1800 V NPN bipolar junction transistors in 4H-SiC
- 1 March 2001
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Electron Device Letters
- Vol. 22 (3) , 124-126
- https://doi.org/10.1109/55.910617
Abstract
The first high voltage npn bipolar junction transistors (BJTs) in 4H-SiC have been demonstrated. The BJTs were able to block 1800 V in common emitter mode and showed a peak current gain of 20 and an on-resistance of 10.8 m/spl Omega//spl middot/cm/sup 2/ at room temperature (I/sub C/=2.7 A @ V/sub CE/=2 V for a 1 mm/spl times/1.4 mm active area), which outperforms all SiC power switching devices reported to date. Temperature-stable current gain was observed for these devices. This is due to the higher percent ionization of the deep level acceptor atoms in the base region at elevated temperatures, which offsets the effects of increased minority carrier lifetime at high temperatures. These transistors show a positive temperature coefficient in the on-resistance characteristics, which will enable easy paralleling of the devices.Keywords
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