Title :
Power SiC DMOSFET model accounting for JFET region nonuniform current distribution
Author :
Fu, Ruiyun ; Grekov, Alexander ; Santi, Enrico ; Hudgins, Jerry ; Mantooth, Alan
Author_Institution :
Univ. of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
Abstract :
The main goal of this work is development of a new circuit-based SiC DMOSFET model which physically represents the mechanism of current saturation in power SiC DMOSFET. Finite element simulations show that current saturation for a typical device geometry is due to two-dimensional carrier distribution effects in the JFET region caused by the current spreading from the channel to the JFET region. For high drain-source voltages, most of the voltage-drop occurs in the current-spreading region located in the JFET region close to the channel.
Keywords :
current distribution; finite element analysis; junction gate field effect transistors; power MOSFET; semiconductor device models; silicon compounds; wide band gap semiconductors; JFET region nonuniform current distribution; SiC; current spreading region; drain-source voltages; finite element simulations; power DMOSFET; Analytical models; Finite element methods; Integrated circuit modeling; JFETs; Mathematical model; Resistors; Silicon carbide;
Conference_Titel :
Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 2010 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Atlanta, GA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5286-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5287-3
DOI :
10.1109/ECCE.2010.5617830