Radiation damage in wide and ultra-wide bandgap semiconductors

SJ Pearton, A Aitkaliyeva, M **an, F Ren… - ECS Journal of Solid …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The wide bandgap semiconductors SiC and GaN are already commercialized as power
devices that are used in the automotive, wireless, and industrial power markets, but their …

Radiation-induced degradation of silicon carbide MOSFETs–A review

T Baba, NA Siddiqui, NB Saidin, SHM Yusoff… - Materials Science and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Silicon Carbide (SiC) Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistors
(MOSFETs) have gained significant attention due to their ability to achieve lower on …

Space radiation effects on SiC power device reliability

JM Lauenstein, MC Casey, RL Ladbury… - 2021 IEEE …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Heavy-ion radiation can result in silicon carbide power device degradation and/or
catastrophic failure. Test procedures and data interpretation must consider the impact that …

Radiation damage in GaN/AlGaN and SiC electronic and photonic devices

SJ Pearton, X **a, F Ren, MAJ Rasel… - Journal of Vacuum …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The wide bandgap semiconductors SiC and GaN are commercialized for power electronics
and for visible to UV light-emitting diodes in the case of the GaN/InGaN/AlGaN materials …

Ion-induced energy pulse mechanism for single-event burnout in high-voltage SiC power MOSFETs and junction barrier Schottky diodes

DR Ball, KF Galloway, RA Johnson… - … on Nuclear Science, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Heavy-ion data suggest that a common mechanism is responsible for single-event burnout
(SEB) in 1200-V power MOSFETs and junction barrier Schottky (JBS) diodes. Similarly …

Single-event burnout of SiC junction barrier Schottky diode high-voltage power devices

AF Witulski, R Arslanbekov, A Raman… - … on Nuclear Science, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Ion-induced degradation and catastrophic failures in high-voltage SiC junction barrier
Schottky power diodes are investigated. The experimental results agree with earlier data …

Radiation damage in the ultra-wide bandgap semiconductor Ga2O3

X **a, JS Li, R Sharma, F Ren, MAJ Rasel… - ECS Journal of Solid …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a review of the published experimental and simulation radiation damage results
in Ga 2 O 3. All of the polytypes of Ga 2 O 3 are expected to show similar radiation …

Gate damages induced in SiC power MOSFETs during heavy-ion irradiation—Part I

C Abbate, G Busatto, D Tedesco… - … on Electron Devices, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Experimental characterization of the damage induced to SiC power MOSFETs by heavy-ion
irradiation is presented as a premise to a finite element simulation study aimed at gaining an …

Opportunities in single event effects in radiation-exposed SiC and GaN power electronics

SJ Pearton, A Haque, A Khachatrian… - ECS Journal of Solid …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Radiation effects have a critical impact on the reliability of SiC and GaN power electronics
and must be understood for space and avionics applications involving exposure to various …

Impact of heavy-ion range on single-event effects in silicon carbide power junction barrier Schottky diodes

A Sengupta, DR Ball, AF Witulski… - … on Nuclear Science, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Experimental heavy-ion responses of silicon carbide (SiC) junction barrier Schottky (JBS)
diodes are presented. Measured data indicate that heavy ions having range less than the …