tag: MOSFETs

Properties Of The State-Of-The-Art Commercially Available SiC and GaN Power Transistors
By Technical Paper Link - 15 Jan, 2024 - Comments: 0

A technical paper titled “Review and Outlook on GaN and SiC Power Devices: Industrial State-of-the-Art, Applications, and Perspectives” was published by researchers at University of Padova. Abstract: "We present a comprehensive review and outlook of silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN) transistors available on the market for current and next-generation power electronics. Materi... » read more

Big Shifts In Power Electronics Packaging
By Laura Peters - 16 Nov, 2023 - Comments: 0

The power semiconductor market is poised for remarkable growth in the next several years, fueled by the adoption of electric vehicles and renewable energy, but it also driving big changes in the packaging needed to protect and connect these devices. Packaging is playing an increasingly critical role in the transition to higher power densities, enabling more efficient power supplies, power deli... » read more

Power Semis Usher In The Silicon Carbide Era
By Laura Peters - 21 Aug, 2023 - Comments: 1

Silicon carbide production is ramping quickly, driven by end market demand in automotive and price parity with silicon. Many thousands of power semiconductor modules already are in use in electric vehicles for on-board charging, traction inversion, and DC-to-DC conversion. Today, most of those are fabricated using silicon-based IGBTs. A shift to silicon carbide-based MOSFETs doubles the powe... » read more

Power Modules: A Four-Dimensional Design Challenge Calls For A Holistic Design And Verification Approach
By Siemens EDA - 07 Jun, 2023 - Comments: 0

A power module is a high-power switching circuit used in applications for electric vehicles, renewable energy, photovoltaics, wind power, and much more. Switching-element IGBTs and MOSFETs are used in these modules. This paper discusses different technologies and the associated design challenges to achieve complex power module requirements like high voltage resistivity up to 1700 V, high curren... » read more

GaN Power Devices: Stability, Reliability and Robustness Issues
By Technical Paper Link - 30 Apr, 2023 - Comments: 0

A technical paper titled "Stability, Reliability, and Robustness of GaN Power Devices: A Review" was published by researchers at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, and Kyushu University. "Gallium nitride (GaN) devices are revolutionarily advancing the efficiency, frequency, and form factor of power electronics. However, t... » read more

Vertical Nanowire Gate-All-Around FETs based on the GeSn-Material System Grown on Si
By Technical Paper Link - 10 Apr, 2023 - Comments: 0

A new technical paper titled "Vertical GeSn nanowire MOSFETs for CMOS beyond silicon" was published by researchers at Peter Grünberg Institute 9, JARA, RWTH Aachen University, CEA, LETI, University of Grenoble Alpes, University of Leeds, and IHP. "Here, we present high performance, vertical nanowire gate-all-around FETs based on the GeSn-material system grown on Si. While the p-FET transcon... » read more

Ion Implantation Applications For In-Line SIMS Metrology
By Wei Ti Lee - 13 Feb, 2023 - Comments: 0

By Wei Ti Lee, Sarah Okada, Lawrence Rooney, Feng Zhang, and Benjamin Hickey In the semiconductor industry, ion implantation process has expanded to a wide range of applications with doses and energies spanning several orders of magnitude. Ion implantation is a very complicated process with many parameters and factors that affect the implant profile. For example, shadowing effects from high... » read more

Effects of Size Scaling and Device Architecture on the Radiation Response of Nanoscale MOS Transistors
By Technical Paper Link - 24 Aug, 2022 - Comments: 0

A new technical paper titled "Perspective on radiation effects in nanoscale metal–oxide–semiconductor devices" was published by a researcher at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee. The work was partially supported by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency and by the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research and Air Force Research Laboratory. According to the paper, "this Perspect... » read more

UT Dallas: Electronic, Thermodynamic & Dielectric Properties of Two Novel vdW Materials
By Technical Paper Link - 03 Jun, 2022 - Comments: 0

New technical paper titled "A First-Principles Study on the Electronic, Thermodynamic and Dielectric Properties of Monolayer Ca(OH)2 and Mg(OH)2," from University of Texas at Dallas. With funding support from National Science Foundation and U.S. Department of Defense,  Defense Threat Reduction Agency. Abstract "We perform first-principles calculations to explore the electronic, thermodynam... » read more

NBTI & PBTI of MOSFETs
By Technical Paper Link - 30 May, 2022 - Comments: 0

Technical paper titled "Bias Temperature Instability of MOSFETs: Physical Processes, Models, and Prediction" from researchers at Liverpool John Moores University. Abstract "CMOS technology dominates the semiconductor industry, and the reliability of MOSFETs is a key issue. To optimize chip design, trade-offs between reliability, speed, power consumption, and cost must be carried out. This r... » read more

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