Aging mechanisms and accelerated lifetime tests for SiC MOSFETs: An overview

S Pu, F Yang, BT Vankayalapati… - IEEE Journal of Emerging …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Accelerated lifetime tests (ALTs) play a critical role in long-term reliability studies of SiC
MOSFETs, including lifetime estimation, failure analysis, and condition monitoring. This …

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 …

Review on the reliability mechanisms of SiC power MOSFETs: A comparison between planar-gate and trench-gate structures

J Wei, Z Wei, H Fu, J Cao, T Wu, J Sun… - … on Power Electronics, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
To clarify the current research situation and offer a better understanding of the reliability for
silicon carbide (SiC) power metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (mosfet s), a …

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 …

Investigation of failure mechanisms of 1200 V rated trench SiC MOSFETs under repetitive avalanche stress

X Deng, W Huang, X Li, X Li, C Chen… - IEEE transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, the repetitive avalanche ruggedness of silicon carbide metal–oxide–
semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs) with asymmetric trench (AT) and double …

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 …

UIS failure mechanism of SiC power MOSFETs

A Fayyaz, A Castellazzi, G Romano… - 2016 IEEE 4th …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper investigates the failure mechanism of SiC power MOSFETs during avalanche
breakdown under unclamped inductive switching (UIS) test regime. Switches deployed …

Comprehensive assessment of avalanche operating boundary of SiC planar/trench MOSFET in cryogenic applications

J Qi, X Yang, X Li, W Chen, T Long… - … on Power Electronics, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The avalanche ruggedness of power devices becomes a crucial issue to ensure the safe
operation of the power conversion systems, particularly under the extreme temperature …

Impact of repetitive short-circuit tests on the normal operation of SiC MOSFETs considering case temperature influence

H Du, PD Reigosa, L Ceccarelli… - IEEE Journal of …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents the impact of repetitive shortcircuit (SC) tests on the normal operation of
a commercial silicon carbide (SiC) MOSFET and the influence of different case temperatures …

A comprehensive study on the avalanche breakdown robustness of silicon carbide power MOSFETs

A Fayyaz, G Romano, J Urresti, M Riccio, A Castellazzi… - Energies, 2017 - mdpi.com
This paper presents an in-depth investigation into the avalanche breakdown robustness of
commercial state-of-the-art silicon carbide (SiC) power MOSFETs comprising of functional …