IEEE Access (Jan 2020)

Lateral Power Fin MOSFET With a High-k Passivation for Ultra-Low On-Resistance

  • Junji Cheng,
  • Jingjie Lin,
  • Weizhen Chen,
  • Shiying Wu,
  • Haimeng Huang,
  • Bo Yi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2020.2980042
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8
pp. 48991 – 48999

Abstract

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A novel lateral power fin metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) made on a silicon-on-insulator substrate is proposed. The fin silicon drift region of the proposed device is surrounded by a high-k (HK) passivation. The HK passivation enables the proposed device to realize a three-dimensional (3D) enhanced reduced-surface-field action and a 3D accumulation layer. According to the simulation results, when compared to a lateral power planar MOSFET with an HK passivation, the proposed device offers a 78% reduction in specific on-resistance at the same 100-V breakdown voltage. More comparative studies indicate that the static characteristic of the proposed device not only overcomes the silicon limit but also presents a significant advantage when compared to the prior art.

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