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Miller plateau as an indicator of SiC MOSFET gate oxide degradation

Ni et al., 2018

Document ID
1876382436363280415
Author
Ni Z
Li Y
Lyu X
Yadav O
Cao D
Publication year
Publication venue
2018 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC)

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This paper presents a new indicator of SiC MOSFET gate oxide degradation based on Miller plateau. The physical mechanism of Miller plateau shift with gate oxide electric field is first analyzed. The relationship between Miller plateau and ambient temperature is then …
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