Characteristics Comparison of SiC and GaN Extrinsic Vertical Photoconductive Switches

Autor: Linglong Zeng, Langning Wang, Xinyue Niu, Fuyin Liu, Ting He, Yanran Gu, Muyu Yi, Jinmei Yao, Tao Xun, Hanwu Yang
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: IEEE Journal of the Electron Devices Society, Vol 12, Pp 249-255 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2168-6734
DOI: 10.1109/JEDS.2024.3372596
Popis: Vertical extrinsic photoconductive semiconductor switches (PCSSs) are presented with initial characteristics comparison between V-doped 4H-SiC and Fe-doped GaN PCSS under axial triggering such as dark resistance, photoconductivity, power output, and breakdown behavior. Experiments are carried out under the 532-nm-wavelength laser with mJ-level energy and a pulse width of 30 ns. Photoconductive experiments show that the photoelectric conversion efficiency of GaN PCSS is 2.27 times higher than 4H-SiC PCSS with the same electric field strength under different laser energies from 1 mJ to 5 mJ. 4H-SiC PCSS with a dark-state resistance of $10^{12} \Omega \cdot $ cm can withstand a bias voltage of 8 kV (16 kV/mm) and laser energy of 8 mJ and the maximum output power is up to 428.7 kW, while that of GaN can only stand a bias voltage of 1 kV (2.9 kV/mm) because of low dark resistance and defect. Obvious cracks of 4H-SiC PCSS can be observed from the breakdown image after breakdown occurs, while the dark-state resistance of GaN PCSS drops from $10^{6} \Omega \cdot $ cm to $10^{4} \Omega \cdot $ cm under high DC voltage.
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