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DOI: https://doi.org/10.30898/1684-1719.2023.1.12

 

Influence of the Transistor Seat Capacitance

on Its Immunity to Electrostatic Discharge

 

A.A. Drozdova, I.I. Nikolaev, M.E. Komnatnov

 

Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics

634050, Russia, Tomsk, Lenina str., 40

 

The paper was received November 15, 2022.

 

Abstract. The paper presents an assessment of the resistance of field-effect transistors to the effects of an electrostatic discharge. It is made for two field-effect transistors of different types of conductivity, IRFZ46N and IRF4905 SPbF, in different TO-220 and TO-263 packages, with and without taking into account the seat capacitance. Analytical and quasi-static models of transistor package seats are presented, and with their help, an analysis of intrinsic and mutual capacitances is carried out with and without allowance for the solder layer. The analysis showed that the solder layer on the transistor electrodes increases the gate-source and drain-source capacitance by 1.7 times for the IRFZ46N transistor and by 2.2 times for the IRF4905 SPbF transistor. Based on the calculated capacitances, a circuit model of the transistor was created, taking into account the packages and seat with a solder layer. A circuit and a model are presented for assessing the resistance of transistors to the effects of an electrostatic discharge in a circuit simulator. An analysis of the results of simulating and experiments showed that the seat capacitance, taking into account the solder layer, has a significant effect on the breakdown voltage of the gate dielectric of the transistor when exposed to an electrostatic discharge. It is shown that the critical amplitudes of the electrostatic discharge voltage for the performance of the IRFZ46N transistors in the TO-220 package and IRF4905 SPbF in the TO-263 package, taking into account the capacitance of the seat, are 3.05 and 4.75 kV, and without taking into account these values are higher by 0.2-0.25 kV. A comparison of the simulation and experimental results showed a difference of no more than 2%.

Keywords: electromagnetic compatibility, electrostatic discharge, electronic components, FET, breakdown voltage.

Financing: The work was supported by the Russian Science Foundation project № 19-79-10162.

Corresponding author: Drozdova Anastasiya Aleksandrovna, anastasiya.drozdova.00@list.ru

 

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Forcitation:

Drozdova A.A., Nikolaev I.I., Komnatnov M.E. Influence of the transistor seat capacitance on its immunity to electrostatic discharge. Zhurnal radioelektroniki [Journal of Radio Electronics] [online]. 2023. №1. https://doi.org/10.30898/1684-1719.2023.1.12