The efficient deployment of silicon super-junction MOSFETs as synchronous rectifiers

7th IET International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives, PEMD 2014

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages

  Anthony, P ^a   McNeill, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

High efficiency; Inverter; MOSFETs; Synchronous rectification (SR)

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; MOSFET DEVICES; POWER ELECTRONICS;

ANTI-PARALLEL DIODES; AUXILIARY CIRCUITS; CAPACITANCE CHARACTERISTICS; INVERTER; MOSFETS; ON-STATE RESISTANCE; SYNCHRONOUS RECTIFICATION; SYNCHRONOUS RECTIFIER;

ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS;

EID: 84907384934     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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