Stability, reliability, and robustness of GaN power devices: A review

JP Kozak, R Zhang, M Porter, Q Song… - … on Power Electronics, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Gallium nitride (GaN) devices are revolutionarily advancing the efficiency, frequency, and
form factor of power electronics. However, the material composition, architecture, and …

Surge-energy and overvoltage ruggedness of P-gate GaN HEMTs

R Zhang, JP Kozak, M Xiao, J Liu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An essential ruggedness of power devices is the capability of safely withstanding the surge
energy. The surge ruggedness of the GaN high-electron-mobility transistor (HEMT), a power …

Robustness of cascode GaN HEMTs in unclamped inductive switching

Q Song, R Zhang, JP Kozak, J Liu, Q Li… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Surge-energy robustness is essential for power devices in many applications such as
automotive powertrains and electricity grids. While Si and SiC mosfet s can dissipate surge …

Degradation and recovery of GaN HEMTs in overvoltage hard switching near breakdown voltage

JP Kozak, Q Song, R Zhang, Y Ma, J Liu… - … on Power Electronics, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
GaN high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) have limited avalanche capability and
usually fail catastrophically in voltage overshoot up to their dynamic breakdown voltage (BV …

Dynamic breakdown voltage of GaN power HEMTs

R Zhang, JP Kozak, Q Song, M Xiao… - 2020 IEEE …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This work develops a new method to measure the transient breakdown voltage (BV) of a non-
avalanche device in ultra-short pulses, based on the unclamped inductive switching (UIS) …

In-situ RDS(on) Characterization and Lifetime Projection of GaN HEMTs Under Repetitive Overvoltage Switching

R Zhang, R Garcia, R Strittmatter… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Transient voltage overshoot is a common phenomenon in GaN high electron mobility
transistors (HEMTs) under high slew rate switching conditions. The dynamic parametric …

Overvoltage robustness of p-Gate GaN HEMTs in high frequency switching up to megahertz

R Zhang, Q Song, Q Li, Y Zhang - IEEE Transactions on Power …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article investigates the ruggedness of the GaN high electron mobility transistor (HEMT),
a power device without avalanche capability, in continuous, high-frequency, overvoltage …

[HTML][HTML] GaN-on-GaN pin diodes with avalanche capability enabled by eliminating surface leakage with hydrogen plasma treatment

K Fu, Z He, C Yang, J Zhou, H Fu, Y Zhao - Applied Physics Letters, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Traditional mesa terminations require precise angle design to reduce the electric field at the
edge and surface treatment to reduce etch damage. Otherwise, the device usually suffers a …

Temperature and doping dependence of phonon lifetimes and decay pathways in GaN

T Beechem, S Graham - Journal of Applied Physics, 2008 - pubs.aip.org
The lifetimes of polar optical phonons are known to affect both the electrical and thermal
performances of gallium nitride (GaN) based devices. Hence, understanding the dynamical …

Observation and characterization of impact ionization-induced OFF-state breakdown in Schottky-type p-GaN gate HEMTs

Y Cheng, Y Wang, S Feng, Z Zheng, T Chen… - Applied Physics …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
In this work, the impact ionization-induced OFF-state breakdown is revealed and
systematically investigated in 100 V Schottky-type p-GaN gate high-electron-mobility …