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GaN-on-SiC HEMT substrate chain
GaN/SiC HEMT

A browser CSV lab for wide-bandgap device pathfinding: compare semi-insulating SiC, high-resistivity SiC, GaN-on-Si, and bonded GaN-SiC watch cases against buffer traps, RF loss, thermal path, dynamic Ron, breakdown margin, package heat path, reliability review, and application fit.

sectionExploresectionRun CardsectionExportsectionMethodssectionLimitssectionEvidence

EXPLORE

Start with the observable.

Use this page when the simulation is the primary artifact. The linked lesson explains the concept; the linked lab keeps the visual replay surface available.

guided exploration
  • Compare semi-insulating SiC, high-resistivity SiC scale-up, GaN-on-Si cost reference, and bonded GaN-SiC interface watch cases before naming a substrate winner.
  • Filter buffer strategy, HEMT mode, package heat path, reliability stress, and application context to see which risk owns the decision gate.
  • Watch thermal relief, RF loss risk, buffer trap risk, dynamic Ron risk, breakdown margin, integration risk, and application fit move together.
  • Use substrate, process integration, RF/power device, and package/reliability role views so a material advantage does not become an unsupported product claim.

BROWSER INTERACTIVE LAB

Filter the saved CSV. Inspect matching replay rows.

No server solver is running here. The browser filters a precomputed table and redraws the plot locally.

loading matching rows / x: substrate profile
Loading replay rowsReading the saved CSV in this browser.
application fit scorethermal relief indexrf loss risk proxydynamic ron riskintegration risk proxy

Each metric is normalized independently for shape inspection. Vertical positions do not compare magnitude across metrics.

no matching replay row

n/aapplication fit score

n/athermal relief index

n/arf loss risk proxy

n/adynamic ron risk

n/aintegration risk proxy

Change one or more controls to find a saved row. No unrelated CSV value is substituted.

case idsubstrate profileepitaxy buffer strategyhemt modethermal stackreliability contextapplication contextthermal relief indexrf loss risk proxydynamic ron riskapplication fit scoredecision gatenext safe check
Loading saved replay rows...

RUN CARD

Conditions before conclusions.

The browser filters saved CSV rows. It does not run live TCAD, electrothermal solving, RF simulation, SPICE, wafer/process fitting, uploaded designs, equipment workflows, or product qualification.

precomputed-browser-csv-replay

Primary knobs

  • substrate profile
  • epitaxy/buffer strategy
  • HEMT mode
  • thermal stack
  • reliability context
  • application context
outputs

Saved outputs

  • thermal relief index
  • RF loss risk proxy
  • buffer trap risk
  • dynamic Ron risk
  • breakdown margin proxy
  • package heat path score
  • reliability review score
  • application fit score
  • decision gate

EXPORT

Download the public artifacts.

These exports are the supported public files for review. PDK files and restricted third-party material are not redistributed.

download

GaN/SiC HEMT substrate replay CSV

/data/gan-sic-hemt-substrate-chain-v83.csv

Open file ->
download

Typed web JSON

/data/gan-sic-hemt-substrate-chain-web-v1.json

Open file ->
download

Model card

/data/gan-sic-hemt-substrate-chain-model-card-v1.md

Open file ->

METHODS

How the number was made.

Methods are written for citation discipline: the extraction rule matters as much as the plotted value.

method

Generate a Cartesian synthetic sweep across substrate profile, buffer strategy, HEMT mode, thermal stack, reliability context, and application context.

Keep this method attached when reusing the figure or metric.

method

Normalize public wide-bandgap, GaN-on-SiC, thermal-path, RF-loss, dynamic Ron, TDDB, hot-carrier, and mission-profile vocabulary into proxy scores.

Keep this method attached when reusing the figure or metric.

method

Apply decision gates that prioritize thermal path, trap/dynamic Ron, normally-off reliability, interface thermal boundary, and cost/scale review before any candidate label.

Keep this method attached when reusing the figure or metric.

method

Store the CSV, typed JSON, model card, and source boundary under the public data folder and experiment folder.

Keep this method attached when reusing the figure or metric.

LIMITS

What this page does not claim.

The MVP is useful because the limits are visible. These statements prevent a teaching simulation from being cited as silicon evidence.

non-claim

No GaN epitaxy recipe, process recipe, gas flow, wafer specification, equipment setting, TCAD deck, RF simulator setup, or measured wafer data is included.

Carry this boundary into any derivative note, paper draft, or slide.

non-claim

No live server TCAD, electrothermal solver, SPICE, RF simulation, layout extraction, uploaded design, account, payment, comment, newsletter signup, job/event submission, or public service intake is active.

Carry this boundary into any derivative note, paper draft, or slide.

non-claim

No product recommendation, substrate supplier ranking, qualified reliability result, cost/availability claim, foundry claim, PA/converter release claim, or mission-profile signoff is made.

Carry this boundary into any derivative note, paper draft, or slide.

non-claim

Rows are normalized synthetic teaching proxies and require rights-cleared replacement evidence before stronger engineering reuse.

Carry this boundary into any derivative note, paper draft, or slide.

EVIDENCE

Trace the claim back to artifacts.

The evidence route remains the catalog-level browser; this page is the simulation-level reading card.

evidence note

CSV replay with 2304 rows and explicit thermal, RF loss, trap, dynamic Ron, reliability, integration, and application-fit decision gates.

SA-PWR-GAN-SIC-002

evidence note

Typed JSON summary with role views, top candidates, trap-limited rows, source anchors, methods, limits, and public boundary.

SA-PWR-GAN-SIC-002

evidence note

Model card saved beside the public dataset and experiment record.

SA-PWR-GAN-SIC-002

evidence note

Source spine uses public links only and does not copy restricted vendor, supplier, process, paper, or wafer data.

SA-PWR-GAN-SIC-002

Public execution boundary

No server-side live ngspice execution, uploads, accounts, payments, comments, newsletter signup, or job/event submissions are active on this page.