• DocumentCode
    2368075
  • Title

    Influence of Layout Geometries on the Behavior of 4H-SiC 600V Merged PiN Schottky (MPS) Rectifiers

  • Author

    d´Alessandro, Vincenzo ; Irace, A. ; Breglio, G. ; Spirito, P. ; Bricconi, A. ; Carta, R. ; Raffo, D. ; Merlin, L.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. & Telecommun. Eng., Naples Univ. "Federico II"
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    4-8 June 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    The overall behavior of 4H-SiC 600V merged PiN Schottky (MPS) rectifiers is analyzed by means of 2-D numerical simulations. The influence of the elementary cell topology on both forward and reverse characteristics is exhaustively investigated. It is demonstrated that MPS diodes are not affected by thermally-induced voltage surge phenomena that arise in their state-of-the-art pure Schottky counterparts
  • Keywords
    Schottky diodes; p-i-n diodes; semiconductor device models; silicon compounds; solid-state rectifiers; 2D numerical simulations; 600 V; MPS rectifiers; SiC; elementary cell topology; layout geometries; merged PiN Schottky rectifiers; Analytical models; Current measurement; Electric breakdown; Geometry; Motor drives; Numerical analysis; P-n junctions; Rectifiers; Schottky diodes; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Power Semiconductor Devices and IC's, 2006. ISPSD 2006. IEEE International Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Naples
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-9714-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISPSD.2006.1666097
  • Filename
    1666097