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Re-Inventing High Power Semiconductor Device Characterization


Reinventing High Power Semiconductor Device Characterization

Green initiatives and energy efficiency standards worldwide have motivated engineers to find ways to design more efficient semiconductor devices and integrated circuits. High power semiconductor end applications are becoming increasingly demanding, requiring test instrumentation capable of characterizing significantly higher rated voltages and peak currents than ever before. Keithley offers a broad spectrum of tools, both hardware and software, for power device characterization.

Demand for Higher Power Semi Devices Will Require Pushing Instrumentation to New Extremes

Many segments of the electronics industry, including the semiconductor industry, are focused on increasing energy efficiency, including boosting the efficiency of energy generation, transmission, and consumption. Power semiconductor devices are used as switches or blocking devices in such applications as motor control, voltage regulation and power conversion. New “greener” devices offer lower leakage, lower ON resistance, or both and create new requirements for test and measurement. More ...

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UPSs High–End Power Supplies, Servers, etc. HEVEV Solar Panel Inverters Industrial Motors Wind Turbines Electronic Transmission, Rail Traction, Ships
Main Devices FETs, IGBTs, Diodes FETs, Diodes FETs, IGBTs, Diodes FETs, IGBTs, Diodes FETs, IGBTs, Diodes IGBTs, Diodes IGBTs, Diodes
Peak Current 2A–100A 0.5A–10A 50A–200A 75A 3A–100A >150A >200A
Rated Voltage 600V–1200V 600V 650V–2000V 600V–1200V 600V–1200V Today: 690V, Trend: 3kV–4kV >5kV

Testing for Today’s and Tomorrow’s Devices

High power semiconductor end applications are becoming increasingly demanding, requiring test instrumentation capable of characterizing significantly higher rated voltages and peak currents than ever before. Even more significant, breakdown and leakage test are typically performed at 2–3 times the level of the rated or operating voltage. When the devices are in the ON state, they have to pass through tens or hundreds of amps with minimal loss; when they are OFF, they have to block thousands of volts with minimal leakage currents.

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Low-level Rds measurements to support next-generation devices

At the same time, semiconductor technology is being advanced so that it can operate at much higher levels of voltage, current, power, and frequency. This develops the need for integrating measurement modes for characterizing both transient and steady-state behavior, including rapidly changing thermal effects and capturing voltage and current transients simultaneously. Today’s solutions need to be fast enough to capture and characterize transient behavior without the need to average multiple readings to produce an accurate result.

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Full simultaneous characterization of both voltage and current to capture transient behavior

Building Blocks of Keithley’s High Power Offering

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Model 8010 Test Fixture

Provides safe environment for testing at 3kV and at 100A

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Model 2636B SourceMeter® SMU Instrument

  • Two independent SMU channels
  • Up to 200V, up to 10A pulsed
  • 0.1fA measurement resolution
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Model 2657A High Power Source Measurement Unit (SMU) Instrument

  • Up to 3000V, Up to 180W of power
  • 1fA measurement resolution
  • High speed and integrating ADCs
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Model 2651A High Power System SourceMeter Instrument

  • Up to 50A pulsed (up to 100A with 2 units)
  • Up to 2000W pulse / 200W DC power
  • Pulse widths from 100µs to DC
  • High speed and integrating ADCs

TSP® Express:Web-based plug & play I-V characterization and test software with simple spreadsheet and graphing functionality

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Wafer-level software:ACS

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Parametric Curve Tracer software:ACS Basic Edition

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Parametric Test Mode
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Trace Mode

High Power Device Characterization with Parametric Curve Tracer Configurations

Characterizing and testing today’s high power semiconductor devices and components is placing a high demand on test equipment. Device design engineers need equipment that can support them throughout the complete lifecycle of a power device. Today, high power characterization systems are available in two main forms - complete turnkey systems and building blocks that must be configured by the user and completed with good software. Turnkey systems can be set up and running quickly, but they can be quite expensive and limited in the breadth of testing that can be performed.

Keithley’s Parametric Curve Tracer configurations are complete solutions configured with a variety of high quality instruments, cables, test fixturing, and software. This building block approach offers the advantages of easy upgrading or modification to meet changing test needs. Additionally, these instruments and accessories can be used across different test system platforms, such as for reliability or device qualification testing.

Keithley’s Parametric Curve Trace configurations include everything necessary for the characterization engineer to develop a complete test system quickly. The configurations supports both parametric and trace test modes, thus including the best of a curve tracer and a parameter analyzer.

Download the Parametric Curve Tracer Configurations datasheet.

Key Facts

  • Configurable power levels
      – From 200V to 3kV
      – From 1A to 100A
  • Wide dynamic range
      – From μV to 3kV
      – From fA to 100A
  • Capacitance-voltage measurement
  • DC or pulsed I-V to 50μs
  • Test management software includes both trace mode for real-time control and parametric mode for parameter extraction

Applications

  • Power semiconductor device characterization and testing
  • Characterization of GaN and SiC, LDMOS, and other devices
  • Reliability studies on power devices
  • Incoming inspection and device qualification
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Trace mode quickly captures output characteristics of an IGBT device.
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Model 4200-PCT-4 on K420 Cart
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Characterize and Test High Voltage Electronics and Power Semiconductors

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The Model 2657A High Power/High Voltage System SourceMeter® instrument adds high voltage to Keithley’s SourceMeter SMU instruments family of high speed, precision source measurement units. Suitable for R&D, production, and QA/FA, it:

  • Sources or sinks up to 3000V @ 20mA or 1500V @ 120mA –able to capture important parametric data that other equipment can’t
  • Provides 1fA (femtoamp) current measurement resolution for measuring the lowleakage requirements of next-generation devices
  • Eliminates the hassle of integrating power supplies and instruments by combining a precision power supply, current source, DMM, arbitrary waveform generator, V or I pulse generator, electronic 18-bit load, and trigger controller.

Like the Model 2651A, the 2657A comes with dual 22-bit precision ADCs and dual 18-bit 1μs per point digitizers for high accuracy and high speed transient capture. Like other Series 2600A SMU instruments, it includes TSP® Express characterization software, LabVIEW® driver, and Keithley’s Test Script Builder software development environment.

Model 2657A Applications

  • Power semiconductor device characterization and testing
  • Characterization of GaN, SiC, and other compound materials and devices
  • Breakdown and leakage testing to 3kV
  • Characterization of sub-millisecond transients

The Model 2657A can source or sink up to 3000V @ 20mA or 1500V @ 120mA.

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Keithley offers a broad spectrum of tools, both hardware and software, for power device characterization. A typical device test system could include the high voltage Model 2657A, one or two high current Model 2651A instruments, and up to three low power SMU instruments (other Series 2600A instruments or the Model 4200-SCS semiconductor characterization system). System configuration is made safer and simpler with the optional new Model 8010 High Power Device Test Fixture or individual protection modules. TSP-Link® technology links Series 2600A instruments to form powerful multi-channel systems that rival the system speed of large ATE systems that cost tens of thousands of dollars more.

Learn How to Perform a Simple Breakdown Test on a High Power, High Voltage IGBT Device. Click here.

Creating Multi-SMU Systems for High Power Semiconductor Characterization. The recent push for higher power, more efficient semiconductor devices has spurred the development of devices based on advanced materials that surpass the limitations of devices built on silicon. DC characterization of power semiconductor devices requires test systems that incorporate high voltage and high current source measurement units (SMUs). The steps required to properly build these test systems are detailed in this new application note.
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Learn how to Perform a Simple Breakdown Test on a High Power, High Voltage IGBT Device.
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Get Unmatched Performance for Characterizing and Testing High Power, High Current Electronics

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Our new Model 2651A High Power/High Current System SourceMeter® Instrument simplifies characterizing today’s challenging high power electronics with unprecedented power, precision, speed, flexibility, and ease of use. It combines a highly flexible, fourquadrant voltage and current source/load with precision voltage and current meters.

  • Source or sink 2,000W of pulsed power (±40V, ±50A), 200W of DC power (±10V@±20A, ±20V@±10A, ±40V@±5A)
  • Easily connect two units (in series or parallel) to create solutions up to ±100A or ±80V
  • 1pA resolution enables precise measurement of very low leakage currents
  • 1μs per point (1MHz), continuous 18-bit sampling, accurately characterizes transient behavior

Choice of digitizing or integrating measurement modes

With the Model 2651A, you can choose from either digitizing or integrating measurement modes for precise characterization of both transient and steady-state behavior. Two independent ADCs define each mode- one for current and the other for voltage-which run simultaneously for accurate source readback without sacrificing test throughput. The digitizing measurement mode’s 18-bit ADCs can support continuous onemicrosecond-per-point sampling, making it ideal for waveform capture and measuring transient characteristics with high precision. The integrating measurement mode, based on 22-bit ADCs, supports applications that demand the highest possible measurement accuracy and resolution. This ensures precise measurements of the very low currents and voltages common in next-generation devices.

Model 2651A Applications

  • Power semiconductor, high brightness LED(HBLED), and optical device characterization and testing
  • Characterization of GaN, SiC, and other compound materials and devices
  • Semiconductor junction temperature characterization
  • Reliability testing
  • High speed, high precision digitization
  • Electromigration studies
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A single Model 2651A unit can source and sink up to ±40V and ±50A. Connect two units in parallel via the builtin TSP-Link expansion bus to extend the system’s current range to 100A or connect them in series to expand the voltage range to 80V. The embedded Test Script Processor (TSP®) included simplifies testing by allowing you to address multiple units as a single instrument so that they act in concert. The built-in trigger controller can synchronize the operation of all linked channels to within 500 nanoseconds.

Built for building systems. The embedded TSP controller and TSP-Link interface in each Series 2600A instrument make it easy to link multiple Model 2651As and other Series 2600A instruments to create an integrated test system with up to 64 channels. Precision timing and tight channel synchronization are guaranteed with built-in 500ns trigger controllers. The fully isolated, independent channels of Series 2600A instruments allow true SMU-per-pin testing without the power and/or channel limitations of mainframe-based systems.

Achieving Fast Pulse Measurements for Today’s High Power Devices. Learn how to achieve the fast, pulsed measurements needed for today’s high power devices.
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Testing to 100A by Combining Model 2651A High Power SourceMeter® Instruments. Learn how two of these instruments can be combined to test semiconductor devices for power management, even when those devices operate at currents beyond that of a single 2651A instrument.
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Click on the video to view our demo of how you can combine two Model 2651As to source currents as high as 100A
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Software for High Power Device Characterization

Keithley’s Automated Characterization Suite (ACS) Software combines with the high power, precision, speed, and flexibility of Keithley’s Series 2600 High Power System SourceMeter® SMU instruments and Parametric Curve Tracer configurations to create a complete environment for high power semiconductor component characterization. Depending on your application, choose from ACS Basic Edition for single device testing or ACS Standard Edition for wafer-level, multi-DUT test automation or reliability analysis.

ACS Basic Edition for Semiconductor Component and Discrete Devices

  • Designed for discrete devices such as mosfets, BJTs, IGBTs, diodes, resistors, etc.
  • Rich set of test libraries for fast and easy test setup without programming
  • Built-in analysis tools for extracting parametric data
  • Includes both interactive, real-time trace mode and parametric mode

ACS Standard Edition for Characterization, Parametric Testing, Reliability Test, and Die Sort

  • Supports a wide array of instruments and probers
  • Develop and execute tests at the device, site, wafer, and cassette level
  • Supports multiple SourceMeter® source
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Trace mode supports interactive testing of a device.
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Multi test mode allows multiple tests to be performed on a device.
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Interactive probe station control speeds and simplifies test development and debugging by combining interactive testing with manual probe station control.
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Wafer and binning map tools allow you to browse through the test results on either a wafer-by-wafer or site-by-site basis. You can also overlay traces from multiple sites to make quick comparisons.
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Feature 2651A / 2657A
High Current / High Voltage
2634B / 2635B / 2636B
Low Current
2602B / 2612B
Dual Channel
2601B / 2611B
Single Channel
2604B / 2614B
Dual Channel Benchtop
# of Channels 1 (optional expansion to 32 via TSP-Link®) 1 – 2 (optional expansion to 64 via
TSP Link for 2635B/2363B)
2 (optional expansion to 64 via
TSP-Link)
1 (optional expansion
to 32 via TSP-Link)
2
Current Max / Min 2651A: 50A pulse/100fA
2657A: 120mA/1fA
2634B: 10A pulse/1fA
2636B, 2635B:
10A pulse/0.1fA
10A pulse/100fA 10A pulse/100fA 10A pulse/100 fA
Voltage Max / Min 2651A: 40V/100nV
2657A: 3,000V/100nV
200V/100nV 40V/100nV for 2602B
200V/100nV for 2612B
40V/100nV for 2601B
200V/100nV for 2611B
40V/100nV for 2604B
200V/100nV for 2614B
System-Level
Automation
Digital l/O, TSP-Link,
Contact Check
Digital l/O, TSP-Link,
Contact Check (not available on
2634B)
Digital l/O, TSP-Link,
Contact Check
Digital l/O, TSP-Link,
Contact Check
N/A
Max readings / sec 38,500
1µSec/pt.,18-bit digitizer
20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000
Computer Interface GPIB, LAN (LXI), RS-232 GPIB, LAN (LXI), RS-232, USB GPIB, LAN (LXI), RS-232, USB GPIB, LAN (LXI), RS-232, USB GPIB, LAN (LXI), RS-232,
USB
Connectors/Cabling 2651A: Screw terminal,
adaptors for banana
2657A: HV triax, SHV
Triax Screw terminal, adaptors for
banana or triax
Screw terminal, adaptors for
banana or triax
Screw terminal, adaptors for
banana or triax
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Feature 6430 Low I SourceMeter 2430 High Power SourceMeter Instrument 2410 High V SourceMeter Instrument 2420 / 2425 / 2440 High I SourceMeter Instruments 2400 / 2401 Low Power SourceMeter Instruments
Current Max / Min 105mA / 10aA 10.5A pulse / 100pA 1.05A / 10pA 5.25A/ 100pA 1.05A / 10pA
Voltage Max / Min 200V / 1uV 200V / 1uV 1100V / 1uV 100V / 1uV 200V / 1uV
Power 2W 1100W 22W 110W 22W
Max readings / sec 256 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000
Interface GPIB, RS-232, Digital I/O, Trigger Link Trigger Bus GPIB, RS-232, Digital I/O, Trigger Link Trigger Bus GPIB, RS-232, Digital I/O, Trigger Link Trigger Bus GPIB, RS-232, Digital I/O, Trigger Link Trigger Bus GPIB, RS-232, Digital I/O, Trigger Link Trigger Bus
Connectors Triax Banana (front / rear) Banana (front / rear) Banana (front / rear) Banana (front / rear)
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Model 2600-PCT-1 2600-PCT-2 2600-PCT-3 2600-PCT-4 4200-PCT-2 4200-PCT-3 4200-PCT-4
Type Entry Level High Current High Voltage High Current and Voltage High Current + C-V High Voltage + C-V High Current and Voltage + C-V
Collector/Drain Supply Collector/ Drain Supply High Voltage Mode 200V/10A 200V/10A 3KV/120mA 3KV/120mA 200V/1A 3KV/120mA 3KV/120mA
High Current Mode 200V/10A 40V/50A 200V/10A 40V/50A 40V/50A 200V/1A 200V/1A
Step Generator (Base/Gate supply) 200V/10A 200V/10A 200V/10A 200V/10A 200V/1A 200V/1A 200V/1A
Typical Applications Incoming I ction, FA, QA, Reliability, Design Qual, Product Dev. Incoming Inspection, FA, QA, Reliability, Design Qual, Product Dev. Incoming Inspection, FA, QA, Reliability, Design Qual, Product Dev. Incoming Inspection, FA, QA, Reliability, Design Qual, Product Dev Data Sheet Generation, Modeling, General Characterization Data Sheet Generation, Modeling, General Characterization Data Sheet Generation, Modeling, General Characterization
Software ACS Basic Edition with Trace Mode and Parametric Mode, single and sequenced tests, sample power device libraries
Text Fixture Model 8010 High Power Device Test Fixture supports 3KV/100A Includes TO-220, TO-247, Axial, Custom sockets,. sample demo parts (BJT, MOSFET, diode, etc.)

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