Issue |
E3S Web Conf.
Volume 16, 2017
11th European Space Power Conference
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Article Number | 12003 | |
Number of page(s) | 5 | |
Section | Power Management & Distribution: Wide Bandgap Components | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20171612003 | |
Published online | 23 May 2017 |
Design and Fabrication of Silicon-on-Silicon-Carbide Substrates and Power Devices for Space Applications
1 School of Engineering, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK
2 Tyndall National Institute at National University of Ireland, Cork, Prospect Row, Ireland
3 Cambridge Microelectronics Limited, Cambridge, United Kingdom
4 Universite Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Email: P.M.Gammon@warwick.ac.uk
A new generation of power electronic semiconductor devices are being developed for the benefit of space and terrestrial harsh-environment applications. 200-600 V lateral transistors and diodes are being fabricated in a thin layer of silicon (Si) wafer bonded to silicon carbide (SiC). This novel silicon-on-silicon-carbide (Si/SiC) substrate solution promises to combine the benefits of silicon-on-insulator (SOI) technology (i.e device confinement, radiation tolerance, high and low temperature performance) with that of SiC (i.e. high thermal conductivity, radiation hardness, high temperature performance). Details of a process are given that produces thin films of silicon 1, 2 and 5 μm thick on semi-insulating 4H-SiC. Simulations of the hybrid Si/SiC substrate show that the high thermal conductivity of the SiC offers a junction-to-case temperature ca. 4× less that an equivalent SOI device; reducing the effects of self-heating, and allowing much greater power density. Extensive electrical simulations are used to optimise a 600 V laterally diffused metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (LDMOSFET) implemented entirely within the silicon thin film, and highlight the differences between Si/SiC and SOI solutions.
© The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2017
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