Avalanche behavior of low-voltage power MOSFETs

IEEE Power Electronics Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 104-107

  Buttay, Cyril ^a   Salah, Tarek Ben ^a   Bergogne, Dominique ^a   Allard, Bruno ^a   Morel, Hervé ^a   Chante, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Avalanche; Avalanche resistance; Electrothermal model; Low voltage MOSFET; Temperature estimation

Indexed keywords

DEMAGNETIZATION; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; TRANSISTORS; VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT;

AVALANCHE; AVALANCHE RESISTANCE; ELECTROTHERMAL MODEL; LOW-VOLTAGE MOSFET; TEMPERATURE ESTIMATION;

MOSFET DEVICES;

EID: 10244263647     PISSN: 15407985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPEL.2004.839638     Document Type: Article

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