This paper describes thermal properties of power Si MOSFET. The problem of hot spot in sub-micron scale Si MOSFET has been widely known. Recently, power Si MOSFET is a key device in a lot of area, for example car electronics. In power Si MOSFET, high voltage is applied and high current is generated. Therefore, heat generation becomes higher and thermal management is important. In this paper, thermal properties of power Si MOSFET is evaluated with Electro-Thermal Analysis and impurity dependency of temperature of power Si MOSFET is discussed. Under high electric field, electron thermal energy becomes much higher than thermal energy of crystal lattice. Therefore, in this paper, non-equilibrium energy state between electron and lattice is considered. Calculated results showed that hot spot appears in power Si MOSFET. Further, it is investigated that the impact of donor density on hot spot temperature is strong.

Volume Subject Area:
Thermal Management
Topics:
Heat, MOSFET transistors, Electrons, Temperature, Thermal energy, Thermal properties, Crystal lattices, Density, Electric fields, Electronics, Energy levels (Quantum mechanics), Equilibrium (Physics), Thermal management
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