Very High Frequency PWM Buck Converters Using Monolithic GaN Half-Bridge Power Stages With Integrated Gate Drivers

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 7926-7942

  Zhang, Yuanzhe ^a   Rodríguez, Miguel ^a   Maksimović, Dragan ^a  

^a University of Colorado   (United States)

Author keywords

Circuit optimization; gallium nitride power devices; GaN integrated circuits; modeling; monolithic power converters; switched mode power converters; VHF amplifiers

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC INVERTERS; GALLIUM NITRIDE; INTEGRATION; MICROCRYSTALLINE SILICON; MODELS; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; POWER CONVERTERS; RECONFIGURABLE HARDWARE; SILICON CARBIDE;

CIRCUIT OPTIMIZATION; DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATIONS; GATE DRIVER CIRCUIT; POWER DEVICES; PULSE-WIDTH-MODULATED; SWITCHED MODE POWER CONVERTER; SYNCHRONOUS BUCK CONVERTER; VERY HIGH FREQUENCY;

DC-DC CONVERTERS;

EID: 84977070629     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2015.2513058     Document Type: Article

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