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Power MOSFETs
Outline
• Construction of power MOSFETs
• Physical operations of MOSFETs
• Power MOSFET switching Characteristics
• Factors limiting operating specfications of MOSFETs
• COOLMOS
• PSPICE and other simulation models for MOSFETs
N+ N+ N+ N+
P (body) P (body)
N- parasitic i
D
channel
(drift region) BJT length
integral
N+ diode
drain
boddy-source short
Oxide
N+ N+
Gate
Channel
conductor P
P
length • Trench-gate MOSFET
Parasitic BJT N- Integral
ID ID
diode • Newest geometry. Lowest
N+ on-state resistance.
Drain
• V-groove MOSFET.
• First practical power
MOSFET.
• Higher on-state
resistance.
active
V GS4
V
GS3
V
GS2
V
GS1
v
V < V DS
GS GS(th) BV
DSS
+ +
N N
ionized P
depletion layer
acceptors
P boundary inversion layer
ionized with free electrons
N acceptors
electron
drift velocity
• Mobilit y also decreases because large
8x10 6
v alues of V GS increase free elect ron
cm/s ec densit y .
• In MOSFET channel, J = q µn n E
• Mobilt y decreases, especially v ia carrier-
= q n v n ; v elocit y v n = µn E
carrier scat t ering leead t o linear t ransfer
curv e in power dev ices inst ead of square
• Velocit y sat urat ion means t hat t he law t ransfer curv e of logic lev el MOSFETs.
mobilit y µn inv ersely proport ional t o
elect ric field E.
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Channel-to-Source Voltage Drop
• V GS = V GG = V ox + V CS( x) ;
V + V CS( x) = ID1 RCS( x)
GG V
+ DD1 I
D1
P
• Smaller V ox corresponds t o a smaller
N channel t hickness. Hence reduct ion in
N + channel t hickness as drain is
approached from t he source.
Io
r
D DS(on)
F
RG
C
gd
+ G
V
GG
C
gs
S
• Buck converter using power MOSFET.
D
• MOSFET equivalent circuit valid for
on-state (triode) region operation.
C
gd
G I = f(V )
D GS
C
gs
• MOSFET equivalent circuit valid for off-
S state (cutoff) and active region operation.
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MOSFET Capacitances Determining Switching Speed
C
gd
C
gd2 idealization
actual
C gd1
v
v = v 200 V DS
GS DS
C gd C
bridge
G D
+V -
C gs Cds b
S C gd
G D
Ciss
S
C oss
S
Ciss = C gs + C gd
C oss = C gd + Cds
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Turn-on Equivalent Circuits for MOSFET Buck Converter
V in V in
• Equi val ent ci r cui t • Equi val ent ci r cui t
dur i ng t d(on) . dur i ng t r i .
D I o
F D I o
F
C
DC C
R C gd1 DC
G R C gd1
G
+
V i
G +
GG C V
gs i
GG G C
gs
V
• Equi val ent ci r cui t • Equi val ent ci r cui t in
V in
dur i ng t f v1 . dur i ng t f v2 .
I o I o r
DS(on)
R
G
R C gd1
G +
V i C
G gs
+ GG C gd2
V i
GG G
• Free-wheeling diode
assumed to be ideal.
(no reverse recovery
current).
Qgate g (V gs- V )
Q Q m t
on p
Vgs V + I /g m
Q t D1
(Vt+ID1/gm) T1
V
Qon = t
[Cgs(Vgs) + Cgd(Vgs)] Vgs dVgs t
Vgs,off Vgs,off V
gs,on
Vds,on I
d
I
Qp = Cgd(Vds) Vds dVds D1
t
Vd
V
Vgs,on ds
QT = Qon + Qp +
[Cgs(Vgs) + Cgd(Vgs)] Vgs dVgs V
V ds,on
(Vt+ID1/gm) d
t
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Turn-on Waveforms with Non-ideal Free-wheeling Diode
V in
Io i D(t)
F
I o+ I rr
I rr t
C gd1
I rr R
G
i (t)
D +
t rr Io V i
GG G C gs
t t
ri
V
GS,I • Equivalent circuit for
V
GS(th)
o
estimating effect of free-
t wheeling diode reverse
recovery.
V in v (t)
DS
t
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MOSFET-based Buck Converter Turn-off Waveforms
2 = R G(C +C )
gd2 gs
v (t)
GS 1 = R G(C +C )
gd1 gs • A ssume i deal f r ee-
V
GG V V
GS(th)
w heel i ng di ode.
GS,I
o
• Essent i al l y t he
t i nver se of t he t ur n- on
i (t)
G
pr ocess.
t
d(off)
v (t)
DS • Model quani t at i vel y
i (t)
D usi ng t he same
Io
V
in equi val ent ci r cui t s as
f or t ur n- on. Si mpl y
use cor r ect dr i vi ng
t vol t ages and i ni t i al
t
rv2
t
rv1 t condi t i ons
fi
C
G gd
N
+ N + paras itic
BJT
P P
C gd
N
+
N S
dV DS
drain
• Large posit iv e Cgd
dt
could t urn on parasit ic BJT.
D
L+
• Turn-on of T+ and rev erse recov ery of Df - will
D
F+ dv DS
T+ produce large posit iv e Cgd in bridge circuit .
I
o dt
D
L- • Parasit ic BJT in T- likely t o hav e been in rev erse
act iv e mode when Df - was carry ing current . Thus
T-
D F- st ored charge already in base which will increase
dv DS
likey hood of BJT t urn-on when posit iv e Cgd is
dt
generat ed.
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Maximum Gate-Source Voltage
• V GS(max) = maxi mum per mi ssi bl e gat e-
sour ce vol t age.
• EBD(oxi de) - 5 - 1 0 mi l l i on V / cm
• Gat e oxi de t y pi cal l y 1 0 0 0 anst r oms t hi ck
• V GS(max) < [ 5 x1 0 6 ] [ 1 0 - 5 ] = 5 0 V
• Ty pi cal V GS(max) 2 0 - 3 0 V
+ +
N N N
P P
+
N
accumulation
channel layer
resistance resistance
+
N N+
P
P
I drift region
source region D resistance
N
resistance
drain region
+ resistance
N
drain
• On-st at e power dissipat ion Pon = • r DS( on) dominat ed by drain drif t resist ance
f or BV DSS > f ew 1 0 0 V
Io 2 r DS( on)
Vd BV DSS2
• r DS( on) = - 3 x1 0 -7
ID A
• Large V GS minimizes accumulat ion
• r DS( on) increases as t emperat ure increases.
lay er resist ance and channel
Due t o decrease in carrier mobilit y wit h
resist ance increasing t emperat ure.
paralleled because of Q
1
posit iv e t emperat ure G
coefficient of r DS( on) .
• If r DS( on) 1 > r DS( on) 2 t hen more current and t hus
higher power dissipat ion in Q2 .
• FB = f or w ar d bi as.
V GS • 0 .
• RB = r ever se bi as.
V GS Š 0 .
• No second br eakdow n.
• Conventional
vertically oriented
power MOSFET
source gate
cond
uctor
• COOLMOS™ structure
N+ N+ N+ N+
P P (composite buffer structure,
b b
W super-junction MOSFET,
P N P super multi-resurf
MOSFET)
b b b
• Vertical P and N regions of
width b doped at same
N+ density (Na = Nd)
drain
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COOLMOS™ Operation in Blocking State
source
gate
cond • COOLMOS™ structure partially
depleted.
uctor
N+ N+ N+ P N+
P
b b
• Arrows indicate direction of
depletion layer growth as device
N
P V
-
turns off.
P 1
+
• Note n-type drift region and
N+ adjacent p-type stripes deplete
drain uniformly along entire vertical
length.
source
gate
cond • COOLMOS™ structure at edge
uctor
of full depletion with applied
N+
P
N+ N+
P
N+ voltage Vc. Depletion layer
b N b
reaches to middle of vertical P
and N regions at b/2.
Ec Ec -
P P
Vc • Using step junction formalism,
+ Vc = (q b2 Nd)/(4 ) = b Ec,max/2
N+
• Keep Ec,max ≤ EBD/2. Thus
drain
Nd ≤ ( EBD)/(q b)
• For applied voltages V > Vc, vertically oriented electric field Ev begins to grow in depletion region.
• Ev spatially uniform since space charge compensated for by Ec. Ev ≈ V/W for V >> Vc.
• Doping level Nd in n-type drift region can be much greater than in drift region of conventional
VDMOS drift region of similar BVBD capability.
source
gate
cond
uctor
• On-state specific resistance ARon [Ω-cm2]
N+ N+ R N+ N+
P on P much less than comparable VDMOS
b b because of higher drift region doping.
P P -
V • COOLMOS™ conduction losses much
N 1
+
less than comparable VDMOS.
N+
drain
I R
D L
• For more complete analysis see: Antonio G.M. Strollo and Ettore Napoli, “Optimal ON-Resistance
Versus Breakdown Voltage Tradeoff in Superjunction Power Device: A Novel Analytical Model”, IEEE
Trans. On Electron Devices,Vol. 48, No. 9, pp 2161-2167, (Sept., 2001)
t
• Effect on COOLMOS switching times
relative to VDMOS switching times.
v (t) V
DS V DS(on) • Turn-on delay time - shorter
d
• Current rise time - shorter
t
• Voltage fall time1 - shorter
t d(on) t
ri
t
fv1
t
fv2 t d(off)
t rv1 t fi • Voltage fall time2 - longer
• Turn-off delay time - longer
i (t)
D Io t • Voltage rise time1 - longer
rv2
• Voltage rise time2 - shorter
t • Current fall time - shorter
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PSPICE Built-in MOSFET Model
0
0V 10V 20V 30V
V
DS
60V
MTP3055E V
DS
• Comparison of transient response of drain-
40V
source voltage using PSPICE model and
Motorola SPICE an improved subcircuit model. Both
20V subcircuit model models used in same step-down conv erter
model circuit.
0V
0s 100ns 200ns 300ns
Time