Evaluation of Si and SiC SGTOs for high-action Army applications

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 402-406

  O'Brien, Heather ^a   Shaheen, William ^b   Chiscop, Valentin ^b   Scozzie, Charles J ^a   Koebke, M Gail ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Berkeley Research Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Power semiconductor switches; Pulse shaping circuits; Thyristors

Indexed keywords

PULSE SHAPING CIRCUITS; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; SILICON CARBIDE; THYRISTORS; WIDE BAND GAP SEMICONDUCTORS;

ARMY APPLICATIONS; CURRENT PULSE; HIGH-POWER PULSE; PARALLEL DEVICES; PEAK CURRENTS; POWER SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCHES; PULSE SWITCHING; TURN-OFF SIGNALS;

PULSE SHAPING;

EID: 57849136961     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2008.2008549     Document Type: Article

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