We review the history and modern state of silicon carbide and SiC-based devices. Main techniques for growing bulk SiC crystals and epitaxial SiC films are discussed. Epitaxial SiC structures used for post-growth processing are briefly reviewed. The state of the art achieved in developing SiC-devices is presented. The main problems that occur in developing SiC-equipment and prospects for designing and developing such equipment are analyzed.
Keywords: silicon carbide, bulk crystals, sublimation, polytypes, lateral overgrowth, dislocations, high-voltage power diodes, high-voltage subnanosecond pulse diodes, thyristors, bipolar junction transistors, analytical models, computer simulations, color center, spin, sensorics, magnetic field, ODMR, graphene, two-dimensional materials, Raman spectroscopy PACS:81.05.ue, 81.10.−h, 85.30.−z (all) DOI:10.3367/UFNe.2018.10.038437 URL: https://ufn.ru/en/articles/2019/8/c/ 000504891900002 2-s2.0-85076766922 2019PhyU...62..754L Citation: Lebedev A A, Ivanov P A, Levinshtein M E, Mokhov E N, Nagalyuk S S, Anisimov A N, Baranov P G "SiC-based electronics (100th anniversary of the Ioffe Institute)" Phys. Usp.62 754–794 (2019)
%0 Journal Article
%T SiC-based electronics (100th anniversary of the Ioffe Institute)
%A A. A. Lebedev
%A P. A. Ivanov
%A M. E. Levinshtein
%A E. N. Mokhov
%A S. S. Nagalyuk
%A A. N. Anisimov
%A P. G. Baranov
%I Physics-Uspekhi
%D 2019
%J Phys. Usp.
%V 62
%N 8
%P 754-794
%U https://ufn.ru/en/articles/2019/8/c/
%U https://doi.org/10.3367/UFNe.2018.10.038437
Received: 4th, September 2018, revised: 1st, October 2018, accepted: 4th, October 2018