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Abstract
This work presents the development and characterization of 5kV deep-implanted SiC superjunction (SJ) MOSFETs. In these switches, the $36\mu $ m deep n-type and p-type SJ pillars were formed using three rounds of epitaxial overgrowth and ultra-high-energy implantation (UHEI). We successfully fabricated SJ MOSFETs with pillar pitches of $8\mu $ m, $10\mu $ m, and $12\mu $ m, achieving an R$_{\mathsf {\textbf {on,sp}}}$ of 9.5 m$\Omega $ $\cdot $ cm2 at room temperature, which is 25% below the SiC unipolar limit. The devices also demonstrated sharp avalanche breakdown at 5.1kV with low leakage current density.
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IEEE Electron Device Letters publishes original and significant contributions relating to the theory, modeling, design, performance and reliability of electron and ion integrated circuit devices and interconnects, involving insulators, metals, organic materials, micro-plasmas, semiconductors, quantum-effect structures, vacuum devices, and emerging materials with applications in bioelectronics, biomedical electronics, computation, communications, displays, microelectromechanics, imaging, micro-actuators, nanoelectronics, optoelectronics, photovoltaics, power ICs and micro-sensors.