Journal
CRYSTALS
Volume 12, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/cryst12020245
Keywords
silicon carbide (SiC); silicon (Si); power devices; SiC MOSFETs; on-resistance; breakdown voltage
Funding
- Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan [110-2124-M-A49-003, 108-2221-E-009-113-MY3]
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This paper reviews the superior properties of SiC power devices and their applications in various power applications. SiC MOSFETs have been extensively commercialized due to their low on-resistance, reduced switching losses, and high switching speeds.
Owing to the superior properties of silicon carbide (SiC), such as higher breakdown voltage, higher thermal conductivity, higher operating frequency, higher operating temperature, and higher saturation drift velocity, SiC has attracted much attention from researchers and the industry for decades. With the advances in material science and processing technology, many power applications such as new smart energy vehicles, power converters, inverters, and power supplies are being realized using SiC power devices. In particular, SiC MOSFETs are generally chosen to be used as a power device due to their ability to achieve lower on-resistance, reduced switching losses, and high switching speeds than the silicon counterpart and have been commercialized extensively in recent years. A general review of the critical processing steps for manufacturing SiC MOSFETs, types of SiC MOSFETs, and power applications based on SiC power devices are covered in this paper. Additionally, the reliability issues of SiC power MOSFET are also briefly summarized.
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