Investigation of single-event damages on silicon carbide (SiC) power MOSFETs

水田 栄一*; 久保山 智司*; 阿部 浩之; 岩田 佳之*; 田村 貴志*

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 61(4), p.1924 - 1928, 2014/08

https://doi.org/10.1109/TNS.2014.2336911

Radiation effects in silicon carbide power MOSFETs caused by heavy ion and proton irradiation were investigated. In the case of ions with high LET, permanent damage (increase in both drain and gate leakage current with increasing LET) was observed and the behavior is similar to the permanent damage observed for SiC Schottky Barrier diodes in our previous study. In the case of ions with low LET, including protons, Single Event Burnouts (SEBs) were observed suddenly although there was no increase in leakage current just before SEBs. The behavior has not been observed for Si devices and thus, the behavior is unique for SiC devices.