Modeling Low-Voltage Power MOSFETs as Synchronous Rectifiers in Buck Converter Applications

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

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages 1794-1801

  Shenai, K ^a   Cavallaro, C ^b   Musumeci, S ^b   Pagano, R ^b   Raciti, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Buck converter; Power MOSFET; Synchronous rectifier; Two dimensional modeling

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS; SYNCHRONOUS MACHINERY;

BUCK CONVERTERS;

MOSFET DEVICES;

EID: 0242424407     PISSN: 01972618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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