On the series connection of insulated gate power devices

Proceedings of the IEEE International Caracas Conference on Devices, Circuits and Systems, ICCDCS

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Belverde, Gaetano ^a   Galluzzo, Agostino ^a   Melito, Maurizio ^a   Musumeci, Salvatore ^a   Raciti, Angelo ^a  

^a STMICROELECTRONICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; ELECTRIC LOSSES; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; INTERCONNECTION NETWORKS; MOSFET DEVICES; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES; SWITCHING SYSTEMS; TRANSIENTS;

INSULATED GATE POWER DEVICES; POWER LOSS; SERIES CONNECTION; SWITCHING SPEED REDUCTION;

BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS;

EID: 0033683318     PISSN: 15416275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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