New cubic silicon carbide material for innovative semiconductor devices

Objective

Silicon Carbide (SiC) is today considered as the first semiconductor material which will enable development of high power /high temperature electronic devices and industrial high temperature sensors. There are 2 main polytypes of SiC crystals : hexagonal and cubic. Only commercial hexagonal SiC is currently available on the market, which is dominated by one US company. Today the physical and electronic properties of Cubic SiC are approximately known. However some of these properties present considerable interest and most of the current hexagonal SiC applications could get advantage from the use of cubic Sic. Cubic SiC would also allow to get new devices, the MOS structures, which are still missing today due to hexagonal SiC limitations. To realize the full potential of SiC as semiconductor material, the aim of SOLSIC is to develop bulk cubic Sic crystals and waters to update cubic SiC properties and process MOS demonstrator devices.

Programme(s)

• FP5-GROWTH - Programme for research technological development and demonstration on "Competitive and sustainable growth 1998-2002"

Topic(s)

• 1.1.3.-5. - RTD Activities of a Generic Nature : materials and their technologies for production and transformation and new and improved materials and production technologies in the steel field

Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE

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Rue Des Martyrs 17
38054 Grenoble
France

Participants (8)

ACREO AB.

Sweden

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Electrum 236
Electrum 236 Kista

ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI

Greece

Address

University Campus
54006 Thessaloniki

BRITISH CERAMIC RESEARCH LTD.

United Kingdom

Address

Queens Road, Penkhull
ST4 7LQ Stoke-on-trent

CYBERSTAR S.A.

France

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Parc Sud Galaxie - Rue Des Tropiques 1
38435 Echirolles

FORSCHUNGSVERBUND BERLIN E.V.

Germany

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Rüdower Chaussee 6 Geb. 18.46 - 17
12489 Berlin

NOVASIC S.A.

France

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Savoie Technolac - Arche Bèt.4
73375 Le Bourget Du Lac

UNIVERSITE DE MONTPELLIER II - SCIENCES ET TECHNIQUES DU LANGUEDOC

France

Address

Place Eugène Bataillon
34095 Montpellier

UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN-NUREMBERG

Germany

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Staudtstrasse 7 - Building A3
91058 Erlangen