Evaluation and application of 600V GaN HEMT in cascode structure

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

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1279-1286

  Huang, Xiucheng ^a   Liu, Zhengyang ^a   Li, Qiang ^a   Lee, Fred C ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUCK CONVERTERS; CASCODE STRUCTURE; DEPLETION MODES; FIGURE OF MERITS; HIGH FREQUENCY OPERATION; HIGH-FREQUENCY APPLICATIONS; PARASITIC INDUCTORS; PERFORMANCE BASED;

GALLIUM NITRIDE; MOSFET DEVICES; POWER ELECTRONICS; SILICON; SOFT SWITCHING; VOLTAGE REGULATORS;

HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTORS;

EID: 84879345743     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/APEC.2013.6520464     Document Type: Conference Paper

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