Power device threshold voltage measurement circuit and operation method thereof
AssigneeNational Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
InventorsRustam Kumar, Tian-Li Wu
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AssigneeNational Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
InventorsRustam Kumar, Tian-Li Wu
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A power device threshold voltage measurement circuit and its operation method thereof are provided. The measurement circuit includes a switch component, a device under test, a common source capacitor and a decoupling capacitor. The switch component and the device under test forms a half bridge circuit and the common source capacitor is in series connected at the source of the device under test. The device under test is connected as a lower switch of the half bridge circuit and the decoupling capacitor is connected between the device under test and the common source capacitor. By applying an OFF-state stress mode and a measurement mode successively afterwards, a threshold voltage of the device under test is obtained. And the present invention is beneficial to achieving in shorter pulse width, faster measuring speed and inexpensive measuring equipment, and can thus be widely applied to group III-N based power devices.
A power device threshold voltage measurement circuit, comprising:
An operation method of a power device threshold voltage measurement circuit, wherein the power device threshold voltage measurement circuit includes a switch component, a device under test, a common source capacitor and a decoupling capacitor, the switch component includes a first terminal for receiving an input voltage, a second terminal for receiving a first driving voltage and a third terminal, the device under test includes a first terminal which is being electrically to the third terminal of the switch component, a second terminal for receiving a second driving voltage and a third terminal, the common source capacitor is electrically connected in series with the device under test and electrically connected between the third terminal of the device under test and a ground, and the decoupling capacitor is electrically connected in parallel with the device under test and the common source capacitor and electrically connected between the first terminal of the device under test and the ground, the operation method of the power device threshold voltage measurement circuit comprising:
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