WO2006040211A1 - Integrierte schaltung in smart-power-technologie - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to an integrated circuit in smart power technology.
- Such smart power circuits include drivers or a final stage in which currents of a few amperes are switched, and so-called smart circuit parts, which are designed for currents of a few micro to milli-ampere. They are used in particular in automotive applications in a voltage range from 40 to 60 V.
- the components of the smart circuit components are isolated in the smart power technology from the substrate via PN or NP junctions with high breakdown voltages.
- This z. B. in N-channel MOSFETs below serving as a body connection P-well a deep N-well, z. B. deep N-WeII or N-Epi, on a P-substrate, which isolates the connection of the low-voltage N-channel transistors ge compared to the substrate.
- the breakdown voltage of the low-lying N-well with respect to the substrate is greater than 15V, z. In the range of 40-80 V.
- ESD protection switching devices For protection against electrostatic discharge (ESD) special protective structures or ESD protection switching devices are provided. They have an HVMOS transistor, eg DMOS, which has a dielectric strength of, for example, 20 to 80 V.
- the drain and source are located between the connection pads, between which the ESD current flows.
- the gate is connected to the source via a gate resistor.
- the gate Under ESD loading, the gate is controlled via the parasitic drain-gate capacitance of the MOSFET, so that the MOSFET dissipates the ESD current via the opened MOS channel.
- the transistor is sufficiently large, is This limits the occurring ESD voltage, so that no damage to the drivers or the output stage or the smart power circuit parts or low-voltage circuit parts occurs.
- the gate resistor pulls the gate to ground potential during normal operation so that the transistor blocks.
- the gate resistance is typically 5 kohms to 100 kohms.
- regions diffused for the gate resistance e.g. pwell, pbody, pfield - resistors trained.
- Such resistances can be formed in the above-mentioned dimensions by diffusion with a relatively low surface covering and thus low costs.
- the diffused gate resistances form parasitic transistors together with the P-type substrate.
- the first parasitic substrate transistor is the PNP vertical parasitic transistor which is P-diffused, e.g. pbody as emitter, N-well, e.g. N-epi and P-substrate is formed.
- the second parasitic transistor is the lateral NPN transistor connected between an N-well of another device or device block, e.g. a digital well, as emitter, p-substrate as Ba ⁇ sis and the N-well of the diffused Widertandes can be effective as a collector.
- the integrated circuit according to the invention has some advantages.
- the gate resistance is formed as a poly resistor, ie, made of polycrystalline silicon.
- a poly resistor ie, made of polycrystalline silicon.
- the ESD strength can be increased by up to a factor of two for the same area or cost.
- the chip area or the costs for a given ESD strength can be reduced.
- a gate limiting the turn-off control voltage UGS e.g. a Zener diode
- a diode blocking the operating voltage between gate and drain e.g. Zener diode, or be connected in accordance with a chain of diodes, in order to additionally control the gate via this path.
- FIG. 1 is a circuit diagram of an integrated circuit according to the invention with ESD protection transistor circuit according to ei ⁇ ner first embodiment
- FIG. 3 shows an ESD protection transistor circuit according to a further embodiment.
- An integrated circuit 1 has an output stage 2 in which currents of a few amperes are switched, and a smart circuit device 3 with smart circuit elements which are suitable for currents from a few micro to MiI - Ii amps are designed.
- the output stage 2 and the smart circuit device 3 are connected between a high-voltage connection pad a1 for a high-voltage voltage U H > 15V and a ground connection pad a2 and, if appropriate, further connection pads; this z. B. in accordance with FIG. 1 in all embodiments, a further connection pad a3 for a Nieder ⁇ voltêt UL, z. B. less than or equal to 5 V, and optionally provided a further ground pad.
- the low-voltage components of the smart circuit device 3 can also be connected to the high-voltage U H via corresponding series resistors.
- the output stage 2 can also be arranged outside the integrating circuit 1 and is therefore shown by dashed lines in FIG. 1 and not shown in the further figures by way of example.
- the components of the smart circuit device 3 are insulated from the substrate of the chip via PN or NP junctions with high breakdown voltages.
- the breakdown voltage of the low-lying N-well with respect to the substrate is greater than 15V, z. In the range of 40-80 V.
- an ESD protection transistor switching device 4 which, according to the embodiment of FIG. 1, comprises an HVMOS transistor T1, e.g. a DMOS transistor T1 having a withstand voltage of e.g. 20 to 80 V owns.
- Drain D is shown in FIG. 1 at the high-voltage terminal pad a1 and S source on the ground terminal pad a2.
- drain D may also be located directly on an input or output pad whose voltage resistance exceeds 15V.
- the gate G is connected to source S via a resistor Rg. Under ESD stress, the gate G becomes across the parasitic drain-gate capacitance turned on by T1. Then T1 diverts the ESD current between drain D and source S via the open MOS channel. By T1 is dimensioned sufficiently large, thereby the voltage is limited, so that no damage occurs.
- Rg is designed sufficiently high-impedance, so that under an ESD load the above-described capacitive control of T1 is achieved. For this purpose, Rg is typically 5 kohms to 100 kohms.
- the high-voltage U H can on the one hand be a high-voltage supply voltage, if z. B. the dashed line output stage 2 is connected to the pads a1 and a2; furthermore, the pedestal a1 can also serve as a high-voltage generator.
- Rg is referred to as poly-resistance, i. made of polycrystalline silicon.
- a diode D1 for example a Zener diode, is connected between gate G and source S.
- D1 is intended to limit the gate-source voltage UGS.
- a diode D2 blocking the operating voltage U H , in particular a zener diode, or a chain of diodes between the drain D and the gate G, in order to additionally control the gate G via this path, ie with an ESD pulse via the reverse-biased diode when exceeding its limit voltage to pull the gate voltage upwards.
- FIG. 3 shows a further embodiment in which the gate drive of the transistor T1 is connected via a correspondingly connected pre-stage 5, the corresponding 2 of the switching device 4 is formed amplified physiologicalsteu ⁇ is.
- the pre-stage 5 thus has a second MOSFET T2, a zwi ⁇ tween its gate G2 and the source S2 of the second MOSFETs T2 connected resistor R2 and diodes D3 and D4.
- R2 is again designed as a poly resistor.
- a polarity reversal protection diode D5 can be connected between the connection pad a1 and drain D, which is shown by way of example in FIG.
- the transistors T2 and T2 may in particular also be HVPMOS transistors.
- the high voltage is at source and the ground at drain.
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JP2007536132A JP2008517452A (ja) | 2004-10-16 | 2005-08-16 | スマートパワー技術における集積回路 |
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