• DocumentCode
    2052145
  • Title

    Unique ESD failure mechanism of high voltage LDMOS transistors for very fast transients

  • Author

    Goyal, Abhijat ; Whitfield, Jim ; Hong, Changsoo ; Gill, Chai ; Zhan, Carol Rouying ; Kushner, Vadim ; Gendron, Amaury ; Contractor, Shiraz

  • Author_Institution
    Technol. Solution Organ., Tempe, AZ
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    April 27 2008-May 1 2008
  • Firstpage
    673
  • Lastpage
    674
  • Abstract
    We have identified and explained a unique ESD breakdown mechanism of high voltage 80V LDMOS structures for very fast CDM transients. The device was protected against observed damage by placing a zener across the gate and source which prevents the observed voltage build up at the gate of the LDMOS.
  • Keywords
    MOSFET; electrostatic discharge; transients; ESD failure mechanism; high voltage LDMOS transistors; very fast transients; Biological system modeling; Breakdown voltage; Clamps; Electrostatic discharge; Failure analysis; Power system transients; Protection; Road transportation; Space vector pulse width modulation; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Reliability Physics Symposium, 2008. IRPS 2008. IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    Phoenix, AZ
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2049-0
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2050-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/RELPHY.2008.4558982
  • Filename
    4558982