The guard-ring termination for the high-voltage SiC Schottkybarrier diodes

In this report, we propose the guard-ring structure as the edge termination for the high-voltage SiC Schottky barrier diodes. The local oxidation process is used to form the mesa of a p-n junction as the guard-ring. The comparison between the Al/Ti Schottky barrier diodes with and without the guard-ring indicates the effectiveness of the guard-ring to relax the electric field, from the results that the breakdown voltage is about two times larger with high yield