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Polarization-enhanced GaN Schottky barrier diodes: Ultra-thin InGaN for high breakdown voltage and low Ron

Elison de Nazareth Matioli, Alessandro Floriduz, Zheng Hao

In this work, we present a concept that leverages the strong piezoelectric polarization field in InGaN, which counteracts the external electric field at reverse bias. We show that despite the smaller InGaN band-gap and lower critical electric field, its st ...

2024

A Delay and Power Efficient Voltage Level Shifter with Low Leakage Power

Alexandre Schmid, Mehdi Saberi

This paper presents a new power-efficient and high-speed voltage level shifter. In the proposed structure, the existing contentions at the internal nodes are reduced using auxiliary transistors and feedback networks, leading to a significant reduction in t ...

IEEE2023

Accurate Measurement of Dynamic ON-Resistance in GaN Transistors at Steady-State

Elison de Nazareth Matioli, Hongkeng Zhu

Accurate characterization of the dynamic ON-resistance (RON) degradation is important to predict conduction losses for gallium nitride high-electron-mobility transistors (GaN HEMTs). However, even for the same device, many inconsistent results of dynamic R ...

2023

Robust Analog Multisensory Array System for Lossy Capacitive Sensors Over Long Distances

Sandro Carrara, Amar Kapic

A robust capacitive multisensory readout system is presented in this article. The system consists of a few thousand lossy capacitive-based sensors that can be modeled as a parallel connection of sensor capacitor and undesirable leakage resistance. The real ...

IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC2023

Increased Device Variability Induced by Total Ionizing Dose in 16-nm Bulk nFinFETs

Christian Enz

This article investigates the device variability induced by the total ionizing dose (TID) effects in a commercial 16-nm bulk nFinFETs, using specially designed test structures and measurement procedures aimed at maximizing the matching between devices. DC ...

IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC2022

New Technologies to Enhance the Figures-of-Merit of GaN Power Devices

Luca Nela

Gallium Nitride (GaN) has enabled groundbreaking developments in the field of optoelectronics and radio frequency communication. More recently, GaN devices for power conversion applications have demonstrated excellent potential. Thanks to Gallium Nitride w ...

EPFL2022

Enhancement-mode Multi-channel AlGaN/GaN Transistors with LiNiO Junction Tri-Gate

Elison de Nazareth Matioli, Luca Nela, Taifang Wang

Multi-channel GaN power device, consisting of stacking multiple two-dimensional-electron-gas (2DEG) channels, has been demonstrated to achieve unprecedented on-state performance while maintaining high breakdown voltage (VBR). However, the large carrier den ...

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2022

A perspective on multi-channel technology for the next-generation of GaN power devices

Elison de Nazareth Matioli, Luca Nela

The outstanding properties of Gallium Nitride (GaN) have enabled considerable improvements in the performance of power devices compared to traditional silicon technology, resulting in more efficient and highly compact power converters. GaN power technology ...

AIP Publishing2022

Deep defects in InGaN LEDs: modeling the impact on the electrical characteristics

Nicolas Grandjean, Jean-François Carlin, Camille Haller

Deep defects have a fundamental role in determining the electro-optical characteristics and in the efficiency of InGaN light-emitting diodes (LEDs). However, modeling their effect on the electrical characteristics of the LED is not straightforward. ...

SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING2022

Hard and Soft Switching Losses in Power Converters: Role of Transistor Output Capacitance

Palliyage Srilak Nirmana Perera

To best utilize power converters, a sound understanding of the relationship between the circuit topology and the power-semiconductor-device characteristics is required. This is especially important in high-frequency switching, where device parasitics start ...

EPFL2022

LiNiO Gate Dielectric with Tri-Gate Structure for High Performance E-mode GaN transistors

Elison de Nazareth Matioli, Luca Nela, Mohammad Samizadeh Nikooytabalvandani, Taifang Wang

In this work, a Tri-Gate AlGaN/GaN metal-oxide-semiconductor high electron mobility transistor (MOSHEMT) with lithium nickel oxide (LiNiO) gate dielectric is demonstrated for enhancement-mode (e-mode) operation. The high-quality of pulse-laser-deposited (P ...

IEEE2021

p-GaN field plate for low leakage current in lateral GaN Schottky barrier diodes

Elison de Nazareth Matioli, Luca Nela, Catherine Erine

High-voltage gallium nitride Schottky barrier diodes (SBDs) suffer from large off-state leakage current, which further degrades during operation at high temperatures and limits the device blocking capabilities. The key to achieving low off-state leakage is ...

AIP American Institute of Physics2021

TID Degradation Mechanisms in 16-nm Bulk FinFETs Irradiated to Ultrahigh Doses

Christian Enz

This article investigates the total ionizing dose (TID) degradation mechanisms of 16-nm bulk Si FinFETs at ultrahigh doses. n- and p-FinFETs with several channel lengths are irradiated up to 1 Grad(SiO2) and then annealed for 24 h at 100 degrees C. Irradia ...

IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC2021

Characterization and Modeling of Total Ionizing Dose Effects on Nanoscale MOSFETs for Particle Physics Experiments

Chunmin Zhang

Total ionizing radiation compromises electrical characteristics of microelectronic devices and even causes functional failures of integrated circuits. It has been identified as a potential threat to electronic components, especially those in high-energy ph ...

EPFL2021

Active-Device Losses in Resonant Power Converters: A Case Study with Class-E Inverters

Elison de Nazareth Matioli, Remco Franciscus Peter van Erp, Armin Jafari, Palliyage Srilak Nirmana Perera

Recent research has reported an undesirable OFF-state loss in high-frequency soft-switching power converters, such as resonant converters. This loss is attributed to a hysteresis loss related to the charging-discharging process of the output capacitance of ...

IEEE2021

P-GaN Tri-Gate MOS Structure for Normally-Off GaN Power Transistors

Elison de Nazareth Matioli, Jun Ma, Luca Nela, Mohammad Samizadeh Nikooytabalvandani, Catherine Erine, Minghua Zhu, Pirouz Sohi

In this letter, we present a new concept for normally-off AlGaN/GaN-on-Si MOS-HEMTs based on the combination of p-GaN, tri-gate and MOS structures to achieve high threshold voltage (V-TH) and low on-resistance (R-ON). The p-GaN is used to engineer the band ...

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2021

Investigation on Output Capacitance Losses in Superjunction and GaN-on-Si Power Transistors

Elison de Nazareth Matioli, Armin Jafari, Mohammad Samizadeh Nikooytabalvandani, Palliyage Srilak Nirmana Perera, Halil Kerim Yildirim

Low ON-resistance of advanced superjunction (SJ) and GaN-on-Si transistors is of great importance in power converters, however, the anomalous loss in their output capacitance (C OSS ) severely limits their performance. In this work, we use an energy-orient ...

IEEE2021

GaN-based power devices: Physics, reliability, and perspectives

Elison de Nazareth Matioli, Luca Nela, Riyaz Mohammed Abdul Khadar

Over the last decade, gallium nitride (GaN) has emerged as an excellent material for the fabrication of power devices. Among the semiconductors for which power devices are already available in the market, GaN has the widest energy gap, the largest critical ...

AIP Publishing2021

Heterostructure design and field management in III-N high-electron mobility electronic devices

Catherine Erine

III-N family of materials has offered multiple groundbreaking technologies in the field of optoelectronics and high-power radio-frequency (RF) devices. Blue light-emitting diodes (LEDs) have revolutionized low-energy lighting. Gallium nitride (GaN) RF mark ...

EPFL2021

Deep-UV approaches and printing of indium zinc oxide thin-film transistors targeting their processing on thermosensitive substrates

Alessio Mancinelli

Novel metal-oxides (MOx) semiconductors for thin-film transistors (TFTs) are being developed as they can offer superior electric performances over organic-based counterparts. MOx TFTs processed on foil could be exploited in smart labels as RFID and NFC tag ...

EPFL2021