LI Hao, REN Jian-wei, DU Huan. The Electrical Mechanism Study of High-Ruggedness N-Channel RF-LDMOS Under TLP Stress[J]. Acta Electronica Sinica, 2019, 47(11): 2317-2322.
DOI:
LI Hao, REN Jian-wei, DU Huan. The Electrical Mechanism Study of High-Ruggedness N-Channel RF-LDMOS Under TLP Stress[J]. Acta Electronica Sinica, 2019, 47(11): 2317-2322. DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.0372-2112.2019.11.012.
The Electrical Mechanism Study of High-Ruggedness N-Channel RF-LDMOS Under TLP Stress
提高射频功率器件的鲁棒性有利于增强器件的抗静电放电能力和抗失配能力.为了直观地了解器件内部发生的电学过程,本文研究了高鲁棒性N型沟道RF-LDMOS(Radio Frequency Lateral Diffusion MOS)在TLP(Transmission Line Pulse)应力下的电学机理.利用0.18m BCD(Bipolar/CMOS/DMOS)先进制程,实现了特定尺寸器件的设计与流片.通过实测与仿真的对比,发现静电放电失效的随机性、芯片内部的热效应是导致仿真和实测差异的非理想因素.通过对TLP仿真的各阶段重要节点的分析,证明了源极下方的P型埋层有利于提高空穴电流的泄放能力,从而提高RF-LDMOS的鲁棒性.
Abstract
Improving the ruggedness of radio frequency power device is beneficial to enhance the ability of withstanding electro-static discharge (ESD) and output mis-match. To understand the electrical process happened in device intuitively
the electrical mechanism of state-of-art high-ruggedness N-channel RF-LDMOS (Radio Frequency Lateral Diffusion MOS)
under TLP (Transmission Line Pulse) stress
has been studied. RF-LDMOS FETs with different gate widths had been manufactured using advanced 0.18μm BCD (Bipolar/CMOS/DMOS) process. It is found that the different failure points of simulation and measurement are coming from the random failure of ESD stress and thermal problems. The simulation results of different nodes under TLP stress proved that the P buried layer under source area plays an important role in holes flowing