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Impact of Embedded Liquid Cooling on the Electrical Characteristics of GaN-on-Si Power Transistors

Nela, Luca  
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van Erp, Remco Franciscus Peter  
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Perera, Nirmana  
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September 20, 2021
IEEE Electron Device Letters

Wide-Band-Gap semiconductors have enabled considerable miniaturization of power devices, which requires, however, new thermal management solutions to handle the resulting high heat fluxes. Recently, embedded liquid cooling in GaN-on-Si devices was demonstrated as a promising solution by flowing a coolant through microchannels etched in the silicon substrate. However, its impact on power devices’ electrical characteristics, especially at high voltage, is yet to be investigated, which is crucial to assess the viability of the technology. Besides, previous demonstrations were limited to relatively low-power devices, while embedded liquid cooling for high-current and high-voltage (650 V) commercial GaN transistors would show the full potential of the technology. Here, we integrate embedded liquid cooling on 650 V, 50 mΩ GaN-on-Si commercial power devices. We demonstrate no negative impact on the device dc or switching performance due to the embedded liquid cooling, which proves the robustness and validity of the technology. Besides, liquid-cooled devices show more than 4× higher current capability and much-improved RON × Eoss figure-of-merit in a large output current range compared to forced-convection air-cooling, highlighting their potential for high-current applications. Finally, deionized water and a dielectric fluid (3M Novec 7200) are compared as coolants, revealing a trade-off between thermal performance and reliability during high-voltage operation.

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DOI
10.1109/LED.2021.3114056
Author(s)
Nela, Luca  
van Erp, Remco Franciscus Peter  
Perera, Nirmana  
Jafari, Armin  
Erine, Catherine  
Matioli, Elison  
Date Issued

2021-09-20

Publisher

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Published in
IEEE Electron Device Letters
Volume

42

Issue

11

Start page

1642

End page

1645

Subjects

GaN

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HEMTs

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Power Devices

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Losses Characterization

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Liquid Cooling

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Microchannels

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