Stability, reliability, and robustness of GaN power devices: A review

JP Kozak, R Zhang, M Porter, Q Song… - … on Power Electronics, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Gallium nitride (GaN) devices are revolutionarily advancing the efficiency, frequency, and
form factor of power electronics. However, the material composition, architecture, and …

Power device breakdown mechanism and characterization: Review and perspective

R Zhang, Y Zhang - Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Breakdown voltage (BV) is arguably one of the most critical parameters for power devices.
While avalanche breakdown is prevailing in silicon and silicon carbide devices, it is lacking …

Degradation and recovery of GaN HEMTs in overvoltage hard switching near breakdown voltage

JP Kozak, Q Song, R Zhang, Y Ma, J Liu… - … on Power Electronics, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
GaN high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) have limited avalanche capability and
usually fail catastrophically in voltage overshoot up to their dynamic breakdown voltage (BV …

A survey on the state-of-the-art and future trends of multilevel inverters in BEVs

A Hren, M Truntič, F Mihalič - Electronics, 2023 - mdpi.com
All electric vehicles are the only way to decarbonize transport quickly and substantially.
Although multilevel inverters have already been used in some transportation modes, they …

Minimizing Output Capacitance Loss in GaN Power HEMT

Q Song, A Briga, V Veprinsky, R Volkov… - … on Power Electronics, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Output capacitance (COSS) loss (EDISS) is produced when the COSS of a power device
undergoes a cycle of charging and discharging, which ideally should be a lossless process …

High Frequency Pulsed Laser Driver Using Complementary GaN HEMTs

CY Liu, CH Lin, HC Kuo, LC Tang… - … on Power Electronics, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper attempts to disclose a high-efficiency laser driver which controls laser source for
high-frequency Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) applications. The specific LiDAR …

GaN MIS-HEMTs in repetitive overvoltage switching: Parametric shift and recovery

Q Song, JP Kozak, Y Ma, J Liu, R Zhang… - 2022 IEEE …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The overvoltage and surge energy robustness of GaN power high-electron-mobility
transistors (HEMTs) is a key gap recently identified by the JEDEC JC-70.1 committee. This …

Investigation on Physical Origins of Output Capacitance Loss in Cascode GaN HEMTs

Q Song, R Zhang, Q Li, Y Zhang - 2023 IEEE Applied Power …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Output capacitance loss is generated when the output capacitor of a power device is
charged and discharged in its OFF state, which ideally should be a lossless process. This …

SiC and GaN Power Devices

K Zekentes, V Veliadis, SH Ryu, K Vasilevskiy… - More-than-Moore …, 2023 - Springer
In an increasingly electrified, technology-driven world, power electronics is central to the
entire clean energy manufacturing economy. Power switching semiconductor devices are …

High Temperature Characterization and Degradation Test of a Cascode Gallium Nitride Field Effect Transistor

MD Rahman, ASMK Hasan… - 2024 IEEE 11th …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Gallium Nitride (GaN) is a wide bandgap semiconductor material known for its exceptional
performance in high-temperature and high-voltage environments. This makes GaN a …