Dielectric breakdown of oxide films in electronic devices

A Padovani, P La Torraca, J Strand, L Larcher… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Dielectric breakdown is a sudden and catastrophic increase in the conductivity of an
insulator caused by electrical stress. It is one of the major reliability issues in electronic …

Review and outlook on GaN and SiC power devices: industrial state-of-the-art, applications, and perspectives

M Buffolo, D Favero, A Marcuzzi… - … on Electron Devices, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a comprehensive review and outlook of silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride
(GaN) transistors available on the market for current and next-generation power electronics …

Atomistic insights into adhesion characteristics of tungsten on titanium nitride using steered molecular dynamics with machine learning interatomic potential

E Cho, WJ Son, E Cho, I Jang, DS Kim, K Min - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
As transistor integration accelerates and miniaturization progresses, improving the
interfacial adhesion characteristics of complex metal interconnect has become a major issue …

Effects of oxide electric field stress on the gate oxide reliability of commercial SiC power MOSFETs

L Shi, T Liu, S Zhu, J Qian, M Jin… - 2022 IEEE 9th …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this work, the influence of various oxide electric field (E ox) stress conditions on the gate
oxide lifetime, gate leakage current, and threshold voltage of 1.2 kV 4H-SiC power planar …

The road to a robust and affordable SiC power MOSFET technology

HLR Maddi, S Yu, S Zhu, T Liu, L Shi, M Kang, D Xing… - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
This article provides a detailed study of performance and reliability issues and trade-offs in
silicon carbide (SiC) power MOSFETs. The reliability issues such as threshold voltage …

Investigation of different screening methods on threshold voltage and gate oxide lifetime of SiC Power MOSFETs

L Shi, S Zhu, J Qian, M Jin… - 2023 IEEE …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The effects of different screening methods for non-infant extrinsic defects on the gate oxide
reliability of commercial 1.2 kV 4H-SiC power MOSFETs are investigated. This study aims to …

Effects of JFET Region Design and Gate Oxide Thickness on the Static and Dynamic Performance of 650 V SiC Planar Power MOSFETs

S Zhu, T Liu, J Fan, HLR Maddi, MH White, AK Agarwal - Materials, 2022 - mdpi.com
650 V SiC planar MOSFETs with various JFET widths, JFET doping concentrations, and gate
oxide thicknesses were fabricated by a commercial SiC foundry on two six-inch SiC epitaxial …

High-Temperature TDDB Investigation on High Performance-Centered Hybrid HZO/HfON/Al2O3, Ferro-Electric Charge-Trap (FEG) GaN-HEMT

SK Rathaur, JS Wu, TY Yang, A Amin… - … on Electron Devices, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article investigates a hybrid ferroelectric charge trap (HFCT)-based HfZrO4/HfOXNY/
Al2O3/AlGaN/GaN gate-stack under constant positive gate voltage stress over time and …

Reliability comparison of commercial planar and trench 4H-SiC Power MOSFETs

S Zhu, L Shi, M Jin, J Qian… - 2023 IEEE …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The gate oxide reliability, bias temperature insta-bility (BTI), and short-circuit capability for
commercial SiC power MOSFETs with planar and trench structures are evaluated and …

Comparison of gate oxide lifetime predictions with charge-to-breakdown approach and constant-voltage TDDB on SiC power MOSFET

S Zhu, T Liu, L Shi, M Jin, HLR Maddi… - 2021 IEEE 8th …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The gate oxide reliability for commercial silicon carbide (SiC) power metal-oxide-
semiconductor field-effect-transistors (MOSFETs) is significant for their applications. The …