High Single-Event Burnout Resistance 4H-SiC Junction Barrier Schottky Diode

Autor: Mao-Bin Li, Fei Cao, Hai-Fan Hu, Xing-Ji Li, Jian-Qun Yang, Ying Wang
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: IEEE Journal of the Electron Devices Society, Vol 9, Pp 591-598 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2168-6734
DOI: 10.1109/JEDS.2021.3084797
Popis: This paper presents a single-event burnout (SEB) resistance method for 4H-SiC Junction Barrier Schottky Diode (JBS) under high bias voltage and linear energy transfer (LET) conditions. The method is validated via two-dimensional numerical simulations. The analysis and comparison of conventional 4H-SiC JBS and 4H-SiC Multi-Buffer Layer JBS (MBL-JBS) diodes verify the resistance tolerance of the latter device to SEB. Silvaco TCAD simulation results prove that the 4H-SiC MBL-JBS modulates the drift region’s electric field distribution and disperses the high-peak electric field at the N−/N+ junction. Moreover, it reduces the impact generation rate at the Schottky, PN and N−/N+ junctions to achieve SEB tolerance. The device’s SEB performance is optimized by adjusting the 4H-SiC MBL-JBS structure parameters, and the SEB threshold voltage is significantly improved compared with the traditional structure.
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