Title |
6.5 kV SiC Power Devices with Improved Blocking Characteristics against Process Deviations |
Authors |
(Junki Jung) ; (Ogyun Seok) ; (In Ho Kang) ; (Hyoung Woo Kim) ; (Wook Bahng) ; (Ho-Jun Lee) |
DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5573/JSTS.2021.21.2.119 |
Keywords |
SiC; power device; Edge termination; JTE; FGR |
Abstract |
Edge termination structures that are insensitive to process deviations were investigated to obtain 6.5 kV SiC power devices with stable blocking characteristics. Edge terminations were designed and verified by a TCAD simulation in consideration of undesirable surface charge states and variation of the implantation window in the termination region. A constant-space floating guard ring (CS-FGR) was sensitive to the variation of the implantation window. A gradually increasing space (GIS) FGR was less sensitive to process deviations than the CS-FGR. We concluded that the GIS-FGR is sufficiently stable for use in high-voltage SiC devices at surface charge densities (Qsurf/q) of 0 to ?1 × 1012 cm?2 and implantation window variations of ?0.3 to +0.3 μm. The optimized GIS-FGR exhibited a high breakdown voltage of over 8 kV at all the Qsurf/q values and in the implantation window variation range considered in this paper. |