On a future for power electronics

IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 59-72

  Van Wyk, Jacobus Daniel ^a   Lee, Fred C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^b State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Future of power electronics

Indexed keywords

CHIP SCALE PACKAGES; LIFE CYCLE; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; POWER CONVERTERS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE;

CONVERTER CIRCUITS; CONVERTER CONTROLS; ELECTRONIC ENERGIES; ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES; HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT; POSSIBLE FUTURES; POWER LEVELS; SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY;

POWER ELECTRONICS;

EID: 84893107104     PISSN: 21686777     EISSN: 21686785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JESTPE.2013.2271499     Document Type: Article

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