Electrically active defects in SiC power MOSFETs

M Chaturvedi, D Haasmann, HA Moghadam… - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
The performance and reliability of the state-of-the-art power 4H-SiC metal–oxide–
semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs) are affected by electrically active defects at …

The initial oxidation of the 4H-SiC (0001) surface with C-related point defects: Insight by first-principles calculations

S Wei, Z Yin, J Bai, W Xie, F Qin, Y Su, D Wang - Applied Surface Science, 2023 - Elsevier
The initial oxidation of 4H-SiC (0001) surfaces with C-related point defects (Surf CD) is
studied by using first-principles coupled with thermodynamics calculations to gain deeper …

Exploring the border traps near the SiO2-SiC interface using conductance measurements

P Kumar, M Krummenacher… - 2024 IEEE …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The high density of interface and border traps is responsible for the reduced mobility and
threshold voltage instabilities in state-of-the-art SiC power devices. In this work, we have …

A novel SiC superjunction MOSFET with three-level buffer and unipolar channel diode

W Cao, S Yin, X Hu, M Li, X Ge, D Liu - Micro and Nanostructures, 2022 - Elsevier
A novel SiC trench superjunction MOSFET with an integrated unipolar channel diode and
three-level buffer (DioSJ-MOS) is proposed, which features an additional planar channel …

[HTML][HTML] Observations of very fast electron traps at SiC/high-κ dielectric interfaces

AM Vidarsson, AR Persson, JT Chen, D Haasmann… - APL Materials, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Very fast interface traps have recently been suggested to be the main cause behind poor
channel-carrier mobility in SiC metal–oxide–semiconductor field effect transistors. It has …

[HTML][HTML] Improvement of channel-carrier mobility in 4H-SiC MOSFETs correlated with passivation of very fast interface traps using sodium enhanced oxidation

AM Vidarsson, D Haasmann, S Dimitrijev… - AIP Advances, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Very fast interface traps have recently been suggested to be the main cause behind the
rather poor inversion channel mobility in nitrided SiC metal-oxide-semiconductor-field-effect …

Investigation on SiC MOSFETs with long time nitridation treatment under dynamic high temperature gate stress

Z Wu, S Liang, G Deng, J Wang - 2022 IEEE International …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
SiC MOSFET has become one of the most promising power devices due to its significant
advantages over its Si counterparts. However, the stability of threshold voltage is still of great …

High Mobility 4H-SiC P-MOSFET via Ultrathin ALD B2O3 Interlayer between SiC and SiO2

EK Ashik, V Misra, BM Lee - Solid State Phenomena, 2024 - Trans Tech Publ
This article presents an innovative approach to achieve a high channel mobility for 4H-SiCp-
MOSFET via dielectric-semiconductor interface engineering involving atomic layer …

Detection of Very Fast Interface Traps at 4H-SiC/AlN and 4H-SiC/Al2O3 Interfaces

AM Vidarsson, AR Persson, JT Chen… - Solid State …, 2024 - Trans Tech Publ
Modest channel carrier mobility in SiC-MOSFETs with NO annealed gate oxides has been
the main factor hampering development of low power devices (300–650 V). A very fast …

Passivation of Very Fast Near-Interface Traps at the 4H-SiC/SiO2 Interface Using Sodium Enhanced Oxidation

AM Vidarsson, D Haasmann, S Dimitrijev… - Materials Science …, 2023 - Trans Tech Publ
The channel carrier mobility in commercially available 4H-SiC MOSFETs with NO annealed
gate oxides is still far below the theoretical limit. It has been suggested that the main reason …