Fulfilling the Promise of High-Temperature Operation with Silicon Carbide Devices: Eliminating bulky thermal-management systems with SJTs

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ranbir Singh ◽  
Siddarth Sundaresan
1987 ◽  
Vol 26 (Part 1, No. 2) ◽  
pp. 310-311 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasushi Kondo ◽  
Tetsuo Takahashi ◽  
Ken'ichi Ishii ◽  
Yutaka Hayashi ◽  
Eiichiro Sakuma ◽  
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2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 (HITEC) ◽  
pp. 000373-000377 ◽  
Author(s):  
E.P Ramsay ◽  
D.T. Clark ◽  
J.D. Cormack ◽  
A.E. Murphy ◽  
D.A Smith ◽  
...  

A need for high temperature integrated circuits is emerging in a number of application areas. As Silicon Carbide power discrete devices become more widely available, there is a growing need for control ICs capable of operating at the same temperatures and mounted on the same modules. Also, the use of high temperature sensors, in, for example, aero engines and in deep hydrocarbon and geothermal drilling applications results in a demand for high temperature sensor interface ICs. This paper presents new results on a range of simple logic and analogue circuits fabricated on a developing Silicon Carbide CMOS process which is intended for mixed signal integrated circuit applications such as those above. A small family of logic circuits, pin compatible with the 74xx series TTL logic parts, has been designed, fabricated and tested and includes, for example, a Quad Nand gate and a Dual D-type flip-flop. These have been found to be functional from room temperature up to 400°C. Analogue blocks have been investigated with a view to using switched capacitor or autozero techniques to compensate for temperature and time induced drifts, allowing very high temperature operation.


2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 (HITEN) ◽  
pp. 000091-000097
Author(s):  
Anders Lindgren ◽  
Martin Domeij ◽  
Tomas Hjort

Silicon carbide (SiC) bipolar junction transistors (BJTs) are normally-off devices which can block high voltages at high temperature operation. The SiC BJTs can be switched very fast with low losses [2] compared to BJT's made in silicon (Si), and can be operated at temperatures up to and above 250 °C. Vertical 1200V 20A rated high temperature capable NPN SiC BJTs were fabricated and packaged in a high-temperature capable metal package of the type TO-258. The transistors were characterized both statically and in terms of switching. A SPICE model was developed for the transistors, including the parasitic capacitances of the internal pn-junctions, as well as temperature dependence of the current gain and the collector series resistance. Switching measurements were performed showing VCE voltage rise- and fall-times in the range of 20–30 ns. The switching behavior is in qualitative agreement with SPICE simulations.


2010 ◽  
Vol 2010 (HITEC) ◽  
pp. 000160-000166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anders Lindgren ◽  
Martin Domeij

Silicon carbide (SiC) bipolar junction transistors (BJTs) are normally-off devices which can block high voltages at high temperature operation. The SiC BJTs can be switched very fast with low losses [2] compared to BJT's made in silicon (Si), and can be operated at temperatures up to and above 250 °C. Vertical 1200V 6A rated NPN SiC BJTs were fabricated and packaged in a high-temperature capable metal package of the type TO-258. The transistors were characterized both statically and in terms of switching. A SPICE model was developed for the transistors, including the parasitic capacitances of the internal pn-junctions, as well as temperature dependence of the current gain and the collector series resistance. Switching measurements were performed showing VCE voltage rise- and fall-times in the range of 20 ns. The switching behavior is in qualitative agreement with SPICE simulations.


2015 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
pp. 385-391 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chong Zhang ◽  
Di Liang ◽  
Geza Kurczveil ◽  
John E. Bowers ◽  
Raymond G. Beausoleil

Author(s):  
Konstantin V. Vassilevski ◽  
I. Nikitina ◽  
Praneet Bhatnagar ◽  
A.B. Horsfall ◽  
Nicolas G. Wright ◽  
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