Characterization and modeling of high-voltage field-stop IGBTs

Conference Record - IAS Annual Meeting (IEEE Industry Applications Society)

Volumn 3, Issue , 2002, Pages 2175-2181

  Kang, X ^a   Caiafa, A ^a   Santi, E ^a   Hudgins, J L ^a   Palmer, P R ^b  

^a University of South Carolina   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Field stop IGBT; High voltage IGBT; Power semiconductors modeling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

POWER SEMICONDUCTORS;

INSULATED GATE BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS;

EID: 0036443236     PISSN: 01972618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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