Title :
Modeling aspects of current calculation of 4H-SiC Schottky diode
Author :
Khannal, S. ; Noor, A. ; Neeleshwar, S. ; Tyagi, M.S.
Author_Institution :
Center for Dev. of Adv. Comput., Noida
Abstract :
This paper present modeling aspects for 4H-SiC Schottky diode using drift diffusion model. Drift diffusion model consists of the current continuity equations for electrons and holes, Poissonpsilas equation and the equations for electron and hole currents. Using this model physical surface trait, state of art of device has been extracted to understand the current condition of 4H-SiC Schottky barrier diode. In Schottky diodes current transport takes place by three mechanisms, diffusion of carriers from the semiconductor into the metal, thermionic emission of carriers across the Schottky barrier and quantum-mechanical tunneling through the barrier. For these three mechanisms current calculation using drift diffusion model has been done.
Keywords :
Poisson equation; Schottky diodes; quantum theory; silicon compounds; thermionic emission; wide band gap semiconductors; Poisson equation; Schottky barrier diode; SiC; current continuity equations; drift diffusion model; quantum mechanical tunneling; thermionic emission; Charge carrier processes; Electron mobility; Poisson equations; Schottky barriers; Schottky diodes; Silicon carbide; Temperature; Thermal conductivity; Tunneling; Wideband; Poisson’s equation and quantum mechanical tunneling; Schottky diode; drift diffusion model;
Conference_Titel :
Recent Advances in Microwave Theory and Applications, 2008. MICROWAVE 2008. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Jaipur
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2690-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2691-1
DOI :
10.1109/AMTA.2008.4763160