Space radiation effects on SiC power device reliability

JM Lauenstein, MC Casey, RL Ladbury… - 2021 IEEE …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Heavy-ion radiation can result in silicon carbide power device degradation and/or
catastrophic failure. Test procedures and data interpretation must consider the impact that …

Radiation damage in GaN/AlGaN and SiC electronic and photonic devices

SJ Pearton, X Xia, F Ren, MAJ Rasel… - Journal of Vacuum …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The wide bandgap semiconductors SiC and GaN are commercialized for power electronics
and for visible to UV light-emitting diodes in the case of the GaN/InGaN/AlGaN materials …

Single-event burnout of SiC junction barrier Schottky diode high-voltage power devices

AF Witulski, R Arslanbekov, A Raman… - … on Nuclear Science, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Ion-induced degradation and catastrophic failures in high-voltage SiC junction barrier
Schottky power diodes are investigated. The experimental results agree with earlier data …

Radiation damage in the ultra-wide bandgap semiconductor Ga2O3

X Xia, JS Li, R Sharma, F Ren, MAJ Rasel… - ECS Journal of Solid …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a review of the published experimental and simulation radiation damage results
in Ga 2 O 3. All of the polytypes of Ga 2 O 3 are expected to show similar radiation …

Gate damages induced in SiC power MOSFETs during heavy-ion irradiation—Part I

C Abbate, G Busatto, D Tedesco… - … on Electron Devices, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Experimental characterization of the damage induced to SiC power MOSFETs by heavy-ion
irradiation is presented as a premise to a finite element simulation study aimed at gaining an …

Heavy ion induced degradation in SiC Schottky diodes: Bias and energy deposition dependence

A Javanainen, KF Galloway, C Nicklaw… - … on Nuclear Science, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Experimental results on ion-induced leakage current increase in 4H-SiC Schottky power
diodes are presented. Monte Carlo and TCAD simulations show that degradation is due to …

Investigation of total ionizing dose effects in 4H–SiC power MOSFET under gamma ray radiation

Y Sun, X Wan, Z Liu, H Jin, J Yan, X Li, Y Shi - Radiation Physics and …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this work, the gamma ray radiation-induced total ionizing dose (TID) effects in SiC power
MOSFETs are investigated. The transistor characteristics, such as transfer curve, output …

Opportunities in single event effects in radiation-exposed SiC and GaN power electronics

SJ Pearton, A Haque, A Khachatrian… - ECS Journal of Solid …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Radiation effects have a critical impact on the reliability of SiC and GaN power electronics
and must be understood for space and avionics applications involving exposure to various …

Gate damages induced in SiC power MOSFETs during heavy-ion irradiation—Part II

C Abbate, G Busatto, D Tedesco… - … on Electron Devices, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents the results of a 2-D finite element simulation study of the gate damages
induced by heavy-ion irradiation in SiC power metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect …

Heavy-ion-induced degradation in SiC Schottky diodes: Incident angle and energy deposition dependence

A Javanainen, M Turowski, KF Galloway… - … on Nuclear Science, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Heavy-ion-induced degradation in the reverse leakage current of SiC Schottky power diodes
exhibits a strong dependence on the ion angle of incidence. This effect is studied …