Date of Graduation

8-2016

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science in Microelectronics-Photonics (MS)

Degree Level

Graduate

Department

Microelectronics-Photonics

Advisor/Mentor

Mantooth, H. Alan

Committee Member

Vrotsos, Tom A.

Second Committee Member

Francis, A. Matthew

Third Committee Member

Salamo, Gregory J.

Fourth Committee Member

Wise, Rick L.

Keywords

Applied sciences; Compact modeling; IGBT; Insulated gate bipolar transistors; SiC; Silicon carbide

Abstract

This thesis presents a unified (n-channel and p-channel) silicon/silicon carbide Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT) compact model in both MAST and Verilog-A formats. Initially, the existing MAST model mobility equations were updated using recently referenced silicon carbide (SiC) data. The updated MAST model was then verified for each device tested. Specifically, the updated MAST model was verified for the following IGBT devices and operation temperatures: n-channel silicon at 25 ˚C and at 125 ˚C; n-channel SiC at 25 ˚C and at 175 ˚C; and p-channel SiC at 150 ˚C and at 250 ˚C. Verification was performed through capacitance, DC output characteristics, and turn-off transient simulations. The validated MAST model was then translated into the Verilog-A language, and the Verilog-A model results were validated against the updated MAST model.

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