Performance comparison of a GaN GIT and a Si IGBT for high-speed drive applications

2014 International Power Electronics Conference, IPEC-Hiroshima - ECCE Asia 2014

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 1904-1911

  Tuysuz, Arda ^a   Bosshard, Roman ^a   Kolar, Johann W ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

GaN; loss measurements; motor drives; switching loss

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; ELECTRIC DRIVES; ELECTRIC LOSSES; INDUCTIVE POWER TRANSMISSION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POWER ELECTRONICS; SILICON;

CONTACTLESS POWER TRANSFER; GAN; LOSS MEASUREMENT; MOTOR DRIVE; POWER LOSS MEASUREMENT; SWITCHING CHARACTERISTICS; SWITCHING LOSS; SYNCHRONOUS BUCK CONVERTER;

GALLIUM NITRIDE;

EID: 84906708736     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IPEC.2014.6869845     Document Type: Conference Paper

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