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Optimisation of a 4H-SiC enhancement mode power JFET

Lookup NU author(s): Dr Alton Horsfall, Dr Christopher Johnson, Professor Nick Wright, Professor Anthony O'Neill

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Abstract

An optimised enhancement mode JFET structure determined by TCAD simulation is presented. The device has been simulated using Medici TCAD software for fabrication in 4H-SiC. Investigations of critical device parameters have been studied allowing for the proposed optimal structure. The forward current and forward blocking voltage are optimised simultaneously by examining the variation of the device switching power, defined in this context as the product of the forward blocking voltage and the forward current density, as a function of the channel width and trench depth. Channel width is shown to have the most dramatic effect on the device performance for this structure. The optimised structure has a blocking voltage of 650V for zero bias gate voltage with a 250 A cm(-2) forward current, at a gate voltage of 2.5V.


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Author(s): Horsfall AB, Johnson CM, Wright NG, O'Neill AG

Editor(s): Bergman, P., Janzen, E.

Publication type: Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstract)

Publication status: Published

Conference Name: Silicon Carbide and Related Materials: 4th European Conference on Silicon Carbide and Related Materials (ECSCRM)

Year of Conference: 2002

Pages: 777-780

ISSN: 0255-5476

Publisher: Trans Tech Publications Ltd

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.433-436.777

DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.433-436.777

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Series Title: Materials Science Forum

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