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http://dx.doi.org/10.7471/ikeee.2015.19.4.491

The Analysis of the Breakdown Voltage according to the Change of JTE Structures and Design Parameters of 4H-SiC Devices  

Koo, Yoon-Mo (Dept. of Electronics Engineering, Sogang University)
Cho, Doo-Hyung (Dept. of Electronics Engineering, Sogang University)
Kim, Kwang-Soo (Dept. of Electronics Engineering, Sogang University)
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Journal of IKEEE / v.19, no.4, 2015 , pp. 491-499 More about this Journal
Abstract
Silicon Carbide(SiC) has large advantage in high temperature and high voltage applications because of its high thermal conductivity and large band gap energy. When using SiC to design power semiconductor devices, edge termination techniques have to be adjusted for its maximum breakdown voltage characteristics. Many edge termination techniques have been proposed, and the most appropriate technique for SiC device is Junction Termination Extension(JTE). In this paper, the change of breakdown voltage efficiency ratio according to the change of doping concentration and passivation oxide charge of each JTE techniques is demonstrated. As a result, the maximum breakdown voltage ratio of Single Zone JTE(SZ-JTE), Double Zone JTE(DZ-JTE), Multiple Floating Zone JTE(MFZ-JTE), and Space Modulated JTE(SM-JTE) is 98.24%, 99.02%, 98.98%, 99.22% each. MFZ-JTE has the smallest and SZ-JTE has the largest sensitivity of breakdown voltage ratios according to the change of JTE doping concentration. Additionally the degradation of breakdown voltage due to the passivation oxide charge is analyzed, and the sensitivity is largest in SZ-JTE and smallest in MFZ-JTE, too. In this paper, DZ-JTE and SM-JTE is the best efficiency JTE techniques than MFZ-JTE which needs large doping concentration in short JTE width.
Keywords
Silicon Carbide; 4H-SiC; Junction Termination Extension; Edge Termination; Breakdown Voltage;
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