On the use of front-end cascode rectifiers based on normally on sic JFET and si MOSFET

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 2418-2427

  Vazquez, Aitor ^a   Rodriguez, Alberto ^a   Fernandez, Marcos ^a   Hernando, Marta M ^a   Maset, Enrique ^b   Sebastian, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

AC DC converters; front end rectifier; Schottky diodes; self synchronous rectifier (SSR); SiC JFET

Indexed keywords

AC-DC CONVERTERS; FRONT-END RECTIFIER; SCHOTTKY DIODES; SELF-SYNCHRONOUS RECTIFIER (SSR); SIC JFET;

MOSFET DEVICES; POWER CONVERTERS; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; SILICON; SILICON CARBIDE;

ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS;

EID: 84893043681     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2013.2273274     Document Type: Article

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