A geometry-scalable electrothermal compact circuit model of SiC merged-PiN-Schottky diodes accounting for the snapback mechanism: Application to current surge events

IF 1.6 4区工程技术 Q3 ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC

Microelectronics Reliability Pub Date : 2025-03-10 DOI:10.1016/j.microrel.2025.115668

A. Borghese, V. Terracciano, M. Boccarossa, A. Irace, V. d'Alessandro

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Abstract

In this paper, we introduce a compact model tailored for silicon carbide Merged PiN Schottky (MPS) diodes in the form of a SPICE-compatible subcircuit. The model is designed to (i) describe the undesired snapback mechanism, which is likely to occur in unoptimized diodes with narrow width of the PiN portion and/or excessively thick drift layer, (ii) capture the dependence of geometry-related parameters upon the width of the cell and the individual widths of the PiN and Schottky portions, (iii) account for the impact of temperature on the related parameters; in addition, the thermal equivalent of the Ohm's law is exploited to allow for static and dynamic electrothermal simulations within SPICE-like tools. The proposed subcircuit is adopted to analyze imbalances occurring in paralleled snapback-affected MPS diodes subjected to current surge events.

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Microelectronics Reliability 工程技术-工程：电子与电气

CiteScore

3.30

自引率

12.50%

发文量

342

审稿时长

68 days

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