Direct current characterization of depletion-mode 6HSiC MOSFETs from 294 to 723 K

Autor: John D. Cressler, Anant K. Agarwal, W.C. Dillard, R.W. Johnson, J.B. Casady, R.R. Siergiej
Rok vydání: 1996
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Zdroj: Solid-State Electronics. 39:777-784
ISSN: 0038-1101
DOI: 10.1016/0038-1101(95)00420-3
Popis: 6HSiC depletion-mode, n-channel MOSFETs were analyzed across the temperature range of 295–723 K. Effective channel mobilities ranged from 94 cm2V−1·s−1 at 296K to about 20 cm2V−1·s−1 in the five devices measured. Small-signal voltage gain ranged from 5 V/V to 20 V/V in the five devices tested, and was essentially constant for all devices up to 723 K. Thermally-activated leakage across the 450 A thick gate oxide (SiO2) was identified as the primary cause of device failure from 673 to 773 K. The mechanisms responsible for the leakage across SiO2 were identified as Fowler-Nordheim tunneling at bias levels greater than about 650 kV cm−1, while low-field leakage was a result of trap-assisted tunneling in combination with other mechanisms such as Poole-Frenkel or thermionic emission. Measured source-drain to body (pn junction) leakage was thermally activated with an activation energy of approximately 972 meV.
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