Design and characterization of newly developed 10 kV 2 A SiC p-i-n diode for soft-switching industrial power supplyShow others and affiliations
2015 (English)In: IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, ISSN 0018-9383, E-ISSN 1557-9646, Vol. 62, no 2, p. 366-373Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
10 kV, 2 A SiC p-i-n diodes have been designed and fabricated. The devices feature excellent stability of forward characteristics and robust junction termination with avalanche capability of 1 J. The fabricated diodes have been electrically evaluated with respect to dynamic ON-state voltage, reverse recovery behavior, bipolar stability, and avalanche capability. More than 60% reduction of losses has been demonstrated using newly developed 10-kV p-i-n diodes in a multikilowatt high voltage, high-frequency dc/dc soft-switching converter
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2015. Vol. 62, no 2, p. 366-373
Keywords [en]
4H-SiC, avalanche energy, bipolar degradation, carrier lifetime, dynamic on-resistance, Junction Termination Extension (JTE), p-i-n diode, soft switching, DC-DC converters, Diodes, Semiconductor junctions, Silicon carbide, Switching circuits, Avalanche energies, Bipolar degradations, Junction termination extensions, On-resistance, PiN diode, Avalanche diodes
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Natural Sciences
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:ri:diva-42056DOI: 10.1109/TED.2014.2361165Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85027916801OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ri-42056DiVA, id: diva2:1378562
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