GaN-based power devices: Physics, reliability, and perspectives

M Meneghini, C De Santi, I Abid, M Buffolo… - Journal of Applied …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Over the last decade, gallium nitride (GaN) has emerged as an excellent material for the
fabrication of power devices. Among the semiconductors for which power devices are …

Vertical GaN power devices: Device principles and fabrication technologies—Part I

H Fu, K Fu, S Chowdhury, T Palacios… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recent years have witnessed a tremendous development of vertical gallium nitride (GaN)
power devices, a new class of device technology that could be the key enabler for next …

Power device breakdown mechanism and characterization: Review and perspective

R Zhang, Y Zhang - Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Breakdown voltage (BV) is arguably one of the most critical parameters for power devices.
While avalanche breakdown is prevailing in silicon and silicon carbide devices, it is lacking …

Impact ionization coefficients and critical electric field in GaN

T Maeda, T Narita, S Yamada, T Kachi… - Journal of Applied …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Avalanche multiplication characteristics in a reverse-biased homoepitaxial GaN p–n junction
diode are experimentally investigated at 223–373 K by novel photomultiplication …

Demonstration of> 6.0-kV breakdown voltage in large area vertical GaN pn diodes with step-etched junction termination extensions

L Yates, BP Gunning, MH Crawford… - … on Electron Devices, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Vertical gallium nitride (GaN) pn diodes have garnered significant interest for use in power
electronics where high-voltage blocking and high-power efficiency are of concern. In this …

Robust avalanche in 1.7 kV vertical GaN diodes with a single-implant bevel edge termination

M **ao, Y Wang, R Zhang, Q Song… - IEEE Electron …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This work demonstrates a novel junction termination extension (JTE) with a graded charge
profile for vertical GaN pn diodes. The fabrication of this JTE obviates GaN etch and requires …

Vertical GaN power devices: Device principles and fabrication technologies—Part II

H Fu, K Fu, S Chowdhury, T Palacios… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Vertical gallium nitride (GaN) power devices are enabling next-generation power electronic
devices and systems with higher energy efficiency, higher power density, faster switching …

High-Voltage and High-ION/IOFF Quasi-Vertical GaN-on-Si Schottky Barrier Diode With Argon-Implanted Termination

X Guo, Y Zhong, J He, Y Zhou, S Su… - IEEE Electron …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A high-performance quasi-vertical GaN Schottky barrier diode (SBD) was successfully
fabricated by using a high-quality n--GaN drift layer with a precisely-controlled n-type …

Performance limits of vertical unipolar power devices in GaN and 4H-SiC

JA Cooper, DT Morisette - IEEE Electron Device Letters, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
GaN and 4H-SiC are emerging wide-bandgap semiconductors that have unipolar power-
device figuresof-merit 350-400× higher than silicon, but precise design and performance …

Analysis of the dependence of critical electric field on semiconductor bandgap

O Slobodyan, J Flicker, J Dickerson… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - Springer
Understanding of semiconductor breakdown under high electric fields is an important aspect
of materials' properties, particularly for the design of power devices. For decades, a power …