Silicon-carbide (SiC) semiconductor power electronics for extreme high-temperature environments

J Hornberger, AB Lostetter… - … (IEEE Cat. No …, 2004 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper discusses the current state of SiC electronics research at Arkansas Power
Electronics International, Inc.(APEI) with regard to high-temperature environments and …

Wide bandgap technologies and their implications on miniaturizing power electronic systems

HA Mantooth, MD Glover… - IEEE Journal of emerging …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The current state of wide bandgap device technology is reviewed and its impact on power
electronic system miniaturization for a wide variety of voltage levels is described. A synopsis …

Modeling of wide bandgap power semiconductor devices—Part I

HA Mantooth, K Peng, E Santi… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Wide bandgap power devices have emerged as an often superior alternative power switch
technology for many power electronic applications. These devices theoretically have …

Power conversion with SiC devices at extremely high ambient temperatures

T Funaki, JC Balda, J Junghans… - … on Power electronics, 2007 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper evaluates the capability of SiC power semiconductor devices, in particular JFET
and Schottky barrier diodes (SBD) for application in high-temperature power electronics. SiC …

Silicon carbide power MOSFET model and parameter extraction sequence

TR McNutt, AR Hefner, HA Mantooth… - … on Power Electronics, 2007 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A compact circuit simulator model is used to describe the performance of a 2-kV, 5-A 4-H
silicon carbide (SiC) power DiMOSFET and to perform a detailed comparison with the …

Third quadrant conduction loss of 1.2–10 kV SiC MOSFETs: Impact of gate bias control

R Zhang, X Lin, J Liu, S Mocevic… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The third quadrant (3rd-quad) conduction of power MOSFETs involves competing current
sharing between the metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) channel and the body diode …

Measuring terminal capacitance and its voltage dependency for high-voltage power devices

T Funaki, N Phankong, T Kimoto… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The switching behavior of semiconductor devices responds to charge/discharge
phenomenon of terminal capacitance in the device. The differential capacitance in a …

Real-time hardware-in-the-loop emulation of high-speed rail power system with SiC-based energy conversion

T Liang, Q Liu, VR Dinavahi - IEEE Access, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Real-time device-level hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) emulation of a complete high-speed rail
system is challenging due to its complex modeling and high computing demand. With higher …

AlGaN/GaN-based lateral-type Schottky barrier diode with very low reverse recovery charge at high temperature

JH Lee, C Park, KS Im, JH Lee - IEEE transactions on electron …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We have demonstrated the lateral multifinger-type Schottky barrier diode (SBD) with
bonding pad over active structure fabricated on the AlGaN/GaN heterostructure prepared on …

Parameter extraction procedure for a physics-based power SiC Schottky diode model

R Fu, AE Grekov, K Peng, E Santi - IEEE Transactions on …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A detailed parameter extraction procedure for a simple physics-based power silicon carbide
(SiC) Schottky diode model is presented. The developed procedure includes the extraction …