3-4. Step Bunching
Step bunching is visible as a pattern of parallel lines running perpendicular to the major at. If present, estimate the % of speci ed area affected.
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5-5-5 SiC Insulators: Thermal Oxides and MOS Technology
The vast majority of semiconductor-integrated circuit chips in use today rely on silicon metal-oxide–
semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs), whose electronic advantages and operational
device physics are summarized in Katsumata’s chapter and elsewhere . Given the extreme
usefulness and success of [...]
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1-8.Electrical Breakdown
The term electrical breakdown or electric breakdown has several similar but distinctly different meanings. For example, the term can apply to the failure of an electric circuit. Alternatively, it may refer to a rapid reduction in the resistance of an electrical insulator that [...]
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5-3 Applications and Benefits of SiC Electronics
Two of the most beneficial advantages that SiC-based electronics offer are in the areas of high-temperature
and high-power device operation. The specific SiC device physics that enables high-temperature and
high-power capabilities will be examined first, by several examples of revolutionary [...]
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5-2-2-2 SiC Semiconductor Electrical Properties
Owing to the differing arrangement of Si and C atoms within the SiC crystal lattice, each SiC polytype
exhibits unique fundamental electrical and optical properties. Some of the more important semiconductor
electrical properties of the 3C, 4H, and 6H SiC polytypes are [...]
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5-1 Introduction
Silicon carbide (SiC)-based semiconductor electronic devices and circuits are presently being developed
for use in high-temperature, high-power, and high-radiation conditions under which conventional semiconductors
cannot adequately perform. Silicon carbide’s ability to function under such extreme conditions
is expected to enable significant improvements to a far-ranging variety [...]
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