Review of silicon carbide processing for power MOSFET

C Langpoklakpam, AC Liu, KH Chu, LH Hsu, WC Lee… - Crystals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Owing to the superior properties of silicon carbide (SiC), such as higher breakdown voltage,
higher thermal conductivity, higher operating frequency, higher operating temperature, and …

Prospects and challenges of 4h-sic thyristors in protection of hb-mmc-vsc-hvdc converters

C Shen, S Jahdi, O Alatise… - IEEE Open Journal …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Pole-to-pole DC faults on HB-MMC-VSC-HVDC schemes impose significant risk of cascade
failure on IGBT/diode pairs. Other novel topologies with fault blocking capability, ie AAC …

High-voltage 4H-SiC thyristors with a graded etched junction termination extension

G Paques, S Scharnholz, N Dheilly… - IEEE Electron …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
For the first time, a graded etched junction termination extension (JTE) is applied to
completed 4H-SiC gate turn-off thyristors. These devices demonstrate the feasibility of …

Analytical and numerical studies of p+-emitters in silicon carbide bipolar devices

ME Levinshtein, TT Mnatsakanov… - Semiconductor …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
In this paper, ways to create silicon carbide p+-emitters with high injection coefficients are
considered. Raising the emitter doping level, eliminating the deteriorated layer, and making …

10-kV 4H-SiC gate turn-OFF thyristors with space-modulated buffer trench three-step JTE

CN Zhou, RF Yue, Y Wang, J Zhang… - IEEE Electron Device …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Ultrahigh-voltage 4H-silicon carbide (SiC) gate turn-OFF thyristors (GTOs), with multiple
space-modulated buffer trench (SMBT) regions on the traditional three-step junction …

12.5 kV SiC gate turn off thyristor with trench-modulated JTE structure

T Yang, X Li, Y Wang, P Yao… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, an ultrahigh voltage silicon carbide (SiC) gate turn off (GTO) Thyristor with a
novel trench-modulated two-zone junction termination extension (TM-TZ-JTE) is investigated …

7.5 kV 4H-SiC GTO's for power conversion

L Fursin, J Hostetler, X Li, M Fox… - 2013 Twenty-Eighth …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
There is a growing demand for medium voltage, 6.5-24 kV, switches capable of operating at
more than 15 kHz frequencies. The range of potential applications includes grid-tied solar …

Silicon carbide technology for high-and ultra-high-voltage bipolar junction transistors and PiN diodes

A Salemi - 2017 - diva-portal.org
Silicon carbide (SiC) is an attractive material for high-voltage and hightemperature
electronic applications owing to the wide bandgap, high critical electric field, and high …

Static and switching characteristics of 6500 V silicon carbide anode switched thyristor modules

S Sundaresan, AM Soe, R Singh - 2012 IEEE Energy …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Silicon Carbide Anode Switched Thyristors (ASTs) overcome major limitations of
conventional Si and SiC IGBT and GTO Thyristor solutions by providing robust, MOS …

Light triggered 4H–SiC thyristors with an etched guard ring assisted JTE

N Dheilly, D Planson, G Pâques, S Scharnholz - Solid-state electronics, 2012 - Elsevier
In this paper, an original termination, the etched guard ring assisted junction termination
extension (JTE), is demonstrated on 4H–SiC light triggered thyristors. The termination …