二极管,该二极管采用N型积累型MOSFET,通过MOSFET的体效应作用降低二极管势垒。当外加很小的正向电压时,在N+区下方以及栅氧化层和N-区界面处形成电子积累的薄层,形成电子电流,进一步降低二极管正向压降;随着外加电压增大,P+区、N-外延区和N+衬底构成的PIN二极管开启,提供大电流。反向阻断时,MOSFET截止,PN结快速耗尽,利用反偏PN结来承担反向耐压。N型积累型MOSFET沟道长度由N+区和N外延区间的N-区长度决定。仿真结果表明,在相同外延层厚度和浓度下,该结构器件的开启电压约为0.23 V,远低于普通PIN二极管的开启电压,较肖特基二极管的开启电压降低约30%,泄漏电流比肖特基二极管小近50倍。     

SiC power diodes provide breakthrough performance for a wide rangeof applications

The electrical performance of silicon carbide (SiC) power diodes is evaluated and compared to that of commercially available silicon (Si) diodes in the voltage range from 600 V through 5000 V. The comparisons include the on-state characteristics, the reverse recovery characteristics, and power converter efficiency and electromagnetic interference (EMI). It is shown that a newly developed 1500-V SiC merged PiN Schottky (MPS) diode has significant performance advantages over Si diodes optimized for various voltages in the range of 600 V through 1500 V. It is also shown that a newly developed 5000 V SiC PiN diode has significant performance advantages over Si diodes optimized for various voltages in the range of 2000 V through 5000 V. In a test case power converter, replacing the best 600 V Si diodes available with the 1500 V SiC MPS diode results in an increase of power supply efficiency from 82% to 88% for switching at 186 kHz, and a reduction in EMI emissions     

SiC power Schottky and PiN diodes

The present state of SiC power Schottky and PiN diodes are presented in this paper. The design, fabrication, and characterization of a 130 A Schottky diode, 4.9 kV Schottky diode, and an 8.6 kV 4H-SiC PiN diode, which are considered to be significant milestones in the development of high power SiC diodes, are described in detail. Design guidelines and practical issues for the realization of high-power SiC Schottky and PiN diodes are also presented. Experimental results on edge termination techniques applied to newly developed, extremely thick (e.g., 85 and 100 μm) 4H-SiC epitaxial layers show promising results. Switching and high-temperature measurements prove that SiC power diodes offer extremely low loss alternatives to conventional technologies and show the promise of demonstrating efficient power circuits. At sufficiently high on-state current densities, the on-state voltage drop of Schottky and PiN diodes have been shown to be comparable to those offered by conventional technologies     

Silicon carbide PiN and merged PiN Schottky power diode models implemented in the Saber circuit simulator

Dynamic electrothermal circuit simulator models are developed for silicon carbide power diodes. The models accurately describe the temperature dependence of on-state characteristics and reverse-recovery switching waveforms. The models are verified for the temperature dependence of the on-state characteristics, and the di/dt, dv/dt, and temperature dependence of the reverse-recovery characteristics. The model results are presented for 1500 V SiC Merged PiN Schottky (MPS) diodes, 600 V Schottky diodes, and 5000 V SiC PiN diodes. The devices studied have current ratings from 0.25 A to 5 A and have different lifetimes resulting in different switching energy versus on-state voltage trade-offs. The devices are characterized using a previously reported test system specifically designed to emulate a wide range of application conditions by independently controlling the applied diode voltage, forward diode current, di/dt, and dv/dt at turn-off. A behavioral model of the test system is implemented to simulate and validate the models. The models are validated for a wide range of application conditions for which the diode could be used.     

碳化硅MPS:新一代功率开关二极管

碳化硅MPS(Merged PiN Schottky diode)具有很好的开关特性，并具有PiN二极管高阻断电压、低漏电流和SBD小开启电压，大导通电流以及高开关速度的优点，是最有希望的新一代功率开关二极管。文章系统地介绍了碳化硅MPS的结构和性能。理论和实验分析表明，碳化硅材料的优异性能与MPS结构的优势相结合，是当今功率开关管发展的趋势。     

Performance evaluation of a Schottky SiC power diode in a boost PFC application

The performance of a 600 V, 4 A silicon carbide (SiC) Schottky diode (Infineon SDP04S60) is experimentally evaluated. A 300 W boost power factor corrector (PFC) with average current mode control is considered as a key application. Measurements of overall efficiency, switch and diode losses, and conducted electromagnetic interference (EMI) are performed both with the SiC diode and with two ultra-fast, soft-recovery, silicon power diodes, namely the RURD460 and the presented STTH5R06D. The paper compares the results to quantify the impact of the recovery current reduction provided by SiC diode on these key aspects of the converter behavior. Based on the experimental results, the paper shows that the use of SiC diodes in PFC designs may only be justified in high switching frequency applications.     

Dual metal SiC Schottky rectifiers with low power dissipation

Nickel and titanium are the most commonly used metals for Schottky barrier diodes on silicon carbide (SiC). Ti has a low Schottky barrier height (i.e. 0.8 eV on 6H-SiC), whilst Ni has a higher barrier (i.e. 1.25 eV). Therefore, the first metal allows to achieve a low forward voltage drop V_F but leads to a high leakage current. On the other hand, the second one presents the advantage of a lower reverse leakage current but has also a high value of V_F. In this work, dual-metal-planar (DMP) Schottky diodes on silicon carbide are reported. The rectifying barrier was formed by using an array of micrometric Ti and Ni₂Si (nickel silicide) stripes. This low/high Schottky barrier allowed to combine the advantages of the two metals, i.e. to fabricate diodes with a forward voltage drop close to that of a Ti diode and with a level of reverse current comparable to that of a Ni₂Si diode. Under the application point of view, using this kind of barrier can lead to a reduction of the device power dissipation and an increase of the maximum operating temperature.     

High-voltage 4H-SiC PiN diodes with the etched implant junction termination extension

This paper presents the design and fabrication of an etched implant junction termination extension(JTE) for high-voltage 4H-SiC PiN diodes. Unlike the conventional JTE structure, the proposed structure utilizes multiple etching steps to achieve the optimum JTE concentration range. The simulation results show that the etched implant JTE method can improve the blocking voltage of SiC PiN diodes and also provides broad process latitude for parameter variations, such as implantation dose and activation annealing condition. The fabricated SiC PiN diodes with the etched implant JTE exhibit a highest blocking voltage of 4.5 kV and the forward on-state voltage of 4.6 V at room temperature. These results are of interest for understanding the etched implant method in the fabrication of high-voltage power devices.     

Compact models for silicon carbide power devices

Compact silicon carbide (SiC) power semiconductor device models for circuit simulation have been developed for power Schottky, merged-PiN-Schottky, PiN diodes, and MOSFETs. In these models, the static and dynamic performance of the power SiC devices requires specific attention to the low-doped, voltage blocking drift region; the channel transconductance in MOS devices; the relatively low-intrinsic carrier concentration; the incomplete ionization of dopants; and the temperature dependent material properties. The modeling techniques required to account for each of these characteristics are described.     

Comparison of current-voltage characteristics of n- and p-type 6H-SiC Schottky diodes

Current-voltage (I–V) characteristics of n- and p-type 6H−SiC Schottky diodes are compared in a temperature range of room temperature to 400°C. While the room temperature I–V characteristics of the n-type Schottky diode after turn-on is more or less linear up to ∼100 A/cm², the I–V characteristics of the p-type Schottky diode shows a non-linear behavior even after turn-on, indicating a variation in the on-state resistance with increase in forward current. For the first time it is shown that at high current densities (>125 A/cm²) the forward voltage drop across p-type Schottky diodes is lower than that across n-type Schottky diodes on 6H−SiC. High temperature measurements indicate that while the on-state resistance of n-type Schottky diodes increases with increase in temperature, the on-state resistance of p-type Schottky diodes decreases with increase in temperature up to ∼330 K.