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Avalanche leakage current mechanism in vertical GaN devices on foreign substrates
Jun 2026·
Applied Physics Letters
Zineng Yang
,
Yifan Wang
,
Hehe Gong
,
Jiaqi He
,
Hang-Ming Zhang
,
Xin Yang
,
Hengbo Zhang
,
Yuan Qin
,
Kai Cheng
,
Han Wang
,
Yuhao Zhang*
Link
Robustness of SiC and GaN Diodes under Extreme dV/dt Stress up to 980 V/ns
May 2026·In
2026 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC)
Zineng Yang
,
Hongchang Cui
,
Xin Yang
,
Hehe Gong
,
Yuan Qin
,
Yuhao Zhang*
Link
Novel Internal Gate-to-Gate Crosstalk Phenomenon in Monolithic Bidirectional GaN-on-Si HEMTs
May 2026·In
2026 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC)
Hongchang Cui
,
Haozhe Jin
,
Jian Guo
,
Yuhao Zhang*
Link
In-Situ Characterization of Forward Stability in SiC and GaN Diodes over Stress Times from 10-5 to 10^3 s
May 2026·In
2026 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC)
Xin Yang
,
Hehe Gong
,
Zineng Yang
,
Hongchang Cui
,
Hengbo Zhang
,
Kuokchi Lei
,
Yifei Huang
,
Yuhao Zhang*
Link
Evaluation and Application of Kilovolt GaN-on-Sapphire Diode IC
May 2026·In
2026 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC)
Zineng Yang
,
Hengbo Zhang
,
Hehe Gong
,
Xin Yang
,
Hongchang Cui
,
Yuan Qin
,
Yuhao Zhang*
Link
Dynamic On-Resistance and Dynamic Threshold Voltage of GaN-on-Si HEMTs With Varying Substrate Connections in Steady-State Hard Switching
May 2026·In
2026 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC)
Hongchang Cui
,
Xin Yang
,
Zineng Yang
,
Hengbo Zhang
,
Hehe Gong
,
Yuhao Zhang*
Link
A Universal Photodiode-Based Optical Gate Driver for GaN Power Devices
May 2026·
IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
Xin Yang
,
Liyang Jin
,
Jizhong Jiang
,
Linbo Shao
,
Yuhao Zhang*
Link
Photonics-integrated power electronics: A review and perspective
May 2026·
Applied Physics Express
Xin Yang
,
Zineng Yang
,
Jizhong Jiang
,
Hengbo Zhang
,
Feng Zhou
,
Shailesh Joshi
,
Ercan Dede
,
Liyang Jin
,
Chao Xiang
,
Han Wang
Link
Power Devices for Extreme Temperature Applications
May 2026·In
2026 10th IEEE Electron Devices Technology & Manufacturing Conference (EDTM)
Zineng Yang
,
Xin Yang
,
Hehe Gong
,
Yuhao Zhang*
Link
A megawatt ultra-wide bandgap semiconductor module for pulsed power electronics
Mar 2026·
Nature Communications
Hehe Gong
,
Xin Yang
,
Boyan Wang
,
Zichen Zhang
,
Qingrui Yuchi
,
Zineng Yang
,
Matthew Porter
,
Hongchang Cui
,
Yuan Qin
,
Rong Zhang
,
Han Wang
,
Dong Dong
,
Jiandong Ye
,
Guo-Quan Lu
,
Yuhao Zhang*
Link
Cryogenic neuromorphic circuits using gate-controlled negative differential resistance in silicon carbide
Mar 2026·
Nature Communications
Xin Yang
,
Matthew Porter
,
Yuan Qin
,
Zineng Yang
,
Hehe Gong
,
Liyang Jin
,
Zichen Xi
,
Han Wang
,
Liyan Zhu
,
Yuhao Zhang*
,
Linbo Shao
Link
Plenty of Room at the Bottom and Top: Future Perspectives on GaN Power Devices and Applications
Mar 2026·
IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
Zineng Yang
,
Xin Yang
,
Jingcun Liu
,
Hongchang Cui
,
Kuokchi Lei
,
Yujun Guo
,
Teng Gao
,
Philip Chan
,
Ling Xia
,
Han Wang
,
Florin Udrea
,
Dong Dong
,
Qiang Li
,
Yuhao Zhang*
Link
GaN Power Devices for Electrified Transportation: Status, Challenges, and Perspectives
Feb 2026·
IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices
Hengbo Zhang
,
Yifei Huang
,
Hongchang Cui
,
Xin Yang
,
Zineng Yang
,
Jian Guo
,
Haozhe Jin
,
Daohui Li
,
Yu Zhang
,
Quanliang Yang
,
Xuyang Liu
,
Taozhe Liu
,
Florin Udrea
,
Han Wang
,
Yuhao Zhang*
Link
High-Temperature Enhancement-Mode Ga2O3 Monolithic Bidirectional Switch with >6.5 kV Breakdown Voltage
Dec 2025·
IEEE Electron Device Letters
Yuan Qin
,
Chongde Zhang
,
Matthew Porter
,
Xin Yang
,
Zineng Yang
,
Hongchang Cui
,
Han Wang
,
Jiandong Ye
,
Yuhao Zhang*
Link
High power density gallium nitride radio frequency transistors via enhanced nucleation in heteroepitaxy
Dec 2025·
Nature Communications
Hong Zhou
,
Chaoqun Zhang
,
Kun Zhang
,
Zifeng Huang
,
Fang Liu
,
Min Zhou
,
Hehe Gong
,
Shijun Tang
,
Wenjun Liu
,
Baiqi Wang
,
Yaolong Dong
,
Jinwen Liu
,
Shutong Zhou
,
Zuyin Xu
,
Shuai Wang
,
Zhihong Liu
,
Shengrui Xu
,
Chunfu Zhang
,
Xinqiang Wang
,
Han Wang
,
Yachao Zhang
,
Zhe Cheng
,
Tangsheng Chen
,
Yuhao Zhang*
,
Yue Hao
,
Jincheng Zhang
Link
1000 V, 10 MHz Voltage Multiplier Based on Monolithically Integrated GaN-on-Sapphire Diode Bridge IC
Dec 2025·
IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
Zineng Yang
,
Xin Yang
,
Hehe Gong
,
Hongchang Cui
,
Hengbo Zhang
,
Ning Yan
,
Xipei Yu
,
Yuan Qin
,
Yibo Wang
,
Xiaosheng Wang
,
Chaoqiang Jiang
,
Han Wang
,
Dong Dong
,
Qiang Li
,
Yuhao Zhang*
Link
WAVSiC: A Physics-Based Compact Model for SiC MOSFETs
Dec 2025·In
2025 IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM)
Yijing Feng
,
Johan Alant
,
Xin Yang
,
Rebecca Fang
,
Qihao Song
,
Bixuan Wang
,
Han Wang
,
Yuhao Zhang*
,
Ujwal Radhakrishna
,
Lan Wei
Link
Single-Crystal 4H/3C-SiC Engineered Substrate: A Novel Platform Enabling High-Performance Low-Voltage SiC Devices
Dec 2025·In
2025 IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM)
Link
Low Thermal Resistance X-band AlGaN/GaN/AlN-on-SiC RF Power HEMTs with Record Pout = 41 W/mm and fT×BV = 31 THz•V
Dec 2025·In
2025 IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM)
Hong Zhou
,
Kun Zhang
,
Chaoqun Zhang
,
Qifeng Lyu
,
Hui Zhang
,
Naiqian Zhang
,
Peng Dong
,
Jia Cao
,
Yali Mao
,
Hehe Gong
,
Zhihong Liu
,
Chao Yuan
,
Yachao Zhang
,
Yi Pei
,
Yuhao Zhang*
,
Yue Hao
,
Jincheng Zhang
Link
Intrinsically Exceptional Short-Circuit Robustness (tSC > 30 µs, ISC > 230 A) in Monolithic Bidirectional GaN-on-Si Power HEMTs
Dec 2025·In
2025 IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM)
Hongchang Cui
,
Xiaoming Liu
,
Xin Yang
,
Hehe Gong
,
Rong Yang
,
Liang Song
,
Fu Chen
,
Jianping Wang
,
Yi Sun
,
Pengju Kong
,
Yuhao Zhang*
Link
First Demonstration of an Ultra-Wide Bandgap Power Module through Device-Package, Electro-Thermo-Mechanical Co-Optimization
Dec 2025·In
2025 IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM)
Hehe Gong
,
Xin Yang
,
Boyan Wang
,
Zichen Zhang
,
Qingrui Yuchi
,
Zineng Yang
,
Zhengpeng Wang
,
Matthew Porter
,
Hongchang Cui
,
Yuan Qin
,
Yibo Wang
,
Xiaosheng Wang
,
Chaoqiang Jiang
,
Rong Zhang
,
Han Wang
,
Dong Dong
,
Jiandong Ye
,
Guoquan Lu
,
Yuhao Zhang*
Link
A Monolithic Reconfigurable RRAM CIM Array Integrating PUF, TRNG, and a Lightweight Block Cipher for Secure Edge AI
Dec 2025·In
2025 IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM)
Songqi Wang
,
Shuang Liang
,
Shaonan Wu
,
Zhiqi Yang
,
Jichang Yang
,
Xinyuan Zhang
,
Yi Li
,
Yuhao Zhang*
,
Zhongrui Wang
,
Aoyang Zhang
,
Han Wang
Link
5 kV, 20 mΩꞏcm2 Enhancement-Mode Multi-Channel GaN Monolithic Bidirectional Switch
Dec 2025·In
2025 IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM)
Yuan Qin
,
Ming Xiao
,
Hongchang Cui
,
Xin Yang
,
Zineng Yang
,
Hehe Gong
,
Kai Liu
,
Ivan Kravchenko
,
Florin Udrea
,
Kai Cheng
,
Han Wang
,
Yuhao Zhang*
Link
Heterogeneous integration of ultrawide bandgap semiconductors for radio frequency power devices
Nov 2025·
Science Advances
Hong Zhou
,
Min Zhou
,
Mingjie Xiang
,
Hehe Gong
,
Guangjie Gao
,
Chenlu Wang
,
Yachao Zhang
,
Kui Dang
,
Zhihong Liu
,
Jinfeng Zhang
,
Hangming Zhang
,
Yifan Wang
,
Han Wang
,
Mengwei Si
,
Yuhao Zhang*
,
Yue Hao
,
Jincheng Zhang
Link
Monolithic cascode multi-channel high electron mobility transistors
This disclosure provides semiconductor device including a first transistor with a first gate terminal, a first source terminal, and the …
Yuhao Zhang
,
Ming Xiao
Link
In-situ Measurement and Physical Mechanism of Dynamic RON in GaN-on-Si Monolithic Half-Bridge Power IC
Aug 2025·
IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
Xin Yang
,
Hongchang Cui
,
Zineng Yang
,
Matthew Porter
,
Bin Lu
,
Yuhao Zhang*
Link
Plasma-free etched b-ga2o3-nio merged pin schottky diode with high-voltage stress reliability (pending)
A semiconductor device includes a layered structure forming multiple carrier channels extending in parallel at different depths of the …
Joseph A. Spencer
,
Marko J. Tadjer
,
Alan G. Jacobs
,
Karl D. Hobart
,
Yuhao Zhang
,
Neeraj Napal
Link
First Characterization of Si IGBT, SiC MOSFET, and GaN HEMT at Deep Cryogenic Temperatures down to 10 Millikelvins
Aug 2025·
IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
Xin Yang
,
Zineng Yang
,
Matthew Porter
,
Linbo Shao
,
Yuhao Zhang*
Link
Power Cycling Testing for Power Semiconductor Switches: Methods, Standards, Limitations, and Outlooks
Aug 2025·
IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
Yi Zhang
,
Patrick Heimler
,
James Opondo Abuogo
,
Xinyue Zhang
,
Yichi Zhang
,
Dong Xie
,
Yuhao Zhang*
,
Kaichen Zhang
,
Xiang Li
,
Haoze Luo
,
Ralf Schmidt
,
Frede Blaabjerg
,
Huai Wang
,
Thomas Basler
Link
10 kV E-mode GaN HEMT: Physics for breakdown voltage upscaling
Jul 2025·
Applied Physics Letters
Yijin Guo
,
Yuan Qin
,
Matthew Porter
,
Zineng Yang
,
Ming Xiao
,
Yifan Wang
,
Daniel Popa
,
Loizos Efthymiou
,
Chu Cheng
,
Kai Cheng
,
Ivan Kravchenko
,
Linbo Shao
,
Florin Udrea
,
Yuhao Zhang*
Link
The renaissance of lateral power devices for high voltage applications
Jul 2025·
APL Electronic Devices
Zineng Yang
,
Yuan Qin
,
Yuhao Zhang*
Link
Termination structures for semiconductor devices (pending)
A process for forming a device can include forming a first semiconductor region having a first conductivity type. The process can …
Yuhao Zhang
,
Ming Xiao
Link
First Demonstration of Optically-Controlled 650 V Power GaN HEMT with Ultrafast Switching Speed
Jun 2025·In
2025 37th International Symposium on Power Semiconductor Devices and ICs (ISPSD)
Xin Yang
,
Liyang Jin
,
Matthew Porter
,
Hongchang Cui
,
Zineng Yang
,
Hehe Gong
,
Han Wang
,
Linbo Shao*
,
Yuhao Zhang*
Link
Switching Reliability of NiO/Ga2O3 Bipolar Junction Evaluated by a Circuit Method
Jun 2025·In
2025 37th International Symposium on Power Semiconductor Devices and ICs (ISPSD)
Hehe Gong
,
Xin Yang
,
Zineng Yang
,
Yuan Qin
,
Jiandong Ye
,
Yuhao Zhang*
Link
Dynamic Stability and Reliability of Multi-Kilovolt GaN Monolithic Bidirectional HEMT
Jun 2025·In
2025 37th International Symposium on Power Semiconductor Devices and ICs (ISPSD)
Y. Qin
,
Y. Guo
,
M. Porter
,
M. Xiao
,
H. Gong
,
Zineng Yang
,
D. Popa
,
L. Efthymiou
,
K. Cheng
,
Z. Chu
,
H. Wang
,
F. Udrea
,
Yuhao Zhang*
Link
Dynamic Reliability of IC-Interface GaN HEMTs Demonstrated Under Ultra-Fast (ns), High-Frequency (MHz) Gate Overvoltage Stress (>30V)
Jun 2025·In
2025 37th International Symposium on Power Semiconductor Devices and ICs (ISPSD)
Bixuan Wang
,
Xin Yang
,
Qihao Song
,
Kalparupa Mukherjee
,
Loizos Efthymiou
,
Daniel Popa
,
Giorgia Longobardi
,
Dong Dong
,
Florin Udrea*
,
Yuhao Zhang*
Link
Robust Avalanche (1.5 kV, 2 kA/cm2) in Vertical GaN Diodes on Patterned Sapphire Substrate
May 2025·
IEEE Electron Device Letters
Yifan Wang
,
Ming Xiao
,
Zineng Yang
,
Matthew Porter
,
Kai Cheng
,
Qihao Song
,
Ivan Kravchenko
,
Yuhao Zhang*
Link
Optically-Controlled 3.3 kV SiC MOSFET with Fast Switching Speed and Low Optical Power
May 2025·In
2025 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC)
Xin Yang
,
Guannan Shi
,
Liyang Jin
,
Yuan Qin
,
Matthew Porter
,
Che-Wei Chang
,
Xiaoting Jia
,
Dong Dong
,
Linbo Shao
,
Yuhao Zhang*
Link
First Characterization of GaN Power Device and IC at Deep Cryogenic Temperatures down to 100 mK
May 2025·In
2025 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC)
Xin Yang
,
Matthew Porter
,
Zineng Yang
,
Zichen Xi
,
Liyang Jin
,
Liyan Zhu
,
Linbo Shao
,
Yuhao Zhang*
Link
Enhancement-mode GaN Monolithic Bidirectional Switch with Breakdown Voltage over 3.3 kV
Apr 2025·
IEEE Electron Device Letters
Yijin Guo
,
Yuan Qin*
,
Ming Xiao
,
Matthew Porter
,
Qihao Song
,
Daniel Popa
,
Loizos Efthymiou
,
Kai Cheng
,
Ivan Kravchenko
,
Linbo Shao
,
Han Wang
,
Florin Udrea*
,
Yuhao Zhang*
Link
Impact of Substrate Bias on the Stability of Bidirectional GaN HEMT in Hard-and Soft-Switching
Mar 2025·In
2025 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC)
Qihao Song
,
Hongchang Cui
,
Qiang Li
,
Yuhao Zhang*
Link
Power Schottky barrier diodes with high breakdown voltage and low leakage current
This disclosure provides a diode including a semiconductor region having at least one two-dimensional carrier channel of a first …
Yuhao Zhang
,
Ming Xiao
Link
Wide-bandgap semiconductors and power electronics as pathways to carbon neutrality
Jan 2025·
Nature Review Electrical Engineering
Yuhao Zhang*
,
Dong Dong*
,
Qiang Li*
,
Richard Zhang
,
Florin Udrea
,
Han Wang*
Link
Junction-based deep mesa termination for multi-kilovolt vertical β-Ga2O3 power devices
Jan 2025·
Applied Physics Letters
Jiangbin Wan
,
Hengyu Wang*
,
Chi Zhang
,
Ce Wang
,
Haoyuan Cheng
,
Jiandong Ye
,
Yuhao Zhang
,
Kuang Sheng
Link
Reliability of NiO/β-Ga2O3 bipolar heterojunction
Jan 2025·
Applied Physics Letters
Hehe Gong*
,
Xin Yang
,
Matthew Porter
,
Zineng Yang
,
Bixuan Wang
,
Li Li
,
Lan Fu
,
Kohei Sasaki
,
Han Wang
,
Shulin Gu
,
Rong Zhang
,
Jiandong Ye*
,
Yuhao Zhang*
Link
Charge balanced power Schottky barrier diodes
This disclosure provides a diode including a semiconductor region having at least one two-dimensional carrier channel of a first …
Yuhao Zhang
,
Ming Xiao
Link
Stability Improvement of GaN Power HEMT by a Multi-Functional Monolithic Protection Circuit
Dec 2024·
IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
Qihao Song
,
Xin Yang
,
Bixuan Wang
,
Everest Litchford
,
Yi Sun
,
Pengju Kong
,
Qiang Li
,
Yuhao Zhang*
Link
Charge balanced power transistors (pending)
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor region having at least one two-dimensional carrier channel of a first conductivity …
Yuhao Zhang
,
Ming Xiao
Link
Heterogeneous superjunction devices (pending)
A device may include a substrate of a first conductivity type, the first conductivity type being one of a n-type conductivity and a …
Yuhao Zhang
,
Ming Xiao
,
Yunwei Ma
Link
ß-Ga2O3 Junction Barrier Schottky (JBS) Diodes with Sputtered p-Type NiO (pending)
A self-aligned lithography process for the fabrication of an electronic device having predefined areas of a second semiconductor …
Joseph A. Spencer
,
Marko J. Tadjer
,
Alan G. Jacobs
,
Karl D. Hobart
,
Yuhao Zhang
Link
Gallium Oxide Planar MOS-Schottky Rectifier (pending)
A semiconductor device includes a layered structure forming multiple carrier channels extending in parallel at different depths of the …
Marko J. Tadjer
,
Hannah N. Masten
,
Joseph A. Spencer
,
Alan G. Jacobs
,
Karl D. Hobart
,
Yuhao Zhang
Link
High electron mobility transistors with charge compensation
A variety of high electron mobility transistor structures are provided having charge compensation regions that can extend below the …
Yuhao Zhang
Link
Heterogeneous termination structures for semiconductor devices (pending)
A device may include a first semiconductor region of a first conductivity type having a top surface and being formed of a first …
Yuhao Zhang
,
Ming Xiao
,
Boyan Wang
Link
Semiconductor device with multiple carrier channels
A semiconductor device includes a layered structure forming multiple carrier channels including at least one n-type channel formed in a …
Koon Hoo Teo
,
Yuhao Zhang
Link
Enhancement-mode transistors with increased threshold voltage
A field effect transistor that has a source, a drain, a gate, a semiconductor region, and a dielectric region. The dielectric region is …
Yuhao Zhang
,
Tomas Apostol Palacios
Link
Semiconductor device with multiple-functional barrier layer
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor structure forming a carrier channel, a barrier layer arranged in proximity with the …
Koon Hoo Teo
,
Yuhao Zhang
Link
Semiconductor device with multiple carrier channels
A semiconductor device includes a layered structure forming multiple carrier channels extending in parallel at different depths of the …
Koon Hoo Teo
,
Yuhao Zhang
Link
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