Optically activated gate control for power electronics

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2863-2886

  Mazumder, Sudip K ^a   Sarkar, Tirthajyoti ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Fairchild Semiconductor   (India)

Author keywords

Active gate control (AGC); converter perfor mance parameters; delay; efficiency; electromagnetic (EM) noise; laser; optically activated gate control (OAGC); optically triggered power trasistor (OTPT); power electronics; power semiconductor device (PSD); stress; switching dynamics; switching loss

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE GATE CONTROL; CONVERTER-PERFOR-MANCE PARAMETERS; DELAY; ELECTROMAGNETIC (EM) NOISE; GATE CONTROL; OPTICALLY TRIGGERED POWER TRASISTOR (OTPT); POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; SWITCHING DYNAMICS; SWITCHING LOSS;

DYNAMICS; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC EXCITATION; ELECTROMAGNETISM; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; GALLIUM ARSENIDE; LASERS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM; STRESSES; SWITCHING;

POWER ELECTRONICS;

EID: 80053633679     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2009.2034856     Document Type: Article

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