Optimization of the anti-parallel diode in an igbt module for hard-s witching applications

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 879-886

  Pendharkar, S ^a   Shenai, Krishna ^b,c  

^a Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium   (United States)

^b TEXAS INSTRUMENTS   (United States)

^c University of Illinois at Chicago   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GATES (TRANSISTOR); OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE; SIMULATORS; SWITCHING; THERMAL EFFECTS;

SWITCHING PERFORMANCE;

SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES;

EID: 0031145128     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/16.568053     Document Type: Article

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