Status and prospects of cubic silicon carbide power electronics device technology

F Li, F Roccaforte, G Greco, P Fiorenza, F La Via… - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Wide bandgap (WBG) semiconductors are becoming more widely accepted for use in power
electronics due to their superior electrical energy efficiencies and improved power densities …

Radiation effects in new materials for nano-devices

RD Schrimpf, DM Fleetwood, ML Alles, RA Reed… - Microelectronic …, 2011 - Elsevier
Exposure to radiation poses significant challenges for electronic devices, including
parametric degradation, loss of data, or catastrophic failure. The challenges and solutions …

Atomic state and characterization of nitrogen at the SiC/SiO2 interface

Y Xu, X Zhu, HD Lee, C Xu, SM Shubeita… - Journal of Applied …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
We report on the concentration, chemical bonding, and etching behavior of N at the SiC
(0001)/SiO 2 interface using photoemission, ion scattering, and computational modeling. For …

Electrical passivation of stacking-fault crystalline defects in MOS capacitors on cubic silicon carbide (3C-SiC) by post-deposition annealing

P Fiorenza, L Maiolo, G Fortunato, M Zielinski… - Journal of Applied …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
The interfacial electrical properties of deposited oxide (SiO 2) onto cubic silicon carbide (3C-
SiC) were investigated after different post-oxide deposition annealing (PDA) by means of …

Effects of bias on the irradiation and annealing responses of 4H-SiC MOS devices

CX Zhang, EX Zhang, DM Fleetwood… - … on Nuclear Science, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The irradiation and annealing responses of 4H-SiC MOS devices with nitrided oxides are
investigated at varying biases. Radiation-induced hole trapping dominates the radiation …

Temperature Dependence and Postirradiation Annealing Response of the Noise of 4H-SiC MOSFETs

CX Zhang, X Shen, EX Zhang… - IEEE transactions on …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The temperature dependence of the low-frequency noise of 4H-silicon carbide (SiC)
MOSFETs with nitrided oxides is reported over the temperature range 85-510 K. The 1/f …

Bias-temperature instabilities in 4H-SiC metal–oxide–semiconductor capacitors

EX Zhang, CX Zhang, DM Fleetwood… - … on Device and …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Bias-temperature instabilities (BTIs) are investigated for n-and p-substrate 4H-SiC metal–
oxide–semiconductor (MOS) capacitors. The midgap voltage (V_\rmmg) shifts positively …

A new proposal for Si tandem solar cell: significant efficiency enhancement in 3C–SiC/Si

H Heidarzadeh, H Baghban, H Rasooli, M Dolatyari… - Optik, 2014 - Elsevier
In order to considerable enhancement of the efficiency of silicon solar cells, in this paper, for
the first time, we present a new proposal for silicon based tandem solar cells. For …

Radiation-Induced Effects in SiC Vertical Power MOSFETs Irradiated at Ultra-High Doses

S Bonaldo, C Martinella, S Race, N Für… - … on Nuclear Science, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Total-ionizing dose (TID) and displacement damage (DD) are investigated in SiC power
MOSFETs at ultrahigh doses with 10-keV X-ray and 3-MeV protons. Significant parametric …

A Deep Insight Into the Ionizing Radiation Effects and Mechanisms on the Dynamic Characteristics of SiC MOSFETs

H Tan, L Zhang, R Tan, P Dong - IEEE Transactions on Electron …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The robustness of silicon carbide (SiC) metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistor
(MOSFET) under harsh environments is a crucial factor to ensure power conversion system …