Optimum combination of SiC-diodes and Si-switching devices in high power application

PESC Record - IEEE Annual Power Electronics Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Sung, Kyungmin ^a   Kamaga, Masamu ^b   Tanaka, Yasunori ^c   Ohashi, Hiromichi ^c  

^a IBARAKI NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIODES; SWITCHING;

DEVICES STRUCTURES; SWITCHING DEVICES;

SILICON CARBIDE;

EID: 42449101794     PISSN: 02759306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PESC.2006.1711877     Document Type: Conference Paper

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