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Device Modeling Report




COMPONENTS: Silicon Carbide Schottky Diode
PART NUMBER: IDH16S60C
MANUFACTURER: Infineon
REMARK: Professional Model




                 Bee Technologies Inc.




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Circuit Configuration



            U1
            IDH16S60C




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DIODE MODEL PARAMETERS
  PSpice
   model                                Model description
 parameter
     IS         Saturation Current
     N          Emission Coefficient
     RS         Series Resistance
    IKF         High-injection Knee Current
    CJO         Zero-bias Junction Capacitance
     M          Junction Grading Coefficient
     VJ         Junction Potential
    ISR         Recombination Current Saturation Value
     BV         Reverse Breakdown Voltage(a positive value)
    IBV         Reverse Breakdown Current(a positive value)
     TT         Transit Time
    EG          Energy-band Gap




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Forward Current Characteristics

Circuit Simulation result



              25A




              20A




              15A




              10A




               5A




               0A
                    0V           0.5V        1.0V           1.5V   2.0V      2.5V       3.0V
                         I(R1)
                                                            V_V1




Evaluation circuit

                                                    R1

                                                    0.01m

                                        V1                            U1
                                                                      IDH16S60C




                                        0




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Comparison Graph

Circuit Simulation result


                                        25
                                                     Measurement
                                                     Simulation
                                        20
              Forword Current, IF (A)




                                        15



                                        10



                                        5



                                        0
                                             0        0.5          1        1.5        2       2.5        3

                                                             Forward Voltage, VF (V)



Comparison table


                                                                       VF (V)
                         IF (A)                                                                      %Error
                                                     Measurement                Simulation
                                                 1                0.970                0.956             -1.40
                                                 2                1.010                1.014              0.43
                                                 5                1.150                1.158              0.67
                                             10                   1.370                1.375              0.36
                                             25                   2.000                1.997             -0.15




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Reverse Current Characteristic

Circuit Simulation result


               10uA




              1.0uA




              100nA




               10nA




              1.0nA
                  100V           200V          300V          400V          500V      600V
                      I(U1:K)
                                                      V_V1




Evaluation circuit

                                             R1

                                             1m

                                    V1                              U1
                                                                    IDH16S60C




                                   0




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Comparison Graph

Circuit Simulation result


                                          10
                                                       Measurement
                                                       Simulation
              Reverse Current, IR (A)




                                           1




                                          0.1




                                         0.01




                                0.001
                                                100      200          300          400       500          600

                                                               Reverse Voltage , VR (V)



Comparison table


                                                                      IR (A)
              VR (V)                                                                                %Error
                                                      Measurement               Simulation
                                                100            0.00290               0.00304               4.72
                                                200            0.00470               0.00457              -2.75
                                                500            0.29000               0.29405               1.40




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Junction Capacitance Characteristic

Circuit Simulation result


              800p



              700p



              600p



              500p



              400p



              300p



              200p



              100p



                  0
                 100mV               1.0V             10V            100V           1.0KV
                     I(V2)/(600V/1u)
                                                      V(R)




Evaluation circuit

                                                 V2
                                         R

                                                 0

                            V1 = 0       V1                       U1
                            V2 = 600                              IDH16S60C
                            TD = 0
                            TR = 1us
                            TF = 100ns
                            PW = 100us
                            PER = 10m


                                             0




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Comparison Graph

Circuit Simulation result



                                   800
                                                                                      Measurement
                                   700                                                Simulation


                                   600
             Capacitance, C (pF)




                                   500

                                   400

                                   300

                                   200

                                   100

                                     0
                                         0.1          1               10            100            1000
                                                          Reverse Voltage, VR (V)



Comparison table


                                                               C (pF)
                   VR (V)                                                                    %Error
                                               Measurement              Simulation
                                         0.1           770.000                761.334                -1.13
                                         0.5           702.000                704.204                0.31
                                           1           640.000                645.877                0.92
                                           5           415.000                412.064                -0.71
                                          10           320.000                305.219                -4.62
                                          50           160.000                153.309                -4.18
                                         100           120.000                125.621                4.68
                                         500              98.000                99.932               1.97




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