Stability, reliability, and robustness of GaN power devices: A review

JP Kozak, R Zhang, M Porter, Q Song… - … on Power Electronics, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Gallium nitride (GaN) devices are revolutionarily advancing the efficiency, frequency, and
form factor of power electronics. However, the material composition, architecture, and …

Power device breakdown mechanism and characterization: Review and perspective

R Zhang, Y Zhang - Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Breakdown voltage (BV) is arguably one of the most critical parameters for power devices.
While avalanche breakdown is prevailing in silicon and silicon carbide devices, it is lacking …

Degradation and recovery of GaN HEMTs in overvoltage hard switching near breakdown voltage

JP Kozak, Q Song, R Zhang, Y Ma, J Liu… - … on Power Electronics, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
GaN high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) have limited avalanche capability and
usually fail catastrophically in voltage overshoot up to their dynamic breakdown voltage (BV …

GaN-based power high-electron-mobility transistors on Si substrates: from materials to devices

N Wu, Z Xing, S Li, L Luo, F Zeng… - … Science and Technology, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Conventional silicon (Si)-based power devices face physical limitations—such as switching
speed and energy efficiency—which can make it difficult to meet the increasing demand for …

Overvoltage robustness of p-Gate GaN HEMTs in high frequency switching up to megahertz

R Zhang, Q Song, Q Li, Y Zhang - IEEE Transactions on Power …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article investigates the ruggedness of the GaN high electron mobility transistor (HEMT),
a power device without avalanche capability, in continuous, high-frequency, overvoltage …

A Fast and Accurate GaN Power Transistor Model and Its Application for Electric Vehicle

K Li, S Sen - IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In order to overcome the challenge of balancing accuracy with simulation speed of power
electronics converters for system-level simulation, the paper proposes a GaN power …

[HTML][HTML] The melt-back etching effect of the residual Ga in the reactor for GaN grown on (111) Si

Z Zhang, J Yang, D Zhao, B Wang, Y Zhang, F Liang… - AIP Advances, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
The reaction between gallium (Ga) and silicon (Si), termed melt-back etching, greatly
deteriorates the quality of GaN grown on a Si substrate. In this paper, the mechanism of melt …

High- E-Mode GaN HEMTs With Robust Gate-Bias-Dependent Stability Enabled by Mg-Doped p-GaN Engineering

Y Jin, F Zhou, W Xu, Z Wang, T Zhou… - … on Electron Devices, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Highly stable threshold voltage characteristics are an essential reliability requirement for p-
GaN/AlGaN/GaN high-electron-mobility transistors (p-GaN HEMTs) to withstand various gate …

Demonstration of High Avalanche Capability in 1200V-rated SiC Junction Barrier Schottky Diodes with Record Avalanche Energy Density

Y Liu, X Tang, H Yuan, X Wang, Y Zhang… - … on Power Electronics, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this letter, high-performance 4H-SiC junction barrier Schottky diodes with state-of-art
single-pulse avalanche energy density by adopting recessed anode and termination regions …

Unclamped-inductive-switching behaviors of p-GaN HEMTs at cryogenic temperature

C Zhang, S Li, W Lu, S Liu, Y Ma… - … on Power Electronics, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this letter, the unclamped-inductive-switching (UIS) behaviors of GaN-based high-electron-
mobility transistors with p-type GaN gate (p-GaN HEMTs) at cryogenic temperature (CT) are …