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Failure Mechanism Analysis of SiC MOSFET under Different Aging Test Methods |
Chen Jie1, Deng Erping1, 2, Zhao Zixuan1, Wu Yuxuan1, Huang Yongzhang1, 2 |
1. State Key Laboratory of Alternate Electrical Power System with Renewable Energy Sources North China Electrical Power University Beijing 102206 China; 2. NCEPU (Yantai) Power Semiconductor Technology Research Institute Co. Ltd Yantai 264006 China |
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Abstract SiC MOSFETs are gradually entering the market due to their excellent electrothermal characteristics, and their long-term reliability has become the focus of attention. The power cycling test is the most important aging test for device reliability assessment. MOSFET has three conduction modes corresponding to three different power cycling test methods. To study and compare the failure mechanism and failure parameters evolution of SiC MOSFET under different aging test methods, the power cycling tests were carried out under different modes, focusing on forward MOSFET mode and body diode mode. Since the interface trap in the SiC MOSFET can cause the threshold voltage drift, a judgment criterion and a corresponding power cycling test method were proposed to minimize the influence of the threshold voltage drift on the test result. The on-line measurement of junction temperature, on-state voltage drop and thermal resistance during the test were achieved. The results show that the main failure mode in both modes is bond wire fatigue, but the electrothermal feedback mechanism after bonding wire fatigue is different, resulting in different degradation laws and lifespan. The life in diode mode is about twice that in the forward MOSFET mode under the same thermal conditions.
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Received: 28 October 2019
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