Status and prospects of SiC power devices

IEEJ Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 391-399

  Bakowski, Mietek ^a,b  

^a ACREO AB   (Sweden)

^b Acreo ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Applications; Current handling capability; Development trends; Roadmap for; SiC power devices; Simulations; Status; Super junction devices; System benefits; Unipolar and bipolar SiC devices

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT TRENDS; SIC POWER DEVICES; SUPER JUNCTION DEVICES; UNIPOLAR AND BIPOLAR SIC DEVICES;

ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; MOSFET DEVICES; SILICON CARBIDE; SUBSTRATES;

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT;

EID: 33645636940     PISSN: 09136339     EISSN: 13488163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1541/ieejias.126.391     Document Type: Article

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