Performance evaluation of picosecond high-voltage power switches based on propagation of superfast impact ionization fronts in SiC structures

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Rodin, Pavel ^a   Ivanov, Pavel ^a   Grekhov, Igor ^a  

^a IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC LOADS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC SWITCHES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SILICON CARBIDE;

IONIZATION RATE; POWER SWITCHES; PULSE POWER APPLICATIONS;

IMPACT IONIZATION;

EID: 33644622735     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2161823     Document Type: Article

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