학술논문

Investigations of 4H‐SiC trench MOSFET with integrated high‐K deep trench and gate dielectric
Document Type
article
Source
IET Power Electronics, Vol 17, Iss 7, Pp 869-877 (2024)
Subject
trench MOSFET
power semiconductor devices
4H‐SiC
high‐K dielectric
breakdown voltage
specific on‐resistance
Electronics
TK7800-8360
Language
English
ISSN
1755-4543
1755-4535
Abstract
Abstract This paper proposes and investigates a novel 4H‐SiC trench MOSFET (TMOS) with integrated high‐K deep trench and gate dielectric (INHK‐TMOS). The integrated high‐K (INHK) consists of a high‐K gate dielectric and an extended high‐K deep trench dielectric in the drift region. Firstly, the high‐K gate dielectric together with the metal‐forming high‐K metal gate structure, which increases the gate oxide capacitance (COX), reduces the threshold voltage (VTH) and the specific on‐resistance (Ron,sp). Secondly, the extended high‐K deep trench dielectric not only modulates the electric field in the drift region by introducing a new electric field peak at the bottom of the high‐K deep trench dielectric, thereby enhancing the breakdown voltage (BV), but also improves the doping concentration (ND) of the drift region by the assist depletion effect of the high‐K dielectric, further optimizing the forward conduction characteristics. Simulation results demonstrate that when compared to the conventional TMOS, the INHK‐TMOS using HfO2 exhibits a 52.6% reduction in VTH, a 52.1% reduction in Ron,sp, a 20.3% increasement in BV and a 202.3% improvement in figure of merit.