In this paper, the normally-off N-channel lateral 4H-SiC metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors （MOSF- FETs） have been fabricated and characterized. A sandwich- （nitridation-oxidation-nitridation） type...In this paper, the normally-off N-channel lateral 4H-SiC metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors （MOSF- FETs） have been fabricated and characterized. A sandwich- （nitridation-oxidation-nitridation） type process was used to grow the gate dielectric film to obtain high channel mobility. The interface properties of 4H-SiC/SiO2 were examined by the measurement of HF l-V, G-V, and C-V over a range of frequencies. The ideal C-V curve with little hysteresis and the frequency dispersion were observed. As a result, the interface state density near the conduction band edge of 4H-SiC was reduced to 2 x 1011 eV-l.cm-2, the breakdown field of the grown oxides was about 9.8 MV/cm, the median peak field- effect mobility is about 32.5 cm2.V-1 .s-1, and the maximum peak field-effect mobility of 38 cm2-V-1 .s-1 was achieved in fabricated lateral 4H-SiC MOSFFETs.展开更多
An improved 4H-SiC metal-semiconductor field-effect transistors （MESFETs） with step p-buffer layer is proposed, and the static and dynamic electrical performances are analysed in this paper. A step p-buffer layer ha...An improved 4H-SiC metal-semiconductor field-effect transistors （MESFETs） with step p-buffer layer is proposed, and the static and dynamic electrical performances are analysed in this paper. A step p-buffer layer has been applied not only to increase the channel current, but also to improve the transconductance. This is due to the fact that the variation in p-buffer layer depth leads to the decrease in parasitic series resistance resulting from the change in the active channel thickness and modulation in the electric field distribution inside the channel. Detailed numerical simulations demonstrate that the saturation drain current and the maximum theoretical output power density of the proposed structure are about 30% and 37% larger than those of the conventional structure. The cut-off frequency and the maximum oscillation frequency of the proposed MESFETs are 14.5 and 62 GHz, respectively, which are higher than that of the conventional structure. Therefore, the 4H-SiC MESFETs with step p-buffer layer have superior direct-current and radio-frequency performances compared to the similar devices based on the conventional structure.展开更多
A power metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor(MOSFET) with dielectric trench is investigated to enhance the reversed blocking capability. The dielectric trench with a low permittivity to reduce the electri...A power metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor(MOSFET) with dielectric trench is investigated to enhance the reversed blocking capability. The dielectric trench with a low permittivity to reduce the electric field at reversed blocking state has been studied. To analyze the electric field, the drift region is segmented into four regions, where the conformal mapping method based on Schwarz–Christoffel transformation has been applied. According to the analysis, the improvement in the electric field for using the low permittivity trench is mainly due to the two electric field peaks generated in the drift region around this dielectric trench. The analytical results of the electric field and the potential models are in good agreement with the simulation results.展开更多
Radiation effects of silicon carbide metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistors(SiC MOSFETs)induced by 20 MeV proton under drain bias(V_(D)=800 V,V_(G)=0 V),gate bias(V_(D)=0 V,V_(G)=10 V),turn-on bias(V_(D)...Radiation effects of silicon carbide metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistors(SiC MOSFETs)induced by 20 MeV proton under drain bias(V_(D)=800 V,V_(G)=0 V),gate bias(V_(D)=0 V,V_(G)=10 V),turn-on bias(V_(D)=0.5 V,V_(G)=4 V)and static bias(V_(D)=0 V,V_(G)=0 V)are investigated.The drain current of SiC MOSFET under turn-on bias increases linearly with the increase of proton fluence during the proton irradiation.When the cumulative proton fluence reaches 2×10^(11)p·cm^(-2),the threshold voltage of SiC MOSFETs with four bias conditions shifts to the left,and the degradation of electrical characteristics of SiC MOSFETs with gate bias is the most serious.In the deep level transient spectrum test,it is found that the defect energy level of SiC MOSFET is mainly the ON2(E_(c)-1.1 eV)defect center,and the defect concentration and defect capture cross section of SiC MOSFET with proton radiation under gate bias increase most.By comparing the degradation of SiC MOSFET under proton cumulative irradiation,equivalent 1 MeV neutron irradiation and gamma irradiation,and combining with the defect change of SiC MOSFET under gamma irradiation and the non-ionizing energy loss induced by equivalent 1 MeV neutron in SiC MOSFET,the degradation of SiC MOSFET induced by proton is mainly caused by ionizing radiation damage.The results of TCAD analysis show that the ionizing radiation damage of SiC MOSFET is affected by the intensity and direction of the electric field in the oxide layer and epitaxial layer.展开更多
碳化硅金属氧化物半导体场效应管(Si C MOSFET)和氮化镓高电子迁移率晶体管(GaN HEMT)这两种器件内部存在容易捕获电子的"陷阱",会影响导电沟道的性能,进而影响器件的导通电阻。对SiC MOSFET和GaN HEMT各选取了一款典型的商...碳化硅金属氧化物半导体场效应管(Si C MOSFET)和氮化镓高电子迁移率晶体管(GaN HEMT)这两种器件内部存在容易捕获电子的"陷阱",会影响导电沟道的性能,进而影响器件的导通电阻。对SiC MOSFET和GaN HEMT各选取了一款典型的商用器件,分别对Si C MOSFET和GaN HEMT的导通电阻可靠性进行了测试。测试结果表明,Si C MOSFET的导通电阻变化量相对小,且应力停止后导通电阻可以恢复到初始状态,这说明其界面态陷阱密度比GaN HEMT更低,因此实际应用中无需考虑导通电阻的稳定性;而GaN HEMT的动态电阻变化较大,这极大地增加了导通损耗,影响系统的可靠性,因此在实际应用中需要考虑导通电阻变化对导通性能的影响。展开更多
Experiments and simulation studies on 283 MeV I ion induced single event effects of silicon carbide(SiC) metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistors(MOSFETs) were carried out. When the cumulative irradiation ...Experiments and simulation studies on 283 MeV I ion induced single event effects of silicon carbide(SiC) metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistors(MOSFETs) were carried out. When the cumulative irradiation fluence of the SiC MOSFET reached 5×10^(6)ion·cm^(-2), the drain–gate channel current increased under 200 V drain voltage, the drain–gate channel current and the drain–source channel current increased under 350 V drain voltage. The device occurred single event burnout under 800 V drain voltage, resulting in a complete loss of breakdown voltage. Combined with emission microscope, scanning electron microscope and focused ion beam analysis, the device with increased drain–gate channel current and drain–source channel current was found to have drain–gate channel current leakage point and local source metal melt, and the device with single event burnout was found to have local melting of its gate, source, epitaxial layer and substrate. Combining with Monte Carlo simulation and TCAD electrothermal simulation, it was found that the initial area of single event burnout might occur at the source–gate corner or the substrate–epitaxial interface, electric field and current density both affected the lattice temperature peak. The excessive lattice temperature during the irradiation process appeared at the local source contact, which led to the drain–source channel damage. And the excessive electric field appeared in the gate oxide layer, resulting in drain–gate channel damage.展开更多
优化设计了电力系统用6.5 kV SiC MOSFET,测得该器件的导通电流为25 A,阻断电压为6800 V,器件的巴利加优值(BFOM)达到925 MW/cm^(2)。基于感性负载测试电路测试了器件的高压开关瞬态波形。在此基础上,借助仿真软件构建6.5 kV SiC MOSFE...优化设计了电力系统用6.5 kV SiC MOSFET,测得该器件的导通电流为25 A,阻断电压为6800 V,器件的巴利加优值(BFOM)达到925 MW/cm^(2)。基于感性负载测试电路测试了器件的高压开关瞬态波形。在此基础上,借助仿真软件构建6.5 kV SiC MOSFET芯片级和器件级仿真模型,通过改变器件元胞结构、阱区掺杂浓度、栅极电阻、寄生电感等参数,研究了6.5 kV SiC MOSFET开关瞬态过程和电学振荡影响因素。结果表明,减小结型场效应晶体管(JFET)宽度有利于提高器件dV/dt能力,而源极寄生电感和栅极电阻是引起栅极电压振荡的重要因素。研究结果有助于分析研究6.5 kV SiC MOSFET在智能电网应用中的开关特性,使得基于SiC MOSFET的功率变换器系统具有更低的损耗、更高的频率和更高的可靠性。展开更多
基金Projcet supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.61404098,61176070,and 61274079)the Doctoral Fund of Ministry Education of China(Grant Nos.20110203110010 and 20130203120017)+1 种基金the National Key Basic Research Program of China(Grant No.2015CB75960the Key Specific Projects of Ministry of Education of China(Grant No.625010101)
文摘In this paper, the normally-off N-channel lateral 4H-SiC metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors （MOSF- FETs） have been fabricated and characterized. A sandwich- （nitridation-oxidation-nitridation） type process was used to grow the gate dielectric film to obtain high channel mobility. The interface properties of 4H-SiC/SiO2 were examined by the measurement of HF l-V, G-V, and C-V over a range of frequencies. The ideal C-V curve with little hysteresis and the frequency dispersion were observed. As a result, the interface state density near the conduction band edge of 4H-SiC was reduced to 2 x 1011 eV-l.cm-2, the breakdown field of the grown oxides was about 9.8 MV/cm, the median peak field- effect mobility is about 32.5 cm2.V-1 .s-1, and the maximum peak field-effect mobility of 38 cm2-V-1 .s-1 was achieved in fabricated lateral 4H-SiC MOSFFETs.
基金Project supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(Grant No.ZYGX2009J029)
文摘An improved 4H-SiC metal-semiconductor field-effect transistors （MESFETs） with step p-buffer layer is proposed, and the static and dynamic electrical performances are analysed in this paper. A step p-buffer layer has been applied not only to increase the channel current, but also to improve the transconductance. This is due to the fact that the variation in p-buffer layer depth leads to the decrease in parasitic series resistance resulting from the change in the active channel thickness and modulation in the electric field distribution inside the channel. Detailed numerical simulations demonstrate that the saturation drain current and the maximum theoretical output power density of the proposed structure are about 30% and 37% larger than those of the conventional structure. The cut-off frequency and the maximum oscillation frequency of the proposed MESFETs are 14.5 and 62 GHz, respectively, which are higher than that of the conventional structure. Therefore, the 4H-SiC MESFETs with step p-buffer layer have superior direct-current and radio-frequency performances compared to the similar devices based on the conventional structure.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.61404110)the National Higher-education Institution General Research and Development Project,China(Grant No.2682014CX097)
文摘A power metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor(MOSFET) with dielectric trench is investigated to enhance the reversed blocking capability. The dielectric trench with a low permittivity to reduce the electric field at reversed blocking state has been studied. To analyze the electric field, the drift region is segmented into four regions, where the conformal mapping method based on Schwarz–Christoffel transformation has been applied. According to the analysis, the improvement in the electric field for using the low permittivity trench is mainly due to the two electric field peaks generated in the drift region around this dielectric trench. The analytical results of the electric field and the potential models are in good agreement with the simulation results.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.12075065)。
文摘Radiation effects of silicon carbide metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistors(SiC MOSFETs)induced by 20 MeV proton under drain bias(V_(D)=800 V,V_(G)=0 V),gate bias(V_(D)=0 V,V_(G)=10 V),turn-on bias(V_(D)=0.5 V,V_(G)=4 V)and static bias(V_(D)=0 V,V_(G)=0 V)are investigated.The drain current of SiC MOSFET under turn-on bias increases linearly with the increase of proton fluence during the proton irradiation.When the cumulative proton fluence reaches 2×10^(11)p·cm^(-2),the threshold voltage of SiC MOSFETs with four bias conditions shifts to the left,and the degradation of electrical characteristics of SiC MOSFETs with gate bias is the most serious.In the deep level transient spectrum test,it is found that the defect energy level of SiC MOSFET is mainly the ON2(E_(c)-1.1 eV)defect center,and the defect concentration and defect capture cross section of SiC MOSFET with proton radiation under gate bias increase most.By comparing the degradation of SiC MOSFET under proton cumulative irradiation,equivalent 1 MeV neutron irradiation and gamma irradiation,and combining with the defect change of SiC MOSFET under gamma irradiation and the non-ionizing energy loss induced by equivalent 1 MeV neutron in SiC MOSFET,the degradation of SiC MOSFET induced by proton is mainly caused by ionizing radiation damage.The results of TCAD analysis show that the ionizing radiation damage of SiC MOSFET is affected by the intensity and direction of the electric field in the oxide layer and epitaxial layer.
文摘碳化硅金属氧化物半导体场效应管(Si C MOSFET)和氮化镓高电子迁移率晶体管(GaN HEMT)这两种器件内部存在容易捕获电子的"陷阱",会影响导电沟道的性能,进而影响器件的导通电阻。对SiC MOSFET和GaN HEMT各选取了一款典型的商用器件,分别对Si C MOSFET和GaN HEMT的导通电阻可靠性进行了测试。测试结果表明,Si C MOSFET的导通电阻变化量相对小,且应力停止后导通电阻可以恢复到初始状态,这说明其界面态陷阱密度比GaN HEMT更低,因此实际应用中无需考虑导通电阻的稳定性;而GaN HEMT的动态电阻变化较大,这极大地增加了导通损耗,影响系统的可靠性,因此在实际应用中需要考虑导通电阻变化对导通性能的影响。
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 12075065)。
文摘Experiments and simulation studies on 283 MeV I ion induced single event effects of silicon carbide(SiC) metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistors(MOSFETs) were carried out. When the cumulative irradiation fluence of the SiC MOSFET reached 5×10^(6)ion·cm^(-2), the drain–gate channel current increased under 200 V drain voltage, the drain–gate channel current and the drain–source channel current increased under 350 V drain voltage. The device occurred single event burnout under 800 V drain voltage, resulting in a complete loss of breakdown voltage. Combined with emission microscope, scanning electron microscope and focused ion beam analysis, the device with increased drain–gate channel current and drain–source channel current was found to have drain–gate channel current leakage point and local source metal melt, and the device with single event burnout was found to have local melting of its gate, source, epitaxial layer and substrate. Combining with Monte Carlo simulation and TCAD electrothermal simulation, it was found that the initial area of single event burnout might occur at the source–gate corner or the substrate–epitaxial interface, electric field and current density both affected the lattice temperature peak. The excessive lattice temperature during the irradiation process appeared at the local source contact, which led to the drain–source channel damage. And the excessive electric field appeared in the gate oxide layer, resulting in drain–gate channel damage.
文摘优化设计了电力系统用6.5 kV SiC MOSFET,测得该器件的导通电流为25 A,阻断电压为6800 V,器件的巴利加优值(BFOM)达到925 MW/cm^(2)。基于感性负载测试电路测试了器件的高压开关瞬态波形。在此基础上,借助仿真软件构建6.5 kV SiC MOSFET芯片级和器件级仿真模型,通过改变器件元胞结构、阱区掺杂浓度、栅极电阻、寄生电感等参数,研究了6.5 kV SiC MOSFET开关瞬态过程和电学振荡影响因素。结果表明,减小结型场效应晶体管(JFET)宽度有利于提高器件dV/dt能力,而源极寄生电感和栅极电阻是引起栅极电压振荡的重要因素。研究结果有助于分析研究6.5 kV SiC MOSFET在智能电网应用中的开关特性,使得基于SiC MOSFET的功率变换器系统具有更低的损耗、更高的频率和更高的可靠性。
