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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Analysis of heavy ion irradiation induced thermal damage in SiC Schottky diodes

C Abbate, G Busatto, P Cova… - … on Nuclear Science, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A study is presented aimed at describing phenomena involved in Single Event Burnout
induced by heavy ion irradiation in SiC Schottky diodes. On the basis of experimental data …

Failure mechanisms of enhancement mode GaN power HEMTs operated in short circuit

C Abbate, G Busatto, A Sanseverino, D Tedesco… - Microelectronics …, 2019 - Elsevier
The paper reports the results of a study based on experimental data and finite element
simulations about the failure mechanism of 650 V p-doped GaN power HEMT operated in …

[PDF][PDF] Silicon carbide power device performance under heavy-ion irradiation

JM Lauenstein, M Casey, A Topper, E Wilcox… - IEEE Nuclear and …, 2015 - ntrs.nasa.gov
Silicon Carbide Power Device Performance Under Heavy-Ion Irradiation Page 1 Results
Tables III and IV summarize results of the discrete power diode and MOSFET responses to …