Gate and base drivers for silicon carbide power transistors: An overview

D Peftitsis, J Rabkowski - IEEE Transactions on Power …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Silicon carbide (SiC) power transistors have started gaining significant importance in various
application areas of power electronics. During the last decade, SiC power transistors were …

High-temperature silicon carbide: characterization of state-of-the-art silicon carbide power transistors

CM DiMarino, R Burgos… - IEEE Industrial Electronics …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
For several decades, silicon (Si) has been the primary semiconductor choice for power
electronic devices. During this time, the development and fabrication of Si devices has been …

State of art of current and future technologies in current limiting devices

R Ouaida, M Berthou, D Tournier… - 2015 IEEE First …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Fuses and Circuit Breakers play an important safety role in electrical distribution systems.
New challenging applications, especially in DC applications, have brought conventional …

Comparison between 1.7 kV SiC SJT and MOSFET power modules

G Li, H Li, A Deshpande, X Li, L Xu… - 2016 IEEE 4th …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, a comprehensive evaluation work on 1.7 kV SiC Super Junction Transistor
(SJT) power module and 1.7 kV SiC MOSFET power modules is presented. Both device …

DC modeling and geometry scaling of SiC low-voltage MOSFETs for integrated circuit design

S Ahmed, AU Rashid, MM Hossain… - IEEE Journal of …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents the SPICE model development of the static characteristics of silicon
carbide (SiC) lateral n-channel and p-channel MOSFETs based on the widely used BSIM4 …

High temperature characterization and analysis of silicon carbide (SiC) power semiconductor transistors

CM DiMarino - 2014 - vtechworks.lib.vt.edu
This thesis provides insight into state-of-the-art 1.2 kV silicon carbide (SiC) power
semiconductor transistors, including the MOSFET, BJT, SJT, and normally-on and normally …

Advanced SiC Power MOSFETs Manufactured on 150mm SiC Wafers

K Matocha, S Banerjee, K Chatty - Materials Science Forum, 2016 - Trans Tech Publ
An advanced silicon carbide power MOSFET process was developed and implemented on a
high-volume 150mm silicon production line. SiC power MOSFETs fabricated on this 150mm …

Electrothermal modeling and characterization of SiC Schottky and silicon PiN diodes switching transients

S Jahdi, O Alatise, P Alexakis, L Ran… - 2014 IEEE Energy …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Schottky diodes are known to have lower conduction and switching losses compared to PiN
diodes, however, are prone to ringing in the output characteristics. In this paper, analytical …

Proportional regenerative base driver circuit with negative offstate voltage for sic bipolar junction transistors

N McNeill, B Jin, X Yuan - 2016 - IET
A proportional base driver circuit for SiC bipolar junction transistors is presented. A current
transformer feeds a proportion of the transistor's collector current into its base. The influence …

Power device platforms

HA Mantooth - Extreme Environment Electronics, 2017 - taylorfrancis.com
Silicon power device technology has matured to a point where it has largely achieved its
theoretical limits. The development of diode, MOSFET, insulated gate bipolar transistors …