Active gate driver for crosstalk suppression of SiC devices in a phase-leg configuration

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1986-1997

  Zhang, Zheyu ^a   Wang, Fred ^a   Tolbert, Leon M ^a   Blalock, Benjamin J ^a  

^a University of Tennessee   (United States)

Author keywords

Active gate driver; crosstalk; phase leg configuration; silicon carbide (SiC) device

Indexed keywords

COST-EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS; CROSSTALK ELIMINATION; CROSSTALK SUPPRESSION; GATE DRIVERS; ISOLATED POWER SUPPLIES; PHASE-LEG CONFIGURATION; SILICON CARBIDES (SIC); SWITCHING BEHAVIORS;

CROSSTALK; ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; SILICON CARBIDE; SWITCHING; THRESHOLD VOLTAGE;

MOSFET DEVICES;

EID: 84886669053     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2013.2268058     Document Type: Article

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