Materials and processes for Schottky contacts on silicon carbide

M Vivona, F Giannazzo, F Roccaforte - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Silicon carbide (4H-SiC) Schottky diodes have reached a mature level of technology and are
today essential elements in many applications of power electronics. In this context, the study …

Electrical properties of inhomogeneous tungsten carbide Schottky barrier on 4H-SiC

M Vivona, G Greco, G Bellocchi, L Zumbo… - Journal of Physics D …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
In this paper, the electrical behavior of tungsten carbide (WC) Schottky barrier on 4H-SiC
was investigated. First, a statistical current-voltage (I–V) analysis in forward bias, performed …

Comparison of nickel, cobalt, palladium, and tungsten Schottky contacts on n-4H-silicon carbide

VE Gora, A Chawanda, C Nyamhere, FD Auret… - Physica B: Condensed …, 2018 - Elsevier
We have investigated the current-voltage (IV) characteristics of nickel (Ni), cobalt (Co),
tungsten (W) and palladium (Pd) Schottky contacts on n-type 4 H-SiC in the 300–800 K …

Ni Schottky barrier on heavily doped phosphorous implanted 4H-SiC

M Vivona, G Greco, M Spera, P Fiorenza… - Journal of Physics D …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The electrical behavior of Ni Schottky barrier formed onto heavily doped (ND> 10 19 cm− 3)
n-type phosphorous implanted silicon carbide (4H-SiC) was investigated, with a focus on the …

Electrical evolution of W and WC Schottky contacts on 4H-SiC at different annealing temperatures

M Vivona, G Bellocchi, RL Nigro… - Semiconductor …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
In this paper, we investigate the electrical evolution of tungsten (W) and tungsten carbide
(WC) Schottky contacts on 4H-SiC subjected to thermal treatments at different annealing …

Defects induced by solid state reactions at the tungsten-silicon carbide interface

SM Tunhuma, M Diale, MJ Legodi, JM Nel… - Journal of Applied …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
Defects introduced by the solid state reactions between tungsten and silicon carbide have
been studied using deep level transient spectroscopy (DLTS) and Laplace DLTS. W/4H-SiC …

Reverse-bias stress-induced electrical parameters instability in 4H-SiC JBS diodes terminated nonequidistance FLRs

Q Song, H Yuan, Q Sun, C Han, X Tang… - … on Electron Devices, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, the breakdown voltage (V BR) shift of 4H-SiC Junction Barrier Schottky (JBS)
diodes terminated by optimum nonequidistant field limiting rings (FLRs) subject to reverse …

Analysis of the inhomogeneous barrier and phase composition of W/4H-SiC Schottky contacts formed at different annealing temperatures

SX Dong, Y Bai, YD Tang, H Chen, XL Tian… - Chinese …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
The electrical characteristics of W/4H-SiC Schottky contacts formed at different annealing
temperatures have been measured by using current–voltage–temperatures (I–V–T) and …

Temperature effects on the ruggedness of SiC Schottky diodes under surge current

J León, X Perpiñà, V Banu, J Montserrat… - Microelectronics …, 2014 - Elsevier
This work analyzes the effects of temperature on the destruction of 1.2 kV–10 A silicon
carbide (SiC) tungsten-based Schottky barrier diodes (W-SBD's) under surge current tests …

Structural analysis of SiC Schottky diodes failure mechanism under current overload

J León, M Berthou, X Perpiñà, V Banu… - Journal of Physics D …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
2 kV–10 A tungsten Schottky diodes (W-SBD) have been aged and tested at limit under
current overload (surge current pulses) to determine their structural weakest spots. All …