Distributed B-Spline electrothermal models of thyristors proposed for circuit simulation of power electronics

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 353-366

  Hung, C J ^a,b   Roblin, P ^a  

^a Ohio State University   (United States)

^b C Cube Microsystems   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER AIDED NETWORK ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRIC NETWORK SYNTHESIS; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TENSORS; THYRISTORS; TRANSIENTS;

ELECTROTHERMAL SPREADING EFFECTS;

POWER ELECTRONICS;

EID: 0035249548     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/16.902739     Document Type: Article

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