High frequency high power density 3D integrated Gallium Nitride based point of load module

2012 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 4267-4273

  Ji, Shu ^a   Reusch, David ^a   Lee, Fred C ^a  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; CONVERTER DESIGN; DEADTIME; DEPLETION MODES; ENHANCEMENT MODES; GATE DRIVING; HIGH FREQUENCY; HIGH POWER DENSITY; INDUSTRY PRODUCTS; LOW-TEMPERATURE CO-FIRED CERAMICS; MAGNETIC SUBSTRATE; OPERATION FREQUENCY; PARASITICS; POINT OF LOADS; POWER DENSITIES; THREE DIMENSIONS;

ENERGY CONVERSION; EXHIBITIONS; MICROELECTRONICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

GALLIUM NITRIDE;

EID: 84870955780     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ECCE.2012.6342242     Document Type: Conference Paper

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