Integrating a Soft Body Diode in the Super-Junction MOSFET by Using an n(−)/n(+)-Buffer Layer

In this paper, a novel silicon super-junction (SJ) MOSFET embedded with a soft reverse recovery body diode is proposed and studied by numerical simulation. The device introduces an n(+)-buffer layer between the n(−)-buffer layer and the n(+)-substrate to improve the reverse recovery behaviour of its body diode. The n(+)-buffer layer provides residual carriers during the reverse recovery process, reduces the overshoot voltage, and suppresses oscillation. Simulated results demonstrate that the increment of the on-resistance and the drain-to-source overshoot voltage can be respectively kept below 5% and 20 V, if a 10 μm n(+)-buffer layer whose impurity concentration ranges from 4 × 10(15) cm(−3) to 6 × 10(16) cm(−3) is used. In addition, the fabrication process is the same as that of the conventional SJ-MOSFET. These features make the proposed SJ-MOSFET suitable for inverter applications.