The Effect of Neutrons on the Characteristics of the Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT)
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- 1 January 1986
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
- Vol. 33 (6), 1428-1434
- https://doi.org/10.1109/tns.1986.4334618
Abstract
The effects of neutrons on the operating characteristics of Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistors (IGBT) are described. Experimental results are presented for devices that have been irradiated up to a fluence of 1013 neutrons/cm2, and an analytical model is presented which explains the observed effects. It is found that the on-state voltage increases, the switching time decreases, and the saturation current decreases with increasing neutron fluence. For the range of fluences studied, the observed effects result from a reduction in minority carrier lifetime in the IGBT and not from changes in the effective dopant density. The effects of neutrons on the IGBT are compared with the known effects on power MOSFETs, and it is shown that the IGBT characteristics begin to degrade at a fluence that is an order of magnitude less than the fluence at which the power MOSFET begins to degrade.Keywords
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