Effect of short-circuit stress on the degradation of the SiO2 dielectric in SiC power MOSFETs

PD Reigosa, F Iannuzzo, L Ceccarelli - Microelectronics Reliability, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper presents the impact of a short-circuit event on the gate reliability in planar SiC
MOSFETs, which becomes more critical with increased junction temperature and higher bias …

Challenges of junction temperature sensing in SiC power MOSFETs

JO Gonzalez, O Alatise - … on Power Electronics and ECCE Asia …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Junction temperature sensing is an integral part of both on-line and off-line condition
monitoring where direct access the bare die surface is not available. Given a defined power …

Monitoring of gate leakage current on SiC power MOSFETs: An estimation method for smart gate drivers

J Weckbrodt, N Ginot, C Batard… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Silicon Carbide (SiC) power transistors are more and more used in electric energy
conversion systems. SiC power semiconductors devices, such as SiC metal-oxide …

Implications of Ageing Through Power Cycling on the Short-Circuit Robustness of 1.2-kV SiC mosfets

PD Reigosa, H Luo, F Iannuzzo - IEEE Transactions on Power …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, the reliability performance of 1.2-kV silicon carbide (SiC) power mosfet
modules is investigated through the combination of both accelerated power-cycling tests …

Review on Power Cycling Reliability of SiC Power Device

X Gao, Q Jia, Y Wang, H Zhang, L Ma, G Zou… - Electronic Materials, 2024 - mdpi.com
The rising demand for increased integration and higher power outputs poses a hidden risk
to the long-term reliable operation of third-generation semiconductors. Thus, the power …

Competitive failures decoupling and mechanisms analysis of SiC MOSFET module under power cycling stress

Y Shi, Y Chen, C Peng, W Zhu… - IEEE Journal of Emerging …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The chip-level degradation and packaging-level degradation of SiC MOSFET coupled and
affected each other in the degradation process of the power cycling test (PCT). The …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of SiC chip thickness on the power cycling capability of power electronics assemblies–A comprehensive numerical study

D Zhao, S Letz, J Leib, A Schletz - Microelectronics Reliability, 2023 - Elsevier
Silicon carbide (SiC), as one of the most favorite wide band gap semiconductor materials, is
often applied in power electronics nowadays. The reliability of SiC packages, however …

Improvement of power cycling reliability of 3.3kV full-SiC power modules with sintered copper technology for Tj, max=175°C

K Yasui, S Hayakawa, M Nakamura… - 2018 IEEE 30th …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Higher maximum junction temperature operation requires higher power cycling reliability
especially for silicon carbide power modules. In this work, with the help of a novel sintered …

Impact of device aging in the compact electro-thermal modeling of SiC power MOSFETs

L Ceccarelli, AS Bahman, F Iannuzzo - Microelectronics Reliability, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper provides an insight into the impact of aging-related parameter drift in the
operation of a 1.2 kV discrete SiC power MOSFET in a TO-247-4 package. First, the on-state …

Online monitoring of degradation sensitive electrical parameters in inverter operation for sic-mosfets

KM Barón, K Sharma, M Nitzsche… - 2021 IEEE Applied …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A measurement setup for health and wear-out monitoring via electrical parameters is
implemented in a test bench to allow online parameter observation during inverter operation …