• DocumentCode
    1558413
  • Title

    Terrestrial Neutron-Induced Single-Event Burnout in SiC Power Diodes

  • Author

    Asai, Hiroaki ; Sugimoto, Kenji ; Nashiyama, Isamu ; Iide, Yoshiya ; Shiba, Kensuke ; Matsuda, Mieko ; Miyazaki, Yoshio

  • Author_Institution
    High-Reliability Engineering & Components Corporation (HIREC), Tsukuba, Japan
  • Volume
    59
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    880
  • Lastpage
    885
  • Abstract
    Tolerance against single-event burnout (SEB) caused by terrestrial neutrons is one of the urgent issues in practical application of SiC power devices. This paper presents evaluation results of neutron-induced SEB in SiC power diodes and differences between SiC and Si devices from the SEB standpoint.
  • Keywords
    Neutrons; Protons; Radiation effects; Semiconductor diodes; Silicon; Silicon carbide; Testing; Power devices; silicon carbide (SiC); single event burnout; terrestrial neutron;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TNS.2012.2203145
  • Filename
    6243242