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Type: 
Conference
Description: 
In this paper the experimental results on the conduction characteristics of Al implanted 4H-SiC p-i-n diodes are investigated by mean of numerical simulations. An explicit carrier trap effect, due to the deep defects created by the ion implantation process, was considered during the simulations. In order to model the trap activity, the effective defect density was set as a fraction of the chemical Al doping profile and the location of the traps, within the material energy gap, was assumed related to the Al acceptor energy level, i.e about 200 meV from the valence band edge. The incomplete ionization of substitutional Al atoms was also taken into account. A forward current density of about 370 A/cm 2 could be achieved at 5 V and T = 298 K.
Publisher: 
IEEE
Publication date: 
12 Oct 2009
Authors: 

F Pezzimenti, FG Della Corte, R Nipoti

Biblio References: 
Pages: 210-213
Origin: 
2009 IEEE Bipolar/BiCMOS Circuits and Technology Meeting