Material science and device physics in SiC technology for high-voltage power devices

T Kimoto - Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Power semiconductor devices are key components in power conversion systems. Silicon
carbide (SiC) has received increasing attention as a wide-bandgap semiconductor suitable …

A review of SiC power module packaging: Layout, material system and integration

C Chen, F Luo, Y Kang - CPSS Transactions on Power …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Silicon-Carbide (SiC) devices with superior performance over traditional silicon power
devices have become the prime candidates for future high-performance power electronics …

A Comprehensive Review on Recent Developments in Ohmic and Schottky Contacts on Ga2O3 for Device Applications

H Sheoran, V Kumar, R Singh - ACS Applied Electronic Materials, 2022 - ACS Publications
Ultrawide bandgap β-gallium oxide (β-Ga2O3) is emerging as a viable candidate for next-
generation high-power electronics, including Schottky barrier diodes (SBDs) and field-effect …

Revolution of electric vehicle charging technologies accelerated by wide bandgap devices

S Li, S Lu, CC Mi - Proceedings of the IEEE, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents the state-of-the-art electric vehicle (EV) charging technologies that
benefit from the wide bandgap (WBG) devices, which is regarded as the most significant …

Silicon carbide power transistors: A new era in power electronics is initiated

J Rabkowski, D Peftitsis, HP Nee - IEEE Industrial Electronics …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
During recent years, silicon carbide (SiC) power electronics has gone from being a
promising future technology to being a potent alternative to state-of-the-art silicon (Si) …

Reliability of wide band gap power electronic semiconductor and packaging: A review

Y Wang, Y Ding, Y Yin - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
Wide band gap (WBG) power electronic devices, such as silicon carbide metal–oxide–
semiconductor field-effect transistors (SiC MOSFETs) and gallium–nitride high-electron …

High-voltage SiC power devices for improved energy efficiency

T Kimoto - Proceedings of the Japan Academy, Series B, 2022 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Silicon carbide (SiC) power devices significantly outperform the well-established silicon (Si)
devices in terms of high breakdown voltage, low power loss, and fast switching. This review …

Bulk and epitaxial growth of silicon carbide

T Kimoto - Progress in Crystal Growth and Characterization of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Silicon carbide (SiC) is a wide bandgap semiconductor having high critical electric field
strength, making it especially attractive for high-power and high-temperature devices …

Interface properties of metal–oxide–semiconductor structures on 4H-SiC {0001} and (1120) formed by N2O oxidation

T Kimoto, Y Kanzaki, M Noborio… - Japanese journal of …, 2005 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract 4H-SiC (0001),(0001), and (1120) have been directly oxidized by N 2 O at 1300 C,
and metal–oxide–semiconductor (MOS) interfaces have been characterized. The interface …

Ultrahigh-voltage SiC pin diodes with improved forward characteristics

N Kaji, H Niwa, J Suda, T Kimoto - IEEE Transactions on …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Silicon carbide (SiC) pin diodes having five different n--layer (i-layer) thicknesses from 48 to
268 μm are fabricated. The forward characteristics of SiC pin diodes are significantly …