A kind of insulated gate bipolar transistor with floating empty buried regions
Technical field
The invention belongs to the power semiconductor technical field, relate to insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT), in particular, relate to floating empty buried regions IGBT device.
Background technology
Insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) is a kind of MOS field effect and the compound novel electric power electric device of bipolar transistor.Its existing MOSFET is easy to drive; Control simple advantage; Have the pressure drop of power transistor turns low again, on state current is big, the advantage that loss is little; Become one of core electron components and parts in the modern power electronic circuit, be widely used in the frequency control inverter such as fields such as locomotive traction, electric automobile, wind power generation, ups power, air-conditionings.
Since the IGBT invention, people are devoted to improve three important and conflicting parameters of IGBT always: forward conduction voltage drop, turn-off time and safety operation area.Development through decades has proposed 6 generation IGBT device architectures in succession, makes device performance obtain steady lifting.Yet; For the IGBT device; Making device have through conductivity modulation effect when than low forward conduction voltage drop; The right storage in the nonequilibrium electron hole of base also makes its turn-off speed obviously slow down, and has limited applying frequency and has increased switching loss, and this becomes the major obstacle that the IGBT device is further used.In recent years, along with the fast development of inverter, existing IGBT structure has been difficult to satisfy the demand of system to High Speed I GBT device, presses for the new device architecture of exploitation.Simultaneously, IGBT has higher requirement to the reliability and the durability of device in the large-scale application of industrial circle, presses for the IGBT device that exploitation has wide safety operation area.Therefore, the High Speed I GBT new construction of studying wide safety operation area has become one of hot fields of current power electronics.
Summary of the invention
In order to obtain the High Speed I GBT device new construction of low forward conduction voltage drop and wide safety operation area, the present invention provides a kind of insulated gate bipolar transistor with floating empty buried regions.The floating empty buried regions insulated gate bipolar transistor (as shown in Figure 1) on the basis of conventional I GBT structure that is provided;, introduces by device one in having the drift region of first conduction type to the floating empty buried regions of continuous or discrete second conduction type of multilayer; Through the space charge of the floating empty buried regions introducing of second conduction type and the modulating action of additional electric field; In the drift region of first conduction type, introduce new electric field spike; Under identical device drift region thickness, can improve the puncture voltage of IGBT device greatly; Under certain breakdown-voltage, can reduce the thickness of IGBT device drift region greatly, thereby reduce the forward conduction voltage drop and the turn-off time of device greatly.The effect of the space charge that floating simultaneously empty buried regions is introduced, but the avalanche breakdown when suppression device turn-offs improve the dynamic puncture voltage and reverse safety operation area of IGBT device.
Technical scheme of the present invention is following:
Floating empty buried regions insulated gate bipolar transistor to shown in Figure 7, has the buried regions 22 of second conduction type like Fig. 2 in the drift region 14 of first conduction type of said insulated gate bipolar transistor.
In the such scheme:
Buried regions 22 shapes of said second conduction type can be square, bar shaped, triangle, trapezoidal, circular or oval.
The buried regions 22 of said second conduction type can be individual layer continuous structure (as shown in Figure 2), or the discontinuous structure of individual layer (as shown in Figure 3).
The buried regions 22 of said second conduction type can be multilayer continuous structure (as shown in Figure 4), or the discontinuous structure of multilayer (shown in Fig. 5-7).
The collector electrode of said insulated gate bipolar transistor can be electric field termination structure, transparent anode structure or anode in short circuit structure.
The grid of said insulated gate bipolar transistor can be plane grid or groove-shaped grid.
Said insulated gate bipolar transistor can be the first conduction type N type, and second conduction type is the P type, also can be that first conduction type is the P type, and second conduction type is the N type.
The concentration of said buried regions, thickness, shape, the number of plies etc. can be according to designing requirements and respective change.The semi-conducting material of said insulated gate bipolar transistor can adopt silicon (Si), carborundum (SiC), GaAs (GaAs) or gallium nitride (GaN) etc.
Beneficial effect of the present invention shows:
Insulated gate bipolar transistor with floating empty buried regions provided by the invention; Be on the basis of conventional I GBT structure;, introduces by device one in having the drift region of first conduction type to the floating empty buried regions of continuous or discrete second conduction type of multilayer; Through the space charge of the floating empty buried regions introducing of second conduction type and the modulating action of additional electric field; In the drift region of first conduction type, introduce new electric field spike, under identical device drift region thickness, can improve the puncture voltage of IGBT device greatly; Under certain breakdown-voltage, can reduce the thickness of IGBT device drift region greatly, thereby reduce the forward conduction voltage drop and the turn-off time of device greatly.The effect of the space charge that floating simultaneously empty buried regions is introduced, but the avalanche breakdown when suppression device turn-offs improve the dynamic puncture voltage and reverse safety operation area of IGBT device.Said insulated gate bipolar transistor is applicable to from small-power to the large-power semiconductor power device with the power integrated circuit field.
Description of drawings
Fig. 1 is conventional IGBT device architecture sketch map.
Fig. 2 to Fig. 7 is the insulated gate bipolar transistor structural representation with floating empty buried regions that the present invention proposes.
Among Fig. 1 to Fig. 7,11 is collector electrode, and 12 is the second conduction type collector region, and 13 is the first conduction type electric field trapping layer; 14 is the first conduction type drift region, and 15 is grid oxygen, and 16 is grid; 17 is the insulating barrier between grid and the emitter, and 18 is the second conduction type base, and 19 is the first conduction type contact zone; 20 is the second conduction type contact zone, 21 emitters, and 22 is the second conduction type buried regions.
Fig. 8 is emulation traditional structure with identity unit drift region thickness that obtains and the reverse I-V characteristic curve that floats empty buried structure IGBT device.
Fig. 9 and Figure 10 are under the same breakdown voltage of emulation acquisition, the forward I-V characteristic curve and the waveform that turn-offs transient current and voltage of traditional structure and floating empty buried structure IGBT device.
Embodiment
A kind of insulated gate bipolar transistor with floating empty buried regions to shown in Figure 7, has a buried regions 21 to continuous or discrete second conduction type of multilayer like Fig. 2 in the drift region 14 of first conduction type of said insulated gate bipolar transistor.
In the above-mentioned execution mode:
The buried regions 22 of said second conduction type can obtain through two step diffusion technologys on the first conductivity type substrate material before conventional I GBT technology begins.Promptly before conventional I GBT technology begins; On the first conductivity type substrate material, carry out dark second conductive type impurity diffusion of a step earlier; And then carry out a step shallow first conductive type impurity diffusion; Control junction depth poor of twice diffusion, just can obtain to satisfy the buried regions 22 of second conduction type of thickness and concentration requirement.
The buried regions 22 of said second conduction type can be before conventional I GBT technology begins; Form the material layer of second conduction type of a layer thickness, concentration and controllable shapes at the substrate surface of first conduction type through modes such as ion injection or diffusions; Then at the material layer of this substrate surface, can obtain to satisfy the buried regions 22 of second conduction type of thickness and concentration requirement through technology regrowth one deck first conduction types such as extension.
Buried regions 22 shapes of said second conduction type can be regular or irregular square, bar shaped, triangle, trapezoidal, circular or oval.
The buried regions 22 of said second conduction type can be the individual layer continuous structure, or the discontinuous structure of individual layer.
The buried regions 22 of said second conduction type can be the multilayer continuous structure, or the discontinuous structure of multilayer.
The collector electrode of said insulated gate bipolar transistor can be electric field termination structure, transparent anode structure or anode in short circuit structure.
The grid of said insulated gate bipolar transistor can be plane grid or groove-shaped grid.
Said insulated gate bipolar transistor can be the first conduction type N type, and second conduction type is the P type, also can be that first conduction type is the P type, and second conduction type is the N type.
The concentration of said buried regions, thickness, shape, the number of plies etc. can be according to designing requirements and respective change.
The semi-conducting material of said insulated gate bipolar transistor can adopt silicon (Si), carborundum (SiC), GaAs (GaAs) or gallium nitride (GaN) etc.
Fig. 8 is emulation traditional structure with identity unit drift region thickness that obtains and the reverse I-V characteristic curve that floats empty buried structure IGBT device.As can be seen from the figure, through the introducing of the floating empty buried regions of second conduction type, under identical device drift region thickness, floating empty buried structure can improve the puncture voltage of IGBT device greatly.
Fig. 9 and Figure 10 are under the same breakdown voltage of emulation acquisition, the forward I-V characteristic curve and the waveform that turn-offs transient current and voltage of traditional structure and floating empty buried structure IGBT device.As can be seen from the figure, under certain breakdown-voltage, floating empty buried structure IGBT device can reduce the forward conduction voltage drop and the turn-off time of device greatly.