Modeling of high power semiconductor switches operated in the nonlinear mode

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 2084-2090

  Stout, Phillip J ^a,b   Kushner, Mark J ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b CFD RESEARCH CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRON SCATTERING; ENERGY GAP; LASER PULSES; PHOTONS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SWITCHING;

BAND TO BAND RECOMBINATION RADIATION; GAIN MECHANISMS; NEGATIVE DIFFERENTIAL RESISTANCE; NONLINEAR MODE OPERATION; PHOTOCONDUCTIVE SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCHES; PHOTON ABSORPTION;

SWITCHES;

EID: 0030081453     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.361066     Document Type: Article

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