학술논문

Monolithically Integrated Temperature Sensor in Silicon Carbide Power MOSFETs
Document Type
Periodical
Source
IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics IEEE Trans. Power Electron. Power Electronics, IEEE Transactions on. 29(9):4970-4977 Sep, 2014
Subject
Power, Energy and Industry Applications
Aerospace
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Computing and Processing
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
General Topics for Engineers
Nuclear Engineering
Signal Processing and Analysis
Transportation
Temperature sensors
MOSFET
Resistance
Silicon carbide
Conductivity
Impurities
Switches
Monolithic integrated sensor
p-type SiC
power mosfet
silicon carbide
temperature sensor
Language
ISSN
0885-8993
1941-0107
Abstract
This paper presents the first integrated temperature sensor in a SiC power mosfet. An analytical model has been proposed to assess its behavior up to 300 °C. We present the tested design and its advantages compared to other solutions. We also propose possible optimizations in order to simplify it and reduce its size. 2.25 mm$^{2}$ power mosfets have been fabricated with and without temperature sensor. Measurements show that the temperature sensor does not impact the power mosfet characteristics and its integration does not demand supplementary process steps. To demonstrate the functionality of our integrated sensor, we have calibrated the temperature dependence of its resistance to assess the internal temperature of the device at different bias.