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 …

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 …

Output capacitance loss of GaN HEMTs in steady-state switching

Q Song, R Zhang, Q Li, Y Zhang - IEEE Transactions on Power …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The output capacitance () loss, a loss produced when the device's output capacitor is
charged and discharged, has become a concern for GaN high electron mobility transistors …

In-situ RDS(on) Characterization and Lifetime Projection of GaN HEMTs Under Repetitive Overvoltage Switching

R Zhang, R Garcia, R Strittmatter… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Transient voltage overshoot is a common phenomenon in GaN high electron mobility
transistors (HEMTs) under high slew rate switching conditions. The dynamic parametric …

Analysis of energy loss in GaN E-mode devices under UIS stresses

R Sun, J Lai, C Liu, W Chen, Y Chen… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article analyzes the energy loss E loss in GaN enhancement-mode (E-mode) devices
under unclamped inductive switching (UIS) stresses. Based on the second-order circuit …

Degradation behavior and mechanism of GaN HEMTs with P-type gate in the third quadrant under repetitive surge current stress

X Wang, W Chen, R Sun, C Liu, Y Xia… - … on Electron Devices, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, the degradation behavior and mechanism of GaN high-electron-mobility
transistors (HEMTs) with p-type gate in the third quadrant under repetitive surge current …

On the Abnormal Reduction and Recovery of Dynamic RON Under UIS Stress in Schottky p-GaN Gate HEMTs

C Liu, X Chen, R Sun, J Lai, W Chen… - … on Power Electronics, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this letter, the abnormal reduction and recovery of dynamic R ON are observed under
unclamped-inductive-switching (UIS) stress in Schottky p-GaN gate HEMTs. The reduction of …

Investigations on electrical parameters degradation and recovery of E-mode GaN high-electron mobility transistors under repetitive unclamped inductive switching …

XB Xu, B Li, YQ Chen, ZH Wu, ZY He… - Semiconductor …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
During no or minimal avalanche capability, the surge ruggedness of the E-mode AlGaN/GaN
high-electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) with p-GaN gate has not been fully understood …

Performance of wide-bandgap discrete and module cascodes at sub-1 kV: GaN vs. SiC

Y Gunaydin, S Jahdi, O Alatise, JO Gonzalez… - Microelectronics …, 2021 - Elsevier
Wide-bandgap (WBG) based cascode devices combine the advantages of the gate
driveability and reliability of silicon MOSFETs with the power conversion efficiency and …

Degradation Mechanisms of Gate Leakage in GaN-Based HEMTs at Low Dose Rate Irradiation

X Li, X Wang, M Liu, K Zhu, G Shui, Q Zheng… - IEEE …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we investigated an experimental analysis of the degradation caused by low
dose rate irradiation in GaN-based high-electron-mobility transistors (HEMTs) with a p-type …