An overview of wide bandgap silicon carbide sensors and electronics development at NASA Glenn Research Center

ECS Transactions

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 247-257

  Hunter, Gary W ^a   Neudeck, Philip G ^a   Beheim, Glenn M ^a   Okojie, Robert S ^a   Chen, Liangyu ^b   Spry, David J ^b   Tiunek, Andrew J ^b  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b OHIO AEROSPACE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS; AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); CHEMICAL SENSORS; CHIP SCALE PACKAGES; ENERGY GAP; GAS DETECTORS; NASA; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; SILICON CARBIDE;

ELECTRONIC DEVICE; GAS SENSOR TECHNOLOGY; HARSH ENVIRONMENT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; ON-CHIP TEMPERATURE; STATE OF THE ART; TRANSISTOR OPERATION; WIDE BAND GAP;

WIDE BAND GAP SEMICONDUCTORS;

EID: 45749137171     PISSN: 19385862     EISSN: 19386737     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1149/1.2783879     Document Type: Conference Paper

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