A novel active gate driver for improving switching performance of high-power SiC MOSFET modules

Y Yang, Y Wen, Y Gao - IEEE Transactions on Power …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Featuring higher switching speed and lower losses, the silicon carbide mosfets (SiC
mosfets) are widely used in higher power density and higher efficiency power electronic …

Diamond p-FETs using two-dimensional hole gas for high frequency and high voltage complementary circuits

H Kawarada - Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Diamond is a wide bandgap semiconductor (bandgap: 5.5 eV). However, through impurity
doping, diamond can become a p-type or n-type semiconductor. The minimum resistivity of p …

Investigations of SiC MOSFET short-circuit failure mechanisms using electrical, thermal, and mechanical stress analyses

K Yao, H Yano, H Tadano… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this study, unique short-circuit failure mechanisms in 1.2-kV SiC metal-oxide-
semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs) at 400 and 800-V dc bias were …

A Critical review on reliability and short circuit robustness of silicon carbide power MOSFETs

S Sreejith, J Ajayan, SB Devasenapati, B Sivasankari… - Silicon, 2023 - Springer
Superior electrical and physical properties of SiC (Silicon Carbide) make them ideal for
various high voltage, high frequency and high power electronic applications. When …

Experimental and theoretical demonstration of temperature limitation for 4H-SiC MOSFET during unclamped inductive switching

J An, S Hu - IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article focuses on the avalanche energy handing ability and theoretical demonstration
of the avalanche failure mechanism for the SiC MOSFET by the unclamped inductive …

Comprehensive Investigations on Degradations of Dynamic Characteristics for SiC Power MOSFETs Under Repetitive Avalanche Shocks

J Wei, S Liu, S Li, J Fang, T Li… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this work, degradations of dynamic characteristics for silicon carbide (SiC) power metal-
oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors under repetitive avalanche shocks are …

Heterojunction diode shielded SiC split-gate trench MOSFET with optimized reverse recovery characteristic and low switching loss

J An, S Hu - IEEE Access, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A split-gate SiC trench MOSFET with a hetero-junction diode (HJD) is proposed and
numerically analyzed in this paper. The proposed structure features the HJD to effectively …

Failure mechanism of avalanche condition for 1200-V double trench SiC MOSFET

X Li, X Tong, R Hu, Y Wen, H Zhu… - IEEE Journal of …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Due to superior properties of silicon carbide (SiC), the unipolar conduction mechanism of
metal-oxide-semiconductor-field-effect transistor (MOSFET), and the structural feature …

Review of methodologies for evaluating short-circuit robustness and reliability of SiC power MOSFETs

R Cui, Z Xin, Q Liu, J Kang, H Luo… - IEEE Journal of …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
To accelerate the broad application of silicon carbide (SiC) power MOSFETs, their short-
circuit (SC) robustness and reliability must be thoroughly evaluated. This article, therefore …

Online monitoring for threshold voltage of SiC MOSFET considering the coupling impact on BTI and junction temperature

J Xin, M Du, Z Ouyang, K Wei - IEEE Transactions on Electron …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Gate oxide degradation can reduce the reliability of silicon carbide metal-oxide-
semiconductor field-effect transistor (SiC MOSFET), which is indicated by bias temperature …