A new driving circuit for cascode devices performing optimal control of the storage time

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

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages 1130-1137

  Musumeci, S ^a   Pagano, R ^a   Raciti, A ^a   Buonomo, S ^b   Scollo, R ^b   Vitale, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b STMICROELECTRONICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; LINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

BASE-VOLTAGE; DRIVING CIRCUIT; OPTIMAL FEEDING; VOLTAGE SUPPLY DISTURBANCES;

ELECTRIC CHARGE;

EID: 33745913352     PISSN: 01972618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IAS.2005.1518499     Document Type: Conference Paper

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