Flexible dv/dt and di/dt control method for insulated gate power switches

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 657-664

  Park, Shihong ^a   Jahns, Thomas M ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Driver circuits; Electromagnetic interference (EMI); Insulated gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs); Insulated gate transistor switches; Power FETs; Power MOSFETs

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CURRENT CONTROL; ELECTRIC INDUCTORS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE INTERFERENCE; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; MOSFET DEVICES; SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCHES; VOLTAGE CONTROL;

DRIVER CIRCUITS; INSULATED GATE POWER SWITCHES; POWER FETS; POWER MOSFETS;

INSULATED GATE BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS;

EID: 0037811005     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2003.810654     Document Type: Article

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