WO1999007020A1 - Gate-gesteuerter thyristor - Google Patents
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- WO1999007020A1 WO1999007020A1 PCT/DE1998/002154 DE9802154W WO9907020A1 WO 1999007020 A1 WO1999007020 A1 WO 1999007020A1 DE 9802154 W DE9802154 W DE 9802154W WO 9907020 A1 WO9907020 A1 WO 9907020A1
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- H10D84/00—Integrated devices formed in or on semiconductor substrates that comprise only semiconducting layers, e.g. on Si wafers or on GaAs-on-Si wafers
- H10D84/101—Integrated devices comprising main components and built-in components, e.g. IGBT having built-in freewheel diode
- H10D84/131—Thyristors having built-in components
- H10D84/138—Thyristors having built-in components the built-in components being FETs
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- the present invention relates to a gate controlled
- Thyristor such as a cascode MOS thyristor in which an IGBT (Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor) le in a first cell h ⁇ and a thyristor are connected in the main cell so that the first cell and the main cell a late- ral-FET with a channel of the first conductivity type.
- IGBT Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor
- Such a cascode MOS thyristor was proposed many years ago (DE-A-30 24 015) and has recently been put up for discussion again as “MCCT” (MOS Controlled Cascode Thyristor) (cf. the report “1200 V MCCT: A New Concept Three Terminal MOS-Gated Thyristor "by N. Iwamuro, T. Iwaana, Y. Harada and Y. Seki at the ISPSD 97 conference).
- MCCT MOS Controlled Cascode Thyristor
- Such a cascode MOS thyristor like general MOS-controlled bipolar structures, such as IGBTs and MCTs (MOS Controlled Thyristor), is preferred over MOSFETs due to its relatively low on-resistance.
- Known ⁇ Lich to generally lock a very high voltage switch, but when they are switched on or conductive, have a very low resistance.
- the main cell A consists in particular of an anode electrode 1, a p- (or p + -) conductive zone 2, an n-conductive base zone 3, a p-conductive base zone 5 with an edge 5 'and an n-conductive emitter zone 9 with a Edge 9 '.
- An insulator layer 8 made of, for example, silicon dioxide is arranged on the emitter zone 9.
- the first cell B has a gate contact 10 with an edge 10 'of polysilicon, an n + -le ⁇ tende zone 11 with a Kan ⁇ te 11', a p-type region 6 with an edge 6 'and a contact 12 and forms a first IGBT.
- the second cell C has a gate contact 13 with an edge 13 'made of polycrystalline silicon, an n + -doped zone 14 with an edge 14', a p-doped zone 4 with an edge 4 'and a contact 7 made of aluminum, for example forms a second IGBT.
- the IGBTs are thus in contact with the cathode electrode, while the thyristor has a channel zone, but has no cathode contact.
- This cascode MOS thyristor is relatively low, while it can block a high voltage after the gate voltage has been switched off.
- a gate controlled thyristor which auszeich by a particularly low on- ⁇ net
- a charge carrier-recombination-enhancing layer devised in a cascode MOS thyristor of the type mentioned in the emitter region m of the thyristor
- This layer can consist of a metal or silicide, such as aluminum, titanium silicide, etc.
- a second cell with egg ⁇ nem MOS switch may be connected forming a FET having a channel of the second conductivity type with the main cell.
- the thyristor cathode When the gate voltage is positive (see FIG. 8), the thyristor cathode is grounded, so that the on-resistance is extremely small. 0 V or a negative gate voltage to, the first cell as the lateral and vertical FET (field effect transistor) is turned off, while the second cell than in ⁇ play, p-channel FET conducts and no current flows.
- the individual cells can, for example, be arranged next to one another in strips. It is also possible the first
- the dimensions for the cells can be selected as desired, and only the first cell can be provided together with the main cell.
- an insulator layer Under the first cell and the second cell can ⁇ given if an insulator layer are positioned, which provides n-conductive for a better flooding of the particular base region with carriers, thereby switching resistor for an even smaller Em-.
- This insulator layer can optionally extend as far as the p-type base zone of the thyristor or the main cell. In this case, when the insulator layer reaches the p-type base region, there should be an opening in this to increase the effectiveness of the IGBT.
- An advantage of the present invention is that a gate controlled thyristor can be created, the FETs of which can be designed practically as desired, so that they can be adapted to a wide variety of applications.
- At least one trench, in which an insulated gate electrode is provided, is introduced into the lateral FET.
- At least one trench with a gate electrode is advantageously also introduced into the FET of the second cell.
- the gate-controlled thyristor according to the invention is simple to produce using customary method steps and is even superior to the existing cascode MOS thyristor in terms of its conductivity, since its side wall FETs formed by the trenches have a large channel area.
- FIG. 1 shows a section through a first exemplary embodiment of the thyristor according to the invention
- FIG. 5 shows a section through a fourth exemplary embodiment of the thyristor according to the invention, 6 shows a schematic top view of the trench structure,
- FIG. 8 shows a section through a conventional cascode MOS thyristor.
- Fig. 1 shows em first exemplary embodiment of the present invention with a gate-controlled thyristor, which has a very low on resistance.
- the n-type emitter zone 9 is arranged with a layer 15 made of a metal or silicide, such as aluminum or titanium silicide, which increases the charge carrier recombination. If necessary, other silicides or general materials can be selected for this, which increase the recombination rate of the charge carriers.
- the gate-controlled thyristor m is constructed in a similar manner to the thyristor of FIG. 8, although the IGBT m of the second cell C has no n + -doped zone 14, so that the edge 14 'is also omitted here.
- Cell B is therefore a normal IGBT source cell with the n -doped zone 11m of the p-doped zone 6 forming a well.
- the second cell C has no n * in the p-doped zone 4. -dot ⁇ erte zone.
- the first cell B and the main cell A thus form an n-channel lateral FET, while the second cell C and
- Main cell A represent a p-channel FET.
- the epitaxially grown n-type base region 3 and / or the entire structure may be fully or partially filled with a service life Le ⁇ killer, he testified be ⁇ crystal defects doped by irradiation such as gold, platinum or the like.
- the lateral FETs with trenches 20 filled with insulated gate electrodes are introduced, as can be seen from the top view of FIG. 6; these trenches 20, which are arranged at a distance from one another perpendicular to the plane of the drawing in FIG. 1, permit virtually any configuration of the two FETs (cf. FIG. 7) and ensure a large channel area.
- the edge 14 ' (shown in broken lines in FIG. 6) is only present if the layer 14 is additionally introduced in the layer 4, as in FIG. 8.
- an insulator layer 16 can be provided below the two cells B and C, that is to say below the p-type zones 6 and 4, but does not extend as far as the p-type base zone 5, as shown in FIG 2 is shown.
- This insulator layer 16 ensures an even better “flooding” of the n-conducting zone 3 with charge carriers, which further lowers the switch-on resistance .
- the "deleted" reference numerals for the respective edges are partially omitted in FIGS. 4 and 5 for the sake of clarity.
- the insulator layers 16 can extend as far as the p-conducting base zone 5 and in some cases even cover it. In this case, however, m of the p-base zone 5 an opening 17 to be present to the IGBT effect of
- intermediate zones 19 are relatively weakly doped and either n- or p-conductive.
- Fig. 5 shows another embodiment of the Invention ⁇ proper gate controlled thyristor, is provided in which a metal layer 18 above the n ⁇ -type emitter zone 9 on the layer 15.
- FIG. 3 An equivalent circuit diagram for the gate-controlled thyristor of the above exemplary embodiments is shown in FIG. 3. If the gate voltage at gate G is positive, the thyristor cathode is grounded so that the on-resistance is low. However, if there is 0 V or a negative voltage at gate G, the first cell B is switched off as a lateral and vertical FET, while the second cell C is conducting as a p-channel FET and no current flows.
- the trench 20 is “filled” in the usual way with an insulated gate electrode, for which purpose suitable materials (for example polysilicon as gate electrode, SiO 2 as gate insulator, etc.) can be used.
- suitable materials for example polysilicon as gate electrode, SiO 2 as gate insulator, etc.
- the side wall of the trench 20 acts as a channel region of a MOSFET.
- the invention thus enables a gate-controlled thyristor which has an extremely low on-resistance and is nevertheless able to block high voltages.
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| JP11510392A JP2001501383A (ja) | 1997-07-30 | 1998-07-29 | ゲート制御されるサイリスタ |
| EP98945056A EP0931352A1 (de) | 1997-07-30 | 1998-07-29 | Gate-gesteuerter thyristor |
| US09/281,690 US6313485B1 (en) | 1997-07-30 | 1999-03-30 | Gate-controlled thyristor |
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| DE19732912A DE19732912C2 (de) | 1997-07-30 | 1997-07-30 | Kaskoden-MOS-Thyristor |
| DE19739498.1 | 1997-09-09 | ||
| DE19732912.8 | 1997-09-09 | ||
| DE19739498A DE19739498C1 (de) | 1997-09-09 | 1997-09-09 | Gate-gesteuerter Thyristor |
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| CN101484996B (zh) * | 2006-05-18 | 2011-05-18 | 意法半导体股份有限公司 | 具有高开关速度的三端功率器件以及制造工艺 |
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| EP0433825A1 (de) * | 1989-12-21 | 1991-06-26 | Asea Brown Boveri Ag | Abschaltbares Leistungshalbleiter-Bauelement |
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| US4007474A (en) * | 1972-12-29 | 1977-02-08 | Sony Corporation | Transistor having an emitter with a low impurity concentration portion and a high impurity concentration portion |
| EP0043009A2 (de) * | 1980-06-26 | 1982-01-06 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | Steuerbarer Halbleiterschalter |
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| WO1993005535A1 (en) * | 1991-08-28 | 1993-03-18 | Advanced Power Technology, Inc. | Igbt process and device with platinum lifetime control |
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