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How we made the 1,000 V silicon carbide Schottky diode

Silicon carbide power devices are an important component in a variety of technologies. Tsunenobu Kimoto recounts how the first 1 kV silicon carbide Schottky diodes were created.

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Fig. 1: SiC devices were fabricated on small SiC pieces in 1990 and now SiC power devices are manufactured on large-diameter wafers.

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Kimoto, T. How we made the 1,000 V silicon carbide Schottky diode. Nat Electron 7, 933 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41928-024-01252-7

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