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Silicon Carbide Junction Transistors and Schottky Rectifiers optimized for 250°C operation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 June 2014

Siddarth Sundaresan ,
Brian Grummel  and
Ranbir Singh
Siddarth Sundaresan
Affiliation:
GeneSiC Semiconductor, 43670 Trade Center Place, Suite 155, Dulles VA 20166, U.S.A.
Brian Grummel
Affiliation:
GeneSiC Semiconductor, 43670 Trade Center Place, Suite 155, Dulles VA 20166, U.S.A.
Ranbir Singh
Affiliation:
GeneSiC Semiconductor, 43670 Trade Center Place, Suite 155, Dulles VA 20166, U.S.A.
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Abstract

Electrical performance and reliability of SiC Junction Transistors (SJTs) and Schottky rectifiers are presented. The 650 V/50 A-rated SiC SJTs feature current gains (β) up to 110 at room-temperature, 70 at 250°C, and stable breakdown characteristics. Single current pulse measurements indicate an almost invariant β up to 800 A/cm2 at 175°C – a measure of the SOA boundary for pulsed current SJT operation. Lower than 5 mA/cm2 leakage currents are measured on the SJTs at the rated blocking voltage and at 250°C. 1200 V Schottky rectifiers designed for high-temperature operation display < 3 mA/cm2 leakage currents up to 250°C. A 10x reduction in leakage current and 23% reduction in junction capacitance are observed when compared to the nearest competitor. The high-temperature Schottky rectifiers and SJTs display stable breakdown voltages and on-state characteristics after long-term HTRB stressing. A significant improvement in current gain stability is achieved by fine-tuning the fabrication process.

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semiconductingpassivationpackaging
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1693: Symposium DD – Silicon Carbide‒Materials, Processing and Devices , 2014 , mrss14-1693-dd03-08
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2014 

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