Fabrication and Characterization of 11-kV Normally Off 4H-SiC Trenched-and-Implanted Vertical Junction FET

Abstract

This letter reports the first demonstration of 101 kV trenched-and-implanted normally off 4H-SiC vertical junction field-effect transistor (TI-VJFET) with a 120 μm /spl sim/4.9×10/sup 14/ cm/sup -3/-doped drift layer. Blocking voltages (V/sub B/) of 10 kV to 11 kV have been measured. The best specific on-resistance (R/sub SP/_/sub ON/) normalized to source active area has been determined to be 130 m/spl Omega//spl middot/cm <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">2</sup> . Three-dimensional computer modeling including current spreading effect shows that the TI-VJFET would have a specific resistance of 168 m/spl Omega//spl middot/cm <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">2</sup> if it is scaled up substantially in size.