A novel trench JBS structure has been developed to reduce the electrical field at the Schottky interface. Compared to the conventional planar JBS structure, the new design has reduced the reverse leakage current by 1 order of magnitude at rated voltage. The much reduced field at the Schottky interface allows an increase in the drift doping concentration, which enables a significant chip size reduction on next generation SiC Schottky diodes. This progress makes it possible to fabricate high current rating (>50 A) SiC diodes for module applications.
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