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Impact of grounding the bottom oxide protection layer on the short-circuit ruggedness of 4H-SiC trench MOSFETs

Tanaka et al., 2014

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2745525689358172148
Author
Tanaka R
Kagawa Y
Fujiwara N
Sugawara K
Fukui Y
Miura N
Imaizumi M
Yamakawa S
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2014 IEEE 26th International Symposium on Power Semiconductor Devices & IC's (ISPSD)

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This paper investigates the effects of grounding the p-type gate-oxide protection layer called bottom p-well (BPW) of a trench-gate SiC-MOSFET on the short-circuit ruggedness of the device. The BPW is grounded by forming ground contacts in various cell layouts, and the …
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