Silicon carbide power-device products - Status and upcoming challenges with a special attention to traditional, nonmilitary industrial applications

Physica Status Solidi (B) Basic Research

Volumn 245, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1232-1238

  Friedrichs, P ^a  

^a SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

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EID: 55449112727     PISSN: 03701972     EISSN: 15213951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pssb.200743478     Document Type: Review

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