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UC Solar Review, October 19, 2018
The Value Proposition of GaN in Rooftop PV Inverters
UC Solar co-Director and Professor ECE, UC Santa Barbara Co-founder and CTO, Transphorm Inc., (a UCSB Start-up)
Umesh K. Mishra
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GaN Devices
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AlGaN Barrier
GaN Buffer
Si Substrate
G S SiN D
GaN
AlGaN Barrier
SiC Substrate
G S SiN D
GaN Buffer
Lateral Devices Vertical Device
Transphorm UCSB
Ga-Polar N-Polar
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Evolution of Transistor Technology (600 V)
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Proprietary & Confidential
Superjunction MOSFET
Conventional Planar MOSFET
Specific On-Resistance Down to 80 mΩ-cm2
Specific On-Resistance 30 to 8 mΩ-cm2
GaN HEMT (~MOSFET)
Specific On-Resistance < <8 mΩ-cm2
The Evolution of the GaN Revolution
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GaN’s “True” Value Proposition
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Automotive EV and charging
Telecom/Industrial Power supplies
Multiple Applications Enables Low Cost
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Size & weight reduction translates to longer distance per charge and lower system
cost
Reduces cable complexity and cost in server motors and makes PV inverters
significantly smaller and lighter.
Improved efficiencies result in lower thermals, improved power density and lower
system cost.
Ability to double available power in standardized server
and telecom form factors
Industrial/Renewable Motor drives/servo and PV Inverter
Consumer/Residential Gaming
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Industry's First Automotive-Qualified GaN Ensures Reliability in all applications including PV
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• AEC-Q101 Qualified TPH3205WSBQA GaN FET • 650 V / 49 mΩ in a TO-247
• Demonstrates Quality + Reliability • Meets at minimum all AEC-Q101 qualification tests
• Target Applications • On Board Charger (OBC) • DC to DC (air conditioning, power
steering, heater, oil pumps)
Q101 qualification tests
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HTDC – High Temperature DC Device Lifetime Test (Important for sealed fan-less PV inverters)
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• Tested at 360°C • Standard acceleration models give
range of projected mean lifetimes (conservative model)
Projected Lifetime Model
Result: • 6 x 108 hours @ TJ = 150°C • Projected lifetime at 1% failure at
175°C in excess of 100 years
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3.0 kW PV Inverter Board Layout (17.27’’ x 9.23’’) CEC Efficiency…….. 97.5%.
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Where GaN Resides in Electric Vehicles Emergency Preparedness (using battery power and solar panels)
AC-DC On Board Charger (OBC) (3.3 kW – 6.6 kW)
DC-AC Auxiliary Inverter (1.5 kW – 3 kW)
AC Charging Pole (Level I & II)
Parking brakes using actuated Caliper
Air conditioning (AC Motor)
High Power Drive By Wire Systems
Air conditioning (AC Motor)
High Power Drive By Wire SystemsHigh Power Drive By Wire Systems
Air conditioning (AC Motor)Air conditioning (AC Motor)
High Power Drive By Wire SystemsClimate Control (Heat Pump)
12 V battery charging
Parking brakes using actuated CaliperParking brakes using actuated CaliperParking brakes using actuated CaliperSuspension Control
DC-DC Auxiliary Power Module (APM)(1 kW – 7 kW)
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Ga-Polar N-Polar
AlGaN Barrier
GaN Buffer Ga-Face
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N-Polar
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N-Polar
AlG
aN B
arrier
GaN
Buffer
Ga-Face
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N-Polar
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N-Polar AlGaN Barrier
GaN Buffer Ga-Face
N-Face
GaN
AlGaN Barrier
Si, Sapphire or Si Substrate
G S SiN D
GaN Buffer
N-Polar HEMT
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Why N-Polar
GaN
AlGaN Barrier
SiC Substrate
G S SiN D
GaN Buffer
AlGaN Barrier
GaN Buffer
Si Substrate
G S SiN D
Ga-Polar
Ga-P
olar
N-Polar
N-Po
lar
Improved gate-control
Natural back-barrier
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N-Polar Data
10-6
10-3
100
0 500 1000 1500VDS (V)
I DS
(A/m
m)
LGD = 28 µm
0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
0 5 10
VGS = 0 V to -12 V 2 V steps
VDS(V)
I DS
(A/m
m)
RON = 3.9 mΩ.cm2
VBR = 1300 V
VGS = -15V
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Switching Performance
Confidential
Off-state drain bias stress The higher the better
On-resistance increase relative to DC
The lower the better
0%
100%
200%
1 10 100 1000
% In
crea
se in
Res
ista
nce
Rel
ativ
e to
DC
VDS, Q (V)
Preferred corner
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Confidential
Off-state drain bias stress The higher the better
On-resistance increase relative to DC
The lower the better ON Semi U. Bristol,
U. Padova, 2015
HRL, 2011 MIT, 2013
Leibniz Inst., 2013
U. Fukui, 2013
Hong Kong U. S&T, 2013
N-Polar 2018
Toshiba, 2007
0%
100%
200%
1 10 100 1000
% In
crea
se in
Res
ista
nce
Rel
ativ
e to
DC
VDS, Q (V) Theoretical
Limit
Switching Performance
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Lateral vs Vertical
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AlGaN
GaN Buffer
Sapphire/SiC/Si
D G S LGD
LGD
$$
LGD VBR
ACHIP
LGD VBR
ACHIP~ $$ ~
For high VBR (>1 kV), vertical devices can potentially provide lower cost
LGD LGD
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Vertical design advantages over lateral design
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-Grow thick GaN layers: High BV >> 1200V -Realize high current (>> 20A) devices -Normally-off operation -Reduced number of defects: Improved Reliability, Large EC -Breakdown occurs in bulk Avalanche capability -GaN on GaN takes less chip area Lowers die cost
*KIZILYALLI et al.: VERTICAL POWER p-n DIODES BASED ON BULK GaN
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Vertical Trench MOSFET
• Basic device requirements – Normally-off (VTH > 0 V) – High breakdown voltage (VBR) ) – Low on-resistance (RON)
Best Performance:- 1.6 kV, 2.7 mΩ.cm2 (TG*)
State of the art device design
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*T. Oka et al., APEX, 2015
VGS,APPLIED = 40 V
High VGS High EOX Reliability issues
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New device design OG-FET
μCH
• Basic device requirements – Normally-off (VTH > 0 V) – High breakdown voltage (VBR) ) – Low on-resistance (RON)
Best Performance:- 1.25 kV, 1.8 mΩ.cm2 (TG)
Vertical Trench MOSFET
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In-situ Oxide, GaN interlayer based vertical trench MOSFET
(UCSB)
VGS ?
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OG-FET Data (UCSB)
VGS = 12V
RON = 2 mΩ.cm2
VBR = 1200 V (~70% theoretical breakdown of GaN)
Best unit cell data in vertical GaN trench MOSFETs
RON = 2 mΩ.cm2 (Low on-resistance at significantly lower gate bias)
*C. Gupta et al., IEEE EDL, 2017
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Conclusions
Low loss PV inverters continue to improve The goal is to make PV inverters close to 99% efficiency Maybe limited by the passive elements
Science and Technology will drive cost down while maintaining reliability
Examples are High Voltage Devices on GaN substrates and N-polar GaN transistors
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N-Polar
AlGaN Barrier
GaN Buffer Ga-Face
AlG
aN B
arrier
GaN
Buffer
Ga-Face
AlGaN Barrier
GaN Buffer Ga-Face
N-Face