Abstract
Bipolar degradation is a known problem in the development of SiC MOSFETs when the body diodes (p+ body/ n-drift layer) are forward biased. Mostly higher voltage classes like the 1.7 kV or 3.3 kV SiC MOSFETs have been studied in literature resulting with significant Rdson increase [1-2]. In this work, body diode stress was conducted for 1.2kV SiC MOSFETs, which were mapped with Infra-Red photoluminescence (IR-PL) to determine and localize the exact number of BPDs present in the drift layers of each die [3, 4] and grouped by this criterion. Devices were stressed at extremely high current densities (1200 – 1700 A/cm2) under pulsed conditions. The post-stress analysis shows non-negligible increase of Rdson and Vf. Bipolar degradation occurring from stressing the body diodes at high forward current densities was confirmed by electroluminescence analysis.
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