A comprehensive study of short-circuit ruggedness of silicon carbide power MOSFETs

G Romano, A Fayyaz, M Riccio… - IEEE Journal of …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The behavior of silicon carbide (SiC) power MOSFETs under stressful short-circuit (SC)
conditions is investigated in this paper. Two different SC failure phenomena for SiC power …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental and theoretical studies of the physicochemical and mechanical properties of multi-layered TiN/SiC films: Temperature effects on the …

AD Pogrebnjak, VI Ivashchenko, PL Skrynskyy… - Composites Part B …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Nanoscale multilayered TiN/SiC films are of great importance in many electronic
and industrial fields. The careful control over the structure of the laminates, nanocrystalline …

SiC power MOSFETs performance, robustness and technology maturity

A Castellazzi, A Fayyaz, G Romano, L Yang… - Microelectronics …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Relatively recently, SiC power MOSFETs have transitioned from being a research
exercise to becoming an industrial reality. The potential benefits that can be drawn from this …

A Critical review on reliability and short circuit robustness of silicon carbide power MOSFETs

S Sreejith, J Ajayan, SB Devasenapati, B Sivasankari… - Silicon, 2023 - Springer
Superior electrical and physical properties of SiC (Silicon Carbide) make them ideal for
various high voltage, high frequency and high power electronic applications. When …

Short-circuit failure mechanism of SiC power MOSFETs

G Romano, L Maresca, M Riccio… - 2015 IEEE 27th …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Failure mechanisms during short-circuit conditions of Silicon Carbide Power MOSFETs are
analysed in this work, and a possible theoretical explanation is provided. Insight into the …

A temperature-dependent SPICE model of SiC power MOSFETs for within and out-of-SOA simulations

M Riccio, V d'Alessandro, G Romano… - … on power electronics, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a temperature-dependent SPICE model for SiC power MOSFETs. The
model describes the static and dynamic behavior and accounts for leakage current and …

Investigations on the degradation of 1.2-kV 4H-SiC MOSFETs under repetitive short-circuit tests

X Zhou, H Su, Y Wang, R Yue, G Dai… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The long-term operational reliability of silicon carbide (SiC) MOSFETs needs to be further
verified before they could replace silicon counterparts in power applications. In this paper …

Study of short-circuit robustness of SiC MOSFETs, analysis of the failure modes and comparison with BJTs

C Chen, D Labrousse, S Lefebvre, M Petit… - Microelectronics …, 2015 - Elsevier
This paper presents experimental robustness tests made on Silicon Carbide (SiC) MOSFETs
and SiC Bipolar Junction Transistors (BJTs) submitted to short-circuit operations (SC) or …

Short-circuit degradation of 10-kV 10-A SiC MOSFET

EP Eni, S Bęczkowski, S Munk-Nielsen… - … on Power Electronics, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The short-circuit behavior of power devices is highly relevant for converter design and fault
protection. In this paper, the degradation during short circuit of a 10-kV 10-A 4H-SiC …

Short-circuit robustness of SiC power MOSFETs: Experimental analysis

A Castellazzi, A Fayyaz, L Yang… - 2014 IEEE 26th …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes a thorough experimental characterization of the performance of
commercially available SiC Power MOSFETs under short-circuit conditions. The purpose is …