LATERAL INSULATED GATE BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS (LIGBTs)

摘要

This invention generally relates to lateral insulated gate bipolar transistors (LIGBTs), for example in integrated circuits, methods of increasing switching speed of an LIGBT, a method of suppressing parasitic thyristor latch-up in a bulk silicon LIGBT, and methods of fabricating an LIGBT. In particular, a method of suppressing parasitic thyristor latch-up in a bulk silicon LIGBT comprises selecting a current gain av for a vertical transistor of a parasitic thyristor of the LIGBT such that in at least one predetermined mode of operation of the LIGBT av < 1 - ap where ap is a current gain of a parasitic bipolar transistor having a base-emitter junction formed by a Schottky contact between the a semiconductor surface and a metal enriched epoxy die attach.