GaN as a displacement technology for silicon in power management

IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition: Energy Conversion Innovation for a Clean Energy Future, ECCE 2011, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1-6

  Lidow, Alex ^a  

^a Efficient Power Conversion Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAILY LIVES; ELECTRICAL POWER; POWER MANAGEMENTS; POWER MOSFET; THEORETICAL BOUNDS;

ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; ENERGY CONVERSION; GALLIUM NITRIDE; INNOVATION; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS;

MOSFET DEVICES;

EID: 81855168336     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ECCE.2011.6063741     Document Type: Conference Paper

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