Forward and reverse recovery behaviour of diodes in power converter applications

Proceedings of the International Conference on Microelectronics

Volumn 24 I, Issue , 2004, Pages 3-10

  Shammas, Noel ^a   Chamund, Dinesh ^b   Taylor, Paul ^b  

^a STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DYNEX SEMICONDUCTOR LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOSFET DEVICES; OPTIMIZATION; POWER CONVERTERS; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; SWITCHES; THYRISTORS;

BALANCING DIODES; FAST RECOVERY DIODES (FRD); JUNCTION CAPACITANCE;

SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES;

EID: 3142754073     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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