Affiliation:
1. TranSiC /Fairchild Semiconductor.
Abstract
Equivalent sized (4.5 mm2 die area), 1200 V, 4H-SiC, vertical trench Junction Field Effect Transistors (JFETs) were characterized in terms of DC and switching performance. The 100 mΩ Enhancement-Mode (EM) JFET was found to have natural advantages in safe operation being normally-off, whereas the Depletion-Mode (DM) JFET was found to have advantages with ~ twice as high saturation current, less on-resistance (85 mΩ) and no gate current required in the on-state. The JFETs were found to both have radically less (five to ten times) switching energies than corresponding 1200 V Si transistors, with the DM JFET and EM JFET having EON and EOFF of only 115 µJ and 173 µJ, respectively when tested at half-rated voltage (600 V) and 12 A.
Publisher
Trans Tech Publications, Ltd.
Subject
Mechanical Engineering,Mechanics of Materials,Condensed Matter Physics,General Materials Science
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