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Technical Proceedings of the 1998 International Conference on Modeling and Simulation of Microsystems
Chapter 9: Applications: Semiconductors |
| | Simulations of a New CMOS Compatible Method to Enhance the Breakdown Voltage of Highly-Doped Shallow PN Junctions | | Authors: | A. Pauchard, P.A. Besse and R.S. Popovic | | Affilation: | EPFL, Switzerland | | Pages: | 420 - 425 | | Keywords: | avalanche breakdown, field limiting ring, metal field plate, shallow junction, CMOS | | Abstract: | Avalanche breakdown often limits the working range of planar junction diodes in electronic circuits and in sensors. We present two-dimensional device simulation results (using MEDICI) of a novel CMOS compatible structure. It combines a floating field limiting ring and a metal field plate in order to enhance the breakdown voltage Vbd of highly-doped shallow planar junctions. Electrical simulations have shown that a single field limiting ring is effective in increasing Vbd only if placed at a distance d smaller than 300nm. For d=lOOnm, breakdown even occurs over the plane diode. At distance d=4OOnm, the field ring can enhance the breakdown voltage only if combined with a metal field plate. Vbd increases linearly with negative applied gate voltage, with a proportionality factor of about 0.1. For a gate voltage of -1OV, Vbd increases by about 12 % up to -12.8 V. Measurements on diodes integrated in standard industrial CMOS 0.5 1lm process corroborate with simulation results. |  | View paper | | ISBN: | 0-96661-35-0-3 |
| Pages: | 678 |
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