A study on maximum turn-off current of a high-power GTO

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 413-419

  Shimizu, Yoshiteru ^a   Kimura, Shin ^a   Kozaka, Hiroshi ^a   Matsuura, Nobuyoshi ^a   Tanaka, Tomoyuki ^a   Monma, Naohiro ^a  

^a HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES; VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT;

TURN-OFF CURRENTS;

THYRISTORS;

EID: 0033079565     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/16.740909     Document Type: Article

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