Abstract
Similar charge to failure distributions with mean values of about 50 C/cm2 were measured for planar SiC MOSFETs and MOS capacitors. Fast occurring and saturating negative flatband and threshold voltage drops were found in time resolved 1 second long pulsed gate current stress with IG=1 mA/cm2 at T=150 °C. No substantial difference in VTH drift rate with VGS=28 V at T=150 °C was found after about 10 s recovery period for IG stressed devices compared with unstressed devices. Additionally, IG stressed and unstressed devices did not differ in final VTH shift at T=25 °C after VGS=28 V stress (during 3 hrs or 31 hrs). More gate oxide reliability characterization is important to determine if 1 mA/cm2 pulsed gate current stress creates any permanent changes to the SiC MOSFET device behaviour. Additionally, parametric shifts in VTH and RDSon was examined after long-term AC gate bias stress by a gate driver switching between-8V and 20V for four different commercially available SiC MOSFETs.
Publisher
Trans Tech Publications, Ltd.
Subject
Mechanical Engineering,Mechanics of Materials,Condensed Matter Physics,General Materials Science
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