A Snapback-Free and Low-Loss RC-IGBT With Lateral FWD Integrated in the Terminal Region

A novel Reverse Conduction Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (RC-IGBT) with Lateral Free-Wheeling Diode (FWD) integrated in the Termination is proposed and investigated by simulation, named LDT-RC-IGBT. Firstly, the Equi-Potential Ring (EPR) of the termination acts as an anode and the N-Stopper/N-Collector of the termination acts as the cathode of the anti-parallel built-in diode. The N-Stopper/N-Collector is shorted to the P-Collector, and it also acts as the electric filed stopper in the breakdown state. Secondly, the N-Collector and the P-Collector are designed apart at the surface and bottom, respectively. Thus the short effect of the N-Collector of the conventional RC-IGBT is avoided, and the snapback is completely eliminated. Thirdly, the P-Collector is not replaced by the N-Collector so that the hole injection is much higher than the conventional RC-IGBT, thus the forward voltage drop (<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$V_{on}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>) can be reduced remarkably, which is favorable to the decrease of conducting energy loss. The results show that, the LDT-RC-IGBT not only eliminates the snapback but also reduces <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$V_{on}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>, it achieves a better trade-off between <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$V_{on}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> and turn-off loss <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$E_{off}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>. At the same <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$V_{on}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> of 1.27 V, the <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$E_{off}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> of LDT-RC-IGBT is 2.06 mJ/cm<sup>2</sup>, which is 35.2%, 45.2% and 46.3% lower than that of the conventional RC-IGBT(3.19 mJ/cm<sup>2</sup>), TPRC-IGBT(3.78 mJ/cm<sup>2</sup>) and DARC-IGBT(3.85 mJ/cm<sup>2</sup>), respectively. At the same <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$E_{off}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> of 3.10 mJ/cm<sup>2</sup>, the <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$V_{on}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> of LDT-RC-IGBT is 1.17 V, which is 10% and 15.8% lower than that of the conventional RC-IGBT(1.30 V) and the DARC-IGBT(1.39 V), respectively.

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