Device temperature and heat generation in power metal-oxide semiconductor field effect transistors

Journal of thermophysics and heat transfer

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 185-194

  Zhu, L ^a   Vafai, K ^a   Xu, L ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; MOSFET DEVICES; POWER ELECTRONICS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

HEAT GENERATION;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 0032666885     PISSN: 08878722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.6435     Document Type: Article

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