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Title: ELECTRICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THE FORWARD CURRENT- VOLTAGE OF AL IMPLANTED 4H-SIC PIN DIODES
Authors: M.L. MEGHERBI
L. DEHIMI
A.SAADOUNE
W. TERGHINI
F. PEZZIMENTI
F.G. DELLA CORTE
Keywords: KEYWORDS: p-i-n diode, silicon carbide, silvaco, device simulation, lifetimes.
Issue Date: 3-Mar-2016
Abstract: ABSTRACT In this work,theforward current-voltagecharacteristics of n-type Al implanted 4H-SiC pin diodeshave been investigated experimentally and by mean of numerical simulations in the 298-378K temperature range. Our simulations were performed using proprietary simulations software. The model parameters to be calibrated in the simulation are the electron and hole minority carriers lifetimes.The measured forward I-V characteristics showed two differentbehaviour, the leaky behaved and well behaved diode. The later diodes were considered for simulation comparison.Employing temperature-dependent carrier lifetimes as a fitting parameter, the simulation indicates that drift layer and bulk carrier lifetime ranging from 10ns to 50ns. We achieved a good agreement between simulations and measured data. The measured and the simulated forward characteristics indicate an ideality factor of about1.3for the region 2.5V-2.78Vand 2.14 in the low injection region. Activation energies of about 1.61eV and 2.51eVare obtained respectively which are in good agreement with the expected values.
URI: http://archives.univ-biskra.dz/handle/123456789/7356
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