Power module electronics in HEV/EV applications: New trends in wide-bandgap semiconductor technologies and design aspects

A Matallana, E Ibarra, I López, J Andreu… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2019 - Elsevier
A large number of factors such as the increasingly stringent pollutant emission policies,
fossil fuel scarcity and their price volatility have increased the interest towards the partial or …

The role of power device technology in the electric vehicle powertrain

E Robles, A Matallana, I Aretxabaleta… - … Journal of Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In the automotive industry, the design and implementation of power converters and
especially inverters, are at a turning point. Silicon (Si) IGBTs are at present the most widely …

Systematic compositional analysis of sputter-deposited boron-containing thin films

B Bakhit, D Primetzhofer, E Pitthan… - Journal of Vacuum …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Boron-containing materials exhibit a unique combination of ceramic and metallic properties
that are sensitively dependent on their given chemical bonding and elemental compositions …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing boron quantification and depth profiling of different boride materials using ion beams

E Pitthan, MV Moro, SA Correa… - Surface and Coatings …, 2021 - Elsevier
We assessed the capability to quantify and depth profile boron in different materials by a
number of ion beam-based techniques. Specifically, the depth resolution, probing depth, film …

Insights into the effect of susceptor rotational speed in CVD reactor on the quality of 4H-SiC epitaxial layer on homogeneous substrates

Z Tang, L Gu, L Jin, K Dai, C Mao, S Wu… - Materials Today …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this work, 4H-SiC homoepitaxial layers were grown on 4° off-axis substrates at different
susceptor rotation speeds by using a hot-wall horizontal CVD reactor. The effect of different …

Power Cycling Test on 3.3kV SiC MOSFETs and the Effects of Bipolar Degradation on the Temperature Estimation by VSD-Method

F Hoffmann, V Soler, A Mihaila… - 2019 31st International …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this work the impact of bipolar degradation on the temperature estimation during power
cycling of high voltage SiC MOSFETs by means of the body-diode voltage drop is …

A Critical review on reliability and short circuit robustness of silicon carbide power MOSFETs

S Sreejith, J Ajayan, SB Devasenapati, B Sivasankari… - Silicon, 2023 - Springer
Superior electrical and physical properties of SiC (Silicon Carbide) make them ideal for
various high voltage, high frequency and high power electronic applications. When …

Is SiC a predominant technology for future high power electronics?: a critical review

ASA Fletcher, D Nirmal, J Ajayan… - Current …, 2025 - benthamdirect.com
Due to the magnificent properties of Silicon Carbide (SiC), such as high saturation drift
velocity, large operating temperature, higher cut-off and maximum frequency (fT and fmax) …

Impact of boron diffusion on oxynitrided gate oxides in 4H-SiC metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors

M Cabello, V Soler, J Montserrat, J Rebollo… - Applied Physics …, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
An alternative gate oxide configuration is proposed to enhance the SiO 2/SiC interface
quality, enabling high mobility 4H-SiC lateral metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect …

Silicon carbide planar junctionless transistor for low-medium voltage power electronics

S Nayak, B SanthiBhushan, S Lodha… - Journal of Physics …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper proposes a Silicon Carbide (SiC) based planar junctionless transistor (JLT),
designed and simulated for low to medium power electronic applications, with a calibrated …