Induction heating system operation by soft switching GaN heterojunction field effect transistors

Proceedings of the International Symposium on Power Semiconductor Devices and ICs

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 157-160

  Niiyarna, Yuki ^a   Masuda, Mitsuru ^a   Ikeda, Nariaki ^a   Yoshida, Seikoh ^a  

^a FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM GALLIUM NITRIDE; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; GALLIUM NITRIDE; INDUCTION HEATING;

OPERATION CURRENT; SPECIFIC ON RESISTANCE;

HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS;

EID: 39749090500     PISSN: 10636854     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISPSD.2007.4294956     Document Type: Conference Paper

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