A New Monolithic Emitter-Switching Bipolar Transistor (ESBT) in High-Voltage Converter Applications

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

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages 1810-1817

  Buonomo, S ^a   Ronsisvalle, C ^a   Scollo, R ^a   Musumeci, S ^b   Pagano, R ^b   Raciti, A ^b  

^a STMICROELECTRONICS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Emitter Switching Bipolar Transistor; Forward converter; Monolithic cascode structure

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FREQUENCIES; MOSFET DEVICES; POWER SUPPLY CIRCUITS;

MONOLITHIC DEVICES; PHYSICAL STRUCTURE;

BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS;

EID: 0242424392     PISSN: 01972618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (6)

1. N. Mohan, T. M. Undeland, W. P. Robbins. Power Electronics: Converters, Applications, and Design. Second edition, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1995.
2. T. Chan, M. M. Morcos, "On the use of IGBT-gated GTO-cascode switches in quasi-resonant converters," IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, Vol. 31, No. 6, November/December 1995, pp. 1227-1233.
3. G. Belverde, A. Galluzzo, M. Melito, S. Musumeci, A. Raciti, "Smart Power Devices in Soft Switching Applications," Proceedings of the Annual IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference PESC'00, 18-23 June, 2000, Galway, Ireland, Vol. 3, pp. 1577-1582.
4. S. Sueri, "VIPower™ M3: a New Smart Technology for High Power, High Speed Applications." Proceedings of the PCIM'97 Europe, 10-12 June 1997, Nuremberg, Germany, pp. 19-27.
5. D. Tagliavia, S. Spampinato, S. Sueri, "VIPower M3 technology: an example of smart power solution in quasi resonant flyback applications," Proceedings of the European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design ECCTD'99, August 29-September 2, 1999, Stresa, Italy, pp. 979-982.
6. Jayant Baliga, Modern Power Devices, New York: Wiley, 1987.