An experimental and numerical study on the forward biased SOA of IGBTs
- 1 March 1996
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices
- Vol. 43 (3) , 490-500
- https://doi.org/10.1109/16.485667
Abstract
Thermal and electrical destructions of n-ch 600 V punchthrough type IGBTs in F.B.SOA are investigated by experiments and simulations, The cause of the thermal destruction is the thermal disappearance of built-in potential of p-n junction between the n/sup +/ emitter and the p base of the IGBT integral DMOSFET occurring at the critical temperature of /spl sim/650 K. Experiment and simulation results for the critical temperature show a good agreement. The cause of the electrical destruction is impact ionization at the n/sup -/ drift/n/sup +/ buffer junction in addition to the n/sup -/ drift/p base junctions. That triggers a positive feedback mechanism of increasing IGBT integral pnp transistor current which causes the device to lose gate controllability. The experimentally obtained critical power dissipation is /spl sim/2000 kW/cm/sup 2/. This value is ten times greater than BJTs. It was also found that emitter ballast resistance (EBR) plays an important role in describing the F.B.SOA of IGBTs.Keywords
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