• DocumentCode
    1925179
  • Title

    27 mΩ-cm2, 1.6 kV power DiMOSFETs in 4H-SiC

  • Author

    Ryu, Sei-Hyung ; Agarwal, Anant ; Richmond, James ; Palmour, John ; Saks, Nelson ; Williams, John

  • Author_Institution
    Cree Inc., Durham, NC, USA
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    2002
  • Firstpage
    65
  • Lastpage
    68
  • Abstract
    We report on the characteristics of large area (3.3 × 3.3 mm2) high voltage 4H-SiC DiMOSFETs. The MOSFETs show a peak MOS channel mobility of 22 cm2/V·s and a threshold voltage of 8.5 V at room temperature. The DiMOSFETs exhibit an on-resistance of 27 mΩ·cm2 at room temperature. The devices block approximately 1.6 kV at room temperature. Stable avalanche characteristics at approximately 2.4 kV are observed on smaller devices. An on-current of 20 A is measured on a 0.103 cm2 device. High switching speed is also demonstrated. This suggests that the devices are ideal for high voltage, high frequency, low loss switching applications.
  • Keywords
    avalanche breakdown; carrier mobility; power MOSFET; power semiconductor switches; silicon compounds; wide band gap semiconductors; 1.6 kV; 2.4 kV; 20 A; 4H-SiC; 8.5 V; SiC; high voltage MOSFETs; large area MOSFETs; low loss switching; on-current; on-resistance; peak MOS channel mobility; power DiMOSFETs; stable avalanche characteristics; switching speed; threshold voltage; Area measurement; Electrical resistance measurement; MOSFET circuits; Pulse measurements; Space vector pulse width modulation; Temperature measurement; Testing; Threshold voltage; Virtual manufacturing; Voltage measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Power Semiconductor Devices and ICs, 2002. Proceedings of the 14th International Symposium on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7318-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISPSD.2002.1016172
  • Filename
    1016172