Review and analysis of SiC MOSFETs' ruggedness and reliability

J Wang, X Jiang - IET Power Electronics, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
SiC MOSFETs (silicon carbide metal‐oxide semiconductor field‐effect transistors) are
replacing Si insulated gate bipolar transistors in many power conversion applications due to …

A review of power electronic devices for heavy goods vehicles electrification: Performance and reliability

O Alatise, A Deb, E Bashar, J Ortiz Gonzalez, S Jahdi… - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
This review explores the performance and reliability of power semiconductor devices
required to enable the electrification of heavy goods vehicles (HGVs). HGV electrification …

Investigations on the degradations of double-trench SiC power MOSFETs under repetitive avalanche stress

J Wei, S Liu, L Yang, L Tang, R Lou, T Li… - … on electron devices, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The degradations of electrical parameters for double-trench silicon carbide (SiC) power
metal-oxidesemiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs) under repetitive avalanche …

Comprehensive Investigations on Degradations of Dynamic Characteristics for SiC Power MOSFETs Under Repetitive Avalanche Shocks

J Wei, S Liu, S Li, J Fang, T Li… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this work, degradations of dynamic characteristics for silicon carbide (SiC) power metal-
oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors under repetitive avalanche shocks are …

Statistical analysis of the electrothermal imbalances of mismatched parallel SiC power MOSFETs

A Borghese, M Riccio, A Fayyaz… - IEEE Journal of …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Thanks to the increasing availability of silicon carbide (SiC) metal oxide semiconductor field
effect transistors (MOSFETs) with outstanding static and dynamic performances, the number …

Impact of negative gate bias and inductive load on the single-pulse avalanche capability of 1200-V SiC trench MOSFETs

K Yao, H Yano, N Iwamuro - IEEE Transactions on Electron …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this study, the single-pulse avalanche capability of two types of 1.2-kV silicon carbide
(SiC) trench MOSFETs was investigated through unclamped inductive switching (UIS) …

Investigation on Surge Current Capability of 4H-SiC Trench-Gate MOSFETs in Third Quadrant Under Various VGS Biases

Z Zhu, H Xu, L Liu, N Ren… - IEEE Journal of Emerging …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this work, third-quadrant–characterization and surge current tests are carried out on SiC
asymmetric-trench MOSFET (DUT A) and SiC double-trench MOSFET (DUT B) under …

Investigation of short-circuit failure mechanisms of SiC MOSFETs by varying DC bus voltage

M Namai, J An, H Yano, N Iwamuro - Japanese journal of applied …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
In this study, the experimental evaluation and numerical analysis of short-circuit
mechanisms of 1200 V SiC planar and trench MOSFETs were conducted at various DC bus …

Investigations of UIS failure mechanism in 1.2 kV trench SiC MOSFETs using electro-thermal-mechanical stress analysis

K Yao, H Yano, N Iwamuro - 2021 33rd International …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this study, the avalanche capabilities of 1.2 kV trench SiC MOSFETs were investigated
using unclamped inductive switching tests at various negative gate biases, and electro …

Study on single-pulse UIS capability of SiC MOSFET with different P-base morphology

A Wang, Y Bai, C Li, Z Wu, Y Tang, X Tian… - Semiconductor …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
At present, the single-pulse unclamped inductive switching (UIS) characteristics of SiC
MOSFET have been fully studied. The current mainstream research suggests that the failure …