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A novel SiC MESFET structure with a p-type surface epi-layer is proposed and 4H-SiC MESFET models are presented which precisely describe the working mechanism of the device. Considering carrier velocity saturation, impact ionization and electric field modulation, the effect on distribution of electric field is analyzed. Also, the output current (Ids) and breakdown voltage (VB) dependences on the dimensions of the p-type epi-layer are studied based on abrupt junction approximation. The high electric field peak at the gate edge is suppressed by introducing a new electric field peak at the drain side, and the built-in field of p-n junction formed along channel surface further weakens the electric field peaks, leading to smoother distribution of electric field. By comparison with the conventional and the fieldplated MESFETs, it is shown that the proposed structure greatly improves the characteristic of SiC MESFET. In addition, the optimized dimensions are obtained and the results show that VB is greatly increased by 33% with Ids unchanged (less than 3%) when the thickness and the doping concentration of the surface epi-layer are chosen as 0.12 upm and 5 1015 cm-3, respectively.
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Keywords:
- silicon carbide /
- metal-semiconductor field-effect transistor /
- microwave device /
- breakdown characteristics
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[1] Baliga B J 1989 IEEE Electron Dev. Lett. 51 149
[2] Andersson K, Südow M, Nilsson P-fiA, Sveinbjörnsson E, Hjelmgren H, Nilsson J, Stfiahl J, Zirath H, Rorsman N 2006 IEEE Electron Dev. Lett. 27 573
[3] Lü H L, Zhang Y M, Zhang Y M, Che Y, Wang Y H, Chen L 2008 Acta Phys. Sin. 57 2871 (in Chinese) [吕红亮, 张义门, 张玉明, 车勇, 王悦湖, 陈亮 2008 57 2871]
[4] Lü H L, Zhang Y M, Zhang Y M, Che Y, 2008 Chin Phys. B 17 1674
[5] Zhang L, Zhang YM, Zhang YM, Han C,Ma Y J 2009 Acta Phys. Sin. 58 2737 (in Chinese) [张林, 张义门, 张玉明, 韩超, 马永吉 2009 58 2737]
[6] Cao Q J, Zhang Y M, Zhang Y M 2009 Chin. Phys. B 18 4456
[7] Chen G, Qin Y F, Bai S, Wu P, Li Z Y, Chen Z, Han P 2010 Sol. St. Electr. 54 353
[8] Deng X C, Zhang B, Zhang Y R,Wang Y, Li Z J 2011 Chin. Phys. B 20 017304
[9] Baliga B J 1996 Power Semiconductor Devices
[10] Cha H Y, Choi Y C, Eastman L F 2004 Int. J. HighSpeed Electron. Syst. 14 884
[11] Sriram S, Hagleitner H, Namishia D 2009 IEEE Electron Dev. Lett. 30 952
[12] Stengl R, Gösele U 1985 IEDM Tech. Dig. 154
[13] Seshadri S, Eldridge GW, Agarwal A K 1998Appl. Phys. Lett. 72 2026
[14] Roschke M, Schwierz F 2001 IEEE Trans. Electr. Dev. 48 1442
[15] Lü H L, Zhang Y M, Zhang Y M, Yang L A 2004 IEEE Trans. Electr. Dev. 51 1605
[16] Thornber K K 1981 J. Appl. Phys. 52 279
[17] Konstantinov A O, Wahab Q, Nordell N, Lindefelt U 1997 Appl. Phys. Lett. 71 90
[18] Bergman J P, Kordina O, Janzén E 1997 Phys. Stat. Sol. 162 65
[19] Liu E K, Zhu B S, Lou J S 1994 Physics of Semiconductors (Beijing: National Defence Industry Press) (in Chinese) [刘恩科, 朱秉升, 罗晋生 1994 半导体物理学 (北京: 国防工业出版社)]
[20] Levinshtein E M, Palmour J W, Rumyantsev S L, Singh R 1998 Semicond. Sci. Technol. 13 1006
[21] Grivickas P, Galeckas A, Linnros J, Syvajarvi M, Yakimova R, Grivickas V, Tellefsen J A 2001 Mater. Sci. in Semiconductor Processing. 4 191
[22] DESSIS-ISE Manual Ver. 10.0, ISE
[23] Huang M W, Goldman N, Chang C H, Mayergoyz I, McGarrity J M, Woolard D 1998 J. Appl. Phys. 84 2065
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