Precision gate drive timing in a zero-voltage-switching DC-DC converter

IEEE International Symposium on Power Semiconductor Devices and ICs (ISPSD)

Volumn 16, Issue , 2004, Pages 55-58

  Trescases, Olivier ^a   Ng, Wai Tung ^c   Chen, Shuo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TEXAS INSTRUMENTS   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC LOADS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; GATES (TRANSISTOR); MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; SIGNAL INTERFERENCE; SWITCHING;

COMPONENT MINIATURIZATION; DC-DC CONVERTERS; GATE DRIVE; PASSIVE COMPONENTS;

ELECTRIC CONVERTERS;

EID: 4944227676     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/wct.2004.239750     Document Type: Conference Paper

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