• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.1-9
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• 2021

본 논문에서는 고전압, 고전류 동작에 적합한 4H-SiC UMOSFET에 대해서 연구하였다. 일반적으로 SiO2는 SiC MOSFET에서 gate dielectric으로 가장 많이 사용되는 물질이다. 하지만 4H-SiC보다 유전 상수 값이 2.5배 낮아서 높은 전계를 갖게 되므로 SiO2/SiC 접합 부분에서 열악한 특성을 갖는다. 따라서 high-k 물질을 gate dielectric으로 적용한 소자를 SiO2를 적용한 소자와 TCAD 시뮬레이션을 통해 전기적 특성을 비교하였다. 그 결과 BV 감소, VTH 감소, gm 증가, Ron 감소를 확인하였다. 특히 온도가 300K일 때, Al2O3와 HfO2의 Ron은 66.29%, 69.49%가 감소하였으며 600K일 때도 39.71%, 49.88%가 감소하였다. 따라서 Al2O3와 HfO2가 고전압 SiC MOSFET의 gate dielectric 물질로써 적합함을 확인하였다.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.985-996
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• 2018

The implementation and performance evaluation of an interleaved boundary conduction mode (BCM) boost power factor correction (PFC) converter is presented in this paper by employing three wide band-gap switching devices: a super junction silicon (Si) MOSFET, a silicon carbide (SiC) MOSFET and a gallium nitride (GaN) high electron mobility transistor (HEMT). The practical considerations for adopting wide band-gap switching devices to BCM boost PFC converters are also addressed. These considerations include the gate drive circuit design and the PCB layout technique for the reliable and efficient operation of a GaN HEMT. In this paper it will be shown that the GaN HEMT exhibits the superior switching characteristics and pronounces its merits at high-frequency operations. The efficiency improvement with the GaN HEMT and its application potentials for high power density/low profile BCM boost PFC converters are demonstrated.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.83-87
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• 2020

In this letter, we propose and analyze a new asymmetric structure that can be used for next-generation power semiconductor devices. We compare and analyze the electrical characteristics of the proposed device with respect to those of symmetric devices. The proposed device has a p-emitter on the right side of the cell. The peak electric field is reduced by the shielding effect caused by the p-emitter structure. Consequently, the breakdown voltage is increased. The proposed asymmetric structure has an approximately 100% higher Baliga's figure of merit (~94.22 MW/㎠) than the symmetric structure (~46.93 MW/㎠), and the breakdown voltage of the device increases by approximately 70%.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2008년도 하계학술대회 논문집 Vol.9
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• pp.210-211
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• 2008

탄화규소를 이용한 600V급 MOSFET 소자 제작을 위하여 특성 simulation을 수행하였다. 600V 내압을 얻기 위해서 불순물 농도가 1E16/cm3이고 에피층의 두께가 6um인 상용 탄회규소 웨이퍼를 기준으로 하였으며 TRIM simulation을 사용하여 P-body의 retrograde profile을 구하고 이를 이용하여 소자의 전기적 특성을 simulation 하였다. P-body의 표면 농도를 5E16/cm3 에서 1E18/cm3으로 변화시키면서 소자의 전기적 특성을 예측하였으며 실험 결과와 비교하여 특성 변수를 추출하였다.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.697-705
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• 2014

A single chip Programmable AC to DC Power Converter, consisting of wide band gap SiC MOSFET and SiC diodes, has been proposed which converts high frequency ac voltage to a conditioned dc output voltage at user defined given power level. The converter has high conversion efficiency because of negligible reverse recovery current in SiC diode and SiC MOSFET. High frequency operation reduces the need of bigger size inductor. Lead inductors are enough to maintain current continuity. A complete electrical analysis, die area estimation and thermal analysis of the converter has been presented. It has been found that settling time and peak overshoot voltage across the device has reduced significantly when SiC devices are used with respect to Si devices. Reduction in peak overshoot also increases the converter efficiency. The total package substrate dimension of the converter circuit is only $5mm{\times}5mm$. Thermal analysis performed in the paper shows that these devices would be very useful for use as miniaturized power converters for load currents of up to 5-7 amp, keeping the package thermal conductivity limitation in mind. The converter is ideal for voltage requirements for sub-5 V level power supplies for high temperatures and space electronics systems.

• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 2019년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.82-84
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• 2019

본 논문에서는 Induction Heating(IH) 시스템에서 WBG 소자인 SiC MOSFET과 GaN Transistor의 Performance 비교를 통해서 소자의 적합성을 분석한다. SiC 및 GaN 소자를 직렬 공진형 컨버터로 구성된 IH 시스템에 적용하여 온도, 전압, 전류, Gate 저항 등을 고려한 도통 손실, 스위칭 손실, 역방향 도통 손실과 열 해석 프로그램을 통한 열 성능 등의 비교가 수행되며, 이를 통해 소자 적합성이 분석된다. 각 소자에 따른 IH 시스템에 대한 시뮬레이션을 수행하여, 이론적 손실 비교를 통한 소자 적합성 분석에 대한 타당성을 검증한다.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제15권7호
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• pp.559-563
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• 2002

A threshold voltage model of SiC N-channel MOSFETs for high-temperature and hard radiation environments has been developed and verified by comparing with experimental results. The proposed model includes the difference in the work functions, the surface potential, depletion charges and SiC/$SiO_2$acceptor-like interface state charges as a function of temperature. Simulations of the model shoved that interface slates were the most dominant factor for the threshold voltage decrease as the temperature increase. To verify the model, SiC N-chnnel MOSFETS were fabricated and threshold voltages as a function of temperature were measured and compared wish model simulations. From these comparisons, extracted density of interface slates was $4{\times}10^{12}\textrm{cm}^{-2}eV^{-1}$.

• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 2020년도 전력전자학술대회
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• pp.205-208
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• 2020

This paper examines the approach, enabled by using SiC power devices, to unify the inverter design for central air conditioning (CAC) system for both single- and 3-phase input, and reduce the PFC inductor size to be PCB-mountable. By using SiC-instead of Si-diode in PFC stage, it is possible to increase the switching frequency from 16kHz to 60kHz to reduce the required PFC inductance from 0.93mH to 0.25mH, thus enable PCB-mounting of inductor. With the next step of using 1200V SiC MOSFET instead of Si-IGBT, the DC link voltage can be boosted from 311Vdc to 550Vdc in PFC stage, allowing the inverter and compressor used in 3-phase input CAC be used for single-phase input as well. Furthermore, using SiC MOSFET in inverter stage can further reduce total loss system total loss to 200.8 W. Simulation and experimental results are presented in the paper.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제58권7호
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• pp.1363-1374
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• 2009

This paper reviews the characteristics and technical trends in Power MOSFET technology that are leading to improvements in power loss for power electronic system. The silicon bipolar power transistor has been displaced by silicon power MOSFET's in low and high voltage system. The power electronic technology requires the marriage of power device technology with MOS-gated device and bipolar analog circuits. The technology challenges involved in combining power handling capability with finger gate, trench array, super junction structure, and SiC transistor are described, together with examples of solutions for telecommunications, motor control, and switch mode power supplies.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.1202-1205
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• 2018

본 논문에서는 4H-SiC물질 기반으로 제작된 ggNMOS를 제안하고 전기적 특성을 분석하였다. 4H-SiC는 Wide Band-gap 물질로 Si 물질 보다 면적대비 특성과 고전압 특성이 뛰어나 전력반도체 분야에 주목받고 있다. 제안된 소자는 높은 감내 특성과 Strong snapback 특성을 가진다. 공정은 SiC 공정으로 이루어 졌으며 TLP 측정 장비를 통해 전기적 특성을 분석하였다.