• DocumentCode
    3033508
  • Title

    Rediscovery of single-event gate rupture mechanism in power MOSFETs

  • Author

    Kuboyama, Satoshi ; Ikeda, Naomi ; Mizuta, Eiichi ; Abe, Hiroshi ; Hirao, Toshio ; Tamura, Takashi

  • Author_Institution
    Japan Aerosp. Exploration Agency, Tsukuba, Japan
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    19-23 Sept. 2011
  • Firstpage
    42
  • Lastpage
    46
  • Abstract
    The catastrophic failure mode caused by single-event gate rupture phenomenon observed in power MOSFETs still remains as a critical issue for those devices to be used in space radiation environments. Detailed analyses of the devices damaged by the phenomenon suggested a new possible mechanism. A preliminary model for the mechanism was proposed.
  • Keywords
    power MOSFET; catastrophic failure mode; power MOSFET; single-event gate rupture mechanism; space radiation environment; Electric breakdown; Electric fields; Electrodes; Ions; Logic gates; MOSFETs; Radiation effects; Heavy ions; power MOSFETs; radiation damage; single-event effects;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Radiation and Its Effects on Components and Systems (RADECS), 2011 12th European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Sevilla
  • ISSN
    0379-6566
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0585-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/RADECS.2011.6131382
  • Filename
    6131382