On understanding and driving SiC power JFETs

Conference Proceedings - IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition - APEC

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1071-1075

  Abuishmais, Ibrahim ^a   Basu, Supratim ^b   Undeland, Tore M ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b Bose Research Pvt Ltd   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL AVAILABILITY; DESIGN STRATEGIES; GATE DRIVES; HIGH-VOLTAGE RATINGS; SWITCHING CHARACTERISTICS; SWITCHING LOSS;

HIGH TEMPERATURE OPERATIONS; SILICON CARBIDE;

POWER ELECTRONICS;

EID: 79955780258     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/APEC.2011.5744727     Document Type: Conference Paper

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