Physics-based PiN diode SPICE model for power-circuit simulation

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 911-919

  Buiatti, Gustavo Malagoni ^a,b   Cappelluti, Federica ^b   Ghione, Giovanni ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b ALSTOM   (France)

Author keywords

Device modeling; Discrete power device; Fast Recovery Diode (FRED); PiN power diode; Power semiconductor device

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; SPICE;

DISCRETE POWER DEVICE; DISTRIBUTED EQUIVALENT CIRCUIT; FAST RECOVERY DIODE (FRED); PIN POWER DIODE; POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE; POWER-CIRCUIT SIMULATION;

SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES;

EID: 34547902143     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2007.900492     Document Type: Article

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