High current density power field effect transistor
View Patent ↗An ultra-short channel hybrid power field effect transistor (FET) device lets current flow from bulk silicon without npn parasitic. This device does not have body but still have body diode with low forward voltage at high current rating. The device includes a JFET component, a first accumulation MOSFET disposed adjacent to the JFET component, and a second accumulation MOSFET disposed adjacent to the JFET component at the bottom of the trench end, or a MOSFET with an isolated gate connecting the source.
1. A hybrid power field effect transistor device, comprising:
a JFET component;
a first accumulation MOSFET disposed adjacent to the JFET component;
a second accumulation MOSFET disposed adjacent to the JFET component at a trench bottom end; and wherein the JFET component, the first accumulation MOSFET and the second accumulation MOSFET are configured to induce current flow through bulk silicon regions of the device and wherein drain regions formed at a to surface of the first accumulation MOSFET and the second accumulation MOSFET contact a vertical contact trench, and wherein a source region formed at the to surface of the first accumulation MOSFET is on an opposite side of the vertical contact trench from the drain region of the first accumulation MOSFET.
2. The device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a first Schottky region disposed on a side of the JFET component; formed on a side wall of a vertical contact trench, without connecting a n+ source and a p+ contact in an n-channel device.
3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the first accumulation MOSFET and the second accumulation MOSFET include a thin oxide on a side trench wall and a thick gate oxide region near a trench bottom to reduce gate to drain capacitance.
4. The device of claim 1 , wherein the first accumulation MOSFET and the second accumulation MOSFET are disposed in accordance with a high-density design layout to facilitate self aligned determination.
5. The device of claim 1 , wherein the induced current flow through bulk silicon regions of the device is configured to reduce gate oxide scattering.
6. The device of claim 1 , wherein the first accumulation MOSFET and the second accumulation MOSFET are N channel MOSFETS.
7. The device of claim 1 , wherein the JFET component, the first accumulation MOSFET and the second accumulation MOSFET are fabricated as a trench based vertical device.
8. A power MOSFET device, comprising:
a JFET component;
a first accumulation MOSFET disposed adjacent to the JFET component;
a second accumulation MOSFET disposed adjacent to the JFET component on a side opposite the first accumulation MOSFET;
wherein the JFET component, the first accumulation MOSFET and the second accumulation MOSFET are configured to induce current flow through bulk silicon regions of the device; and
wherein the JFET component, the first accumulation MOSFET and the second accumulation MOSFET are fabricated as a trench based vertical structure wherein drain regions formed at a top surface of the first accumulation MOSFET and the second accumulation MOSFET contact a vertical contact trench, and wherein a source region formed at the top surface of the first accumulation MOSFET is on an opposite side of the vertical contact trench from the drain region of the first accumulation MOSFET.
9. The device of claim 8 , further comprising:
a first Schottky region disposed on a side of the JFET component; and
a second Schottky region disposed on a side of the JFET component opposite the first Schottky region.
10. The device of claim 8 , wherein the first accumulation MOSFET and the second accumulation MOSFET include a thick lower oxide gate region to reduce gate to drain capacitance.
11. The device of claim 8 , wherein the first accumulation MOSFET and the second accumulation MOSFET are disposed in accordance with a high-density design layout to facilitate self aligned determination.
12. The device of claim 8 , wherein the induced current flow through bulk silicon regions of the device is configured to reduce gate oxide scattering.
13. The device of claim 8 , wherein the first accumulation MOSFET and the second accumulation MOSFET are N channel MOSFETS.
14. The device of claim 8 , wherein the first accumulation MOSFET and the second accumulation MOSFET are P channel MOSFETS.
15. A power FET device, comprising:
a JFET component;
a first accumulation MOSFET disposed adjacent to the JFET component;
a second accumulation MOSFET disposed adjacent to the JFET component on a side opposite the first accumulation MOSFET;
a first Schottky region disposed on a side of the JFET component;
a second Schottky region disposed on a side of the JFET component opposite the first Schottky region;
wherein the JFET component, the first accumulation MOSFET and the second accumulation MOSFET are configured to induce current flow through bulk silicon regions of the device and wherein drain regions formed at a to surface of the first accumulation MOSFET and the second accumulation MOSFET contact a vertical contact trench, and wherein a source region formed at the to surface of the first accumulation MOSFET is on an opposite side of the vertical contact trench from the drain region of the first accumulation MOSFET.
16. The device of claim 15 , wherein the first accumulation MOSFET and the second accumulation MOSFET include a thick lower oxide gate region to reduce gate to drain capacitance.
17. The device of claim 15 , wherein the first accumulation MOSFET and the second accumulation MOSFET are disposed in accordance with a high-density design layout to facilitate self aligned determination.
18. The device of claim 15 , wherein the induced current flow through bulk silicon regions of the device is configured to reduce gate oxide scattering.