• DocumentCode
    2794910
  • Title

    Power SiC DMOSFET model accounting for JFET region nonuniform current distribution

  • Author

    Fu, Ruiyun ; Grekov, Alexander ; Santi, Enrico ; Hudgins, Jerry ; Mantooth, Alan

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    12-16 Sept. 2010
  • Firstpage
    2222
  • Lastpage
    2228
  • Abstract
    The main goal of this work is development of a new circuit-based SiC DMOSFET model which physically represents the mechanism of current saturation in power SiC DMOSFET. Finite element simulations show that current saturation for a typical device geometry is due to two-dimensional carrier distribution effects in the JFET region caused by the current spreading from the channel to the JFET region. For high drain-source voltages, most of the voltage-drop occurs in the current-spreading region located in the JFET region close to the channel.
  • Keywords
    current distribution; finite element analysis; junction gate field effect transistors; power MOSFET; semiconductor device models; silicon compounds; wide band gap semiconductors; JFET region nonuniform current distribution; SiC; current spreading region; drain-source voltages; finite element simulations; power DMOSFET; Analytical models; Finite element methods; Integrated circuit modeling; JFETs; Mathematical model; Resistors; Silicon carbide;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 2010 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Atlanta, GA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-5286-6
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-5287-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ECCE.2010.5617830
  • Filename
    5617830