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SonrisaResearch, Inc.
13th Annual ARL SiC MOS Workshop
Thin Gate Oxidesfor Improved Device Performance
James A. Cooper
President, Sonrisa Research, Inc.
Jai N. Gupta Professor Emeritusof Electrical & Computer Engineering
Purdue University
Dallas T. Morisette
Research Assistant Professorof Electrical & Computer Engineering
Birck Nanotechnology CenterPurdue University
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SonrisaResearch, Inc.
13th Annual ARL SiC MOS Workshop
Short-Circuit Withstand Time
RL
VDDVDS
MOSFET OFF
MOSFET ON
ID
VLOAD = VDD-VDS
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SonrisaResearch, Inc.
13th Annual ARL SiC MOS Workshop
Reducing the Saturation Current
RCH ,SP
=LCH
WS( )mCHW
CHCOX
VG
-VT( )
JD ,SAT
=1
2
mCHW
CHCOX
VG
-VT( )
LCH
WS( )
é
ë
êê
ù
û
úúVG
-VT( ) =
VG
-VT( )
2RCH ,SP
QN
=COX
VG
-VT( )
QN
= eOXEOX ,MAX
-QD
-QF-Q
IT
Fixed Quantities
EOX
=QSEMI
/eOX
= QN
+QD
+QF+Q
IT( )/eOX
=COX
VG
-VT( )
£ 4MV/cm= EOX ,MAX
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SonrisaResearch, Inc.
13th Annual ARL SiC MOS Workshop
RCH ,SP
=LCH
WS( )mCHW
CHCOX
VG
-VT( )
JD ,SAT
=1
2
mCHW
CHCOX
VG
-VT( )
LCH
WS( )
é
ë
êê
ù
û
úúVG
-VT( ) =
VG
-VT( )
2RCH ,SP
QN
=COX
VG
-VT( )
So Here’s the Plan...
QN
= eOXEOX ,MAX
-QD
-QF-Q
IT
Fixed Quantities
EOX
=QSEMI
/eOX
= QN
+QD
+QF+Q
IT( )/eOX
=COX
VG
-VT( )
£ 4MV/cm= EOX ,MAX
• Reduce tOX and (VG– VT) by the same factor, say 4x.This keeps QN = COX (VG– VT) constant and RCH,SP constant.
• The 4x lower (VG– VT) makes the saturation current 4x lower.
• 4x lower saturation current means 4x less heat flux, so it takes4x longer to reach the same temperature during a shorted-load event.
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SonrisaResearch, Inc.
13th Annual ARL SiC MOS Workshop
Bulk-Charge MOSFET Equation
VG = 23 V
19 V
15 V
11 V
7 V
5 V
LCH = 0.5 µm
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SonrisaResearch, Inc.
13th Annual ARL SiC MOS Workshop
Bulk-Charge MOSFET Equation
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13th Annual ARL SiC MOS Workshop
2-D Sentaurus Simulation
4.7x
LCH = 0.5 µm
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13th Annual ARL SiC MOS Workshop
K F Schuegraf and Chenming Hu 1994 Semicond. Sci. Technol. 9 989
Reliability of thin SiO2
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SonrisaResearch, Inc.
13th Annual ARL SiC MOS Workshop
A Simple Idea...
• Reducing the oxide thickness and gate drive voltage increasesthe short-circuit withstand time of SiC power MOSFETs withoutincreasing their on-resistance.
• Reducing the oxide thickness also reduces drain-induced barrierlowering (DIBL). This may allow the use of shorter channels(≤ 0.5 µm), reducing MOSFET channel resistance.
• What is the breakdown field, leakage current, interface statedensity, and long-term reliability of 10 – 15 nm oxides on 4H-SiC?
• How thin can we go?