• DocumentCode
    3033789
  • Title

    Neutron-induced failure in super-junction, IGBT, and SiC power devices

  • Author

    Griffoni, Alessio ; Van Duivenbode, Jeroen ; Linten, Dimitri ; Simoen, Eddy ; Rech, Paolo ; Dilillo, Luigi ; Wrobel, Frédéric ; Verbist, Patrick ; Groeseneken, Guido

  • Author_Institution
    OSRAM, Treviso, Italy
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    19-23 Sept. 2011
  • Firstpage
    226
  • Lastpage
    231
  • Abstract
    50 MeV and 80 MeV neutron-induced failure is investigated for several types of power devices (super-junction, IGBT and SiC) from different vendors. A strong dependence on the device type and orientation is observed.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; insulated gate bipolar transistors; power bipolar transistors; radiation hardening (electronics); silicon compounds; wide band gap semiconductors; IGBT; SiC; electron volt energy 50 MeV; electron volt energy 80 MeV; neutron-induced failure; power devices; super-junction device; Insulated gate bipolar transistors; Ions; Logic gates; Neutrons; Power MOSFET; Silicon; Silicon carbide; Burnout (SEB); Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT); Silicon Carbide (SiC); Single Event; Single Event Gate Rupture (SEGR); neutrons; power MOSFET; super-junction;
  • 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.2011.6131395
  • Filename
    6131395