• Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Vol. 56, Issue 19, 192501 (2019)
Xinmei Wang1、*, Huihui Wang2, Lini Zhang2, Pengchong Duan2, and Wanli Jia2
Author Affiliations
  • 1Faculty of Automation and Information Engineering, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710048, China
  • 2Faculty of Sciences, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710048, China
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    Xinmei Wang, Huihui Wang, Lini Zhang, Pengchong Duan, Wanli Jia. Design of 10-kV Vertical Double-Diffused Insulted-Gate Photoconductive Semiconductor Switch[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2019, 56(19): 192501 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    The problem of leakage current limits the application of traditional semi-insulated gallium nitride (GaN) photoconductive semiconductor switches (PCSSs) in high-voltage applications. Therefore, a n-type epitaxial layer is grown on the semi-insulated GaN∶Fe substrate (as a laser-triggered region), in which a cell array of vertical double-diffusion-field-effect transistors (as a voltage-triggered region) is constructed. In other words, a reverse pn junction controlled by the gate voltage is introduced into the traditional vertical PCSS structure for restraining the leakage current of the semi-insulated GaN due to the carrier depletion effect of the pn-junction space-charge region. The device simulation results show that the 10-kV bias voltage is reasonably shared by the laser- and voltage-triggered regions and the leakage current of the device is two orders of magnitude less than that of the traditional PCSS with the same bias electric field. Moreover, the results show that the bias voltage of the voltage-triggered region can be transferred to the laser-triggered region quickly with the gate opening; thus, the laser energy efficiency is heightened because the dynamic bias electric field increment across the laser-triggered region brings a high photocurrent peak. Moreover, the relationships between the laser parameters and the device output characteristics are calculated and analyzed to ensure high laser energy efficiency.
    Xinmei Wang, Huihui Wang, Lini Zhang, Pengchong Duan, Wanli Jia. Design of 10-kV Vertical Double-Diffused Insulted-Gate Photoconductive Semiconductor Switch[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2019, 56(19): 192501
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