Optimum semiconductors for high-power electronics

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 1989, Pages 1811-1823

  Shenai, Krishna ^a   Scott, Robert S ^a   Baliga, B Jayant ^b  

^a GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; SEMICONDUCTING DIAMONDS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES--DESIGN; SILICON CARBIDE;

HIGH POWER ELECTRONICS; POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; WIDE-BANDGAP SEMICONDUCTORS;

SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

EID: 0024737721     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: 15579646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/16.34247     Document Type: Article

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