• DocumentCode
    1297796
  • Title

    Sensitive Volume and Triggering Criteria of SEB in Classic Planar VDMOS

  • Author

    Luu, Aurore ; Austin, Patrick ; Miller, Florent ; Buard, Nadine ; Carrière, Thierry ; Poirot, Patrick ; Gaillard, Remi ; Bafleur, Marise ; Sarrabayrouse, Gerard

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. catholique de Louvain, Louvain La Neuve, Belgium
  • Volume
    57
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2010
  • Firstpage
    1900
  • Lastpage
    1907
  • Abstract
    This paper presents 2-D numerical simulation results which allow the definition of the sensitive volume and triggering criteria of SEBs for VDMOS in classic planar-type technology. The results analysis allows for a better understanding of the SEB mechanism.
  • Keywords
    power MOSFET; 2D numerical simulation; SEB mechanism; classic planar VDMOS; classic planar-type technology; sensitive volume; single event burnout; triggering criteria; Atmospheric modeling; Epitaxial growth; Epitaxial layers; Failure analysis; Ions; MOSFET circuits; Numerical simulation; Paper technology; Power MOSFET; Protection; Semiconductor process modeling; Space charge; Space technology; Substrates; Testing; Power MOSFET; SEB; TCAD simulations; sensitive volume; triggering criteria;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TNS.2010.2044808
  • Filename
    5550445