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 …

GaN-based power devices: Physics, reliability, and perspectives

M Meneghini, C De Santi, I Abid, M Buffolo… - Journal of Applied …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Over the last decade, gallium nitride (GaN) has emerged as an excellent material for the
fabrication of power devices. Among the semiconductors for which power devices are …

Review and outlook on GaN and SiC power devices: industrial state-of-the-art, applications, and perspectives

M Buffolo, D Favero, A Marcuzzi… - … on Electron Devices, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a comprehensive review and outlook of silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride
(GaN) transistors available on the market for current and next-generation power electronics …

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 …

Trap-state mapping to model GaN transistors dynamic performance

N Modolo, C De Santi, A Minetto, L Sayadi, G Prechtl… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Trapping phenomena degrade the dynamic performance of wide-bandgap transistors.
However, the identification of the related traps is challenging, especially in presence of non …

IG- and VGS-Dependent Dynamic RON Characterization of Commercial High-Voltage p-GaN Gate Power HEMTs

K Zhong, J Wei, J He, S Feng, Y Wang… - IEEE Transactions …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The dynamic on-resistance (r ON) of two mainstream 600 V/650 V p-GaN gate power high-
electron-mobility transistors (HEMTs) with Ohmic-and Schottky-type p-GaN gate contacts are …

Cumulative hot-electron trapping in GaN-based power HEMTs observed by an ultrafast (10 V/Ns) on-wafer methodology

N Modolo, C De Santi, A Minetto… - IEEE Journal of …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The goal of this article is to advance the understanding of the impact of hard switching on the
dynamic performance of GaN-based high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs). To this aim …

Study of minority carrier traps in p-GaN gate HEMT by optical deep level transient spectroscopy

J Chen, W Huang, H Qu, Y Zhang, J Zhou… - Applied Physics …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Properties of minority carrier (electron) traps in Schottky type p-GaN gate high electron
mobility transistors were explicitly investigated by optical deep level transient spectroscopy …

Normally-OFF p-GaN gate double-channel HEMT with suppressed hot-electron-induced dynamic on-resistance degradation

H Liao, Z Zheng, T Chen, L Zhang… - IEEE Electron …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Hot electrons with high kinetic energy could be generated in the channel of GaN high-
electron-mobility transistors (HEMTs) during hard switching operation. Those “lucky” hot …

Capture and emission time map to investigate the positive VTH shift in p-GaN power HEMTs

N Modolo, M Fregolent, F Masin, A Benato… - Microelectronics …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this paper, for the first time the threshold voltage instability of 100 V rated p-GaN power
HEMTs is investigated by combined pulsed-IV measurements and capture and emission …