SBIR/STTR Research Award
Quantifying Appropriate De-rating of SiC MOSFETs Subject to Cosmic Rays
Award amount
$149,964Program and phase
STTR · Phase IAward year
2014Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Energy
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- MONOLITH SEMICONDUCTOR INC
- Proposal award date
- 2014-02-18
- Contract end date
- 2014-11-17
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- DE-FOA-0000969
- Topic code
- 11b
Research abstract
In this phase-I proposal, the effect of terrestrial cosmic rays on the failure rate of commercial
1200V SiC power MOSFETs will be studied. The goal of the study is to quantify the appropriate breakdown voltage de-rating needed for SiC MOSFETs subject to cosmic rays. The failure rate of SiC power MOSFETs as a function of the reverse blocking voltage will be determined and compared to failure rate of Si IGBTs acquired under same test setup.
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