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 …

A brief review of single-event burnout failure mechanisms and design tolerances of silicon carbide power mosfets

CA Grome, W Ji - Electronics, 2024‏ - mdpi.com
Radiation hardening of power MOSFETs (metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistors)
is of the highest priority for sustaining high-power systems in the space radiation …

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 …

Low-energy ion-induced single-event burnout in gallium oxide Schottky diodes

RM Cadena, DR Ball, EX Zhang, S Islam… - … on Nuclear Science, 2023‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Low-energy ion-induced breakdown and single-event burnout (SEB) are experimentally
observed in beta-gallium oxide (-Ga2O3) Schottky diodes with voltages well below those of …

Single-Event Burnout in Vertical β-Ga2O3 Diodes with Pt/PtOx Schottky Contacts and High-k Field-Plate Dielectrics

S Islam, AS Senarath, E Farzana… - … on Nuclear Science, 2024‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Single-event burnout (SEB) is experimentally observed in structurally improved vertical Beta-
gallium oxide (-Ga2O3) Schottky barrier diodes (SBDs) with Pt/PtOx Schottky contacts and …

Irradiation Hardened p-GaN HEMTs Enabling 558 V Single-Event Hardness at 75.7 MeV·cm2/mg and 95% Conversion Efficiency at 300 W/500 kHz

F Zhou, C Zou, T Zhou, W Xu, F Ren… - IEEE Electron …, 2024‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This work demonstrates the robust single-event irradiation hardness in 650-V E-mode p-
GaN HEMTs with source-connected buried metal structure. Such device design notably …

An improved single-event effect performance SiC MOSFET of hole extraction pillar combined with multilayer P-shield structure

R Yang, X Deng, X Li, H Wu, X Li, S Bai… - … on Electron Devices, 2024‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A planar gate SiC MOSFET of hole extraction pillar combined with multilayer P-shield
structure (HEMP-MOS) is proposed and characterized to improve single-event burnout …

Circuit proposal of a latching current limiter for space applications based on a SiC N-MOSFET

A López, PF Miaja, M Arias… - IEEE Journal of …, 2022‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Latching current limiters (LCLs) provide individual overcurrent protection to payloads
protecting the satellite power bus. Under an overload, they limit the maximum current for a …

High-energy proton and atmospheric-neutron irradiations of SiC power MOSFETs: SEB study and impact on channel and drift resistances

C Martinella, S Race, R Stark, RG Alia… - … on Nuclear Science, 2023‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Accelerated single event burnout (SEB) tests with 200 MeV protons and atmospheric
neutrons were performed for commercial silicon carbide (SiC) power MOSFETs with different …

1.5-kV AlGaN/GaN MIS-HEMT with 3-D stacking pad-connected Schottky structure demonstrating radiation robustness against atmospheric neutrons

F Zhou, L Mo, Z Hu, Q Yu, C Zou, W Xu… - IEEE Electron …, 2024‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Atmospheric neutron-induced single-event burnout (SEB) is a severe reliability challenge for
terrestrial electronic components. In this work, the robust atmospheric neutron irradiation …