SiC-based electronics (100th anniversary of the Ioffe Institute)

AA Lebedev, PA Ivanov, ME Levinshtein… - Physics …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
We review the history and modern state of silicon carbide and SiC-based devices. The main
techniques for growing bulk SiC crystals and epitaxial SiC films are discussed. Epitaxial SiC …

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 …

High power 4H–SiC PiN diodes (10 kV class) with record high carrier lifetime

PA Ivanov, ME Levinshtein, JW Palmour, MK Das… - Solid-State …, 2006 - Elsevier
The hole lifetime τp in the n-base and isothermal (pulse) current–voltage characteristics
have been measured in 4H–SiC diodes with a 10kV blocking voltage (100μm base width) …

I-V characteristics of high-voltage 4H-SiC diodes with a 1.1-eV Schottky barrier

PA Ivanov, IV Grekhov, OI Kon'kov, AS Potapov… - Semiconductors, 2011 - Springer
The IV characteristics of high-voltage 4 H-SiC diodes with a Schottky barrier∼ 1.1 eV in
height are measured and analyzed. The forward IV characteristics proved to be close to …

Specific features of switch-on processes in high-voltage (18 kV class) optically triggered 4H-SiC thyristors

TT Mnatsakanov, SN Yurkov… - Semiconductor …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
A computer simulation has been carried out to analyze and explain the specific features of
the switch-on process in super-high-voltage (18 kV class) optically triggered 4H-SiC …

Generation-recombination noise in forward biased 4H‐SiC p‐n diodes

SL Rumyantsev, AP Dmitriev, ME Levinshtein… - Journal of applied …, 2006 - pubs.aip.org
Low frequency noise has been studied in forward biased 4 H‐Si C p+‐n diodes at current
densities from 10− 4 to 10 A∕ cm 2⁠. At small current densities j⩽ 10− 3 A∕ cm 2⁠, the …

Large area> 8 kV SiC GTO thyristors with innovative anode-gate designs

SG Sundaresan, H Issa, D Veeredy… - Materials Science …, 2010 - Trans Tech Publ
This study is focused on the design and fabrication of large-area (4.1 x4. 1 mm2 and 8.2 x8.
2 mm2), 8.1 kV 4H-SiC GTO Thyristors. The anode and gate fingers of Thyristors were …

Research of pin Junctions Based on 4H‐SiC Fabricated by Low‐Temperature Diffusion of Boron

IG Atabaev, KN Juraev - Advances in Materials Science and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Novel method of boron diffusion at low temperatures between 1150 and 1300° C is used for
the formation of both p‐i SiC junction and i‐region in one technological process. As the …

Transport of the charge carriers in SiC-detector structures after extreme radiation fluences

NB Strokan, AM Ivanov, AA Lebedev - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in …, 2006 - Elsevier
The charge collection efficiency (CCE) of SiC-detectors preliminarily irradiated with 8MeV
protons at a fluence of 1014cm− 2 was investigated. Nuclear spectrometric techniques were …

Performance evaluation of picosecond high-voltage power switches based on propagation of superfast impact ionization fronts in SiC structures

P Rodin, P Ivanov, I Grekhov - Journal of applied physics, 2006 - pubs.aip.org
We employ a simple analytical model of superfast impact ionization front in a reversely
biased p+-n-n+ structure to evaluate the performance of prospective 4 H-SiC closing …