Open AccessAnalysis of the back-gate effect on the breakdown behavior of lateral high-voltage SOI transistors
Author(s) -
Ming Qiao,
Bo Zhang,
Zhaoji Li,
Jian Fang,
Xianda Zhou
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
wuli xuebao
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199
H-Index - 47
ISSN - 1000-3290
DOI - 10.7498/aps.56.3990
Subject(s) - ldmos , breakdown voltage , materials science , silicon on insulator , optoelectronics , high voltage , electric field , voltage , electrical engineering , transistor , overdrive voltage , threshold voltage , physics , silicon , engineering , quantum mechanics
A novel back-gate reduced bulk field concept which makes a breakthrough in improving the vertical breakdown voltage of high voltage SOI transistors is proposed. The mechanism of the improved breakdown characteristics is that the electric field distributions of the active region are modulated by the interface charges induced by the back-gate voltage. The bulk electric field at the drain side is reduced, the bulk electric field at the source side is increased, and the breakdown voltage of the high voltage SOI device is improved. The impact of the back-gate bias on thick film SOI LDMOS (over 600 V) is discussed via two-dimensional simulations. When the back-gate bias is 330V, the breakdown voltage of the three-zone SOI double RESURF LDMOS is 1020V, which is 47.83% greater than that of a conventional LDMOS. The novel concept presents a new method for realizing over 600 V high voltage power device and high voltage integrated circuit.