Monolithic bidirectional switches promise superior characteristics

PESC Record - IEEE Annual Power Electronics Specialists Conference

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages 2977-2982

  Sittig, R ^a   Krysiak, A ^a   Chmielus, St ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIPOLAR POWER DEVICES; MONOLITHIC BIDIRECTIONAL SWITCHES (MBS); VOLTAGE DROP;

BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; DIODES; ELECTRIC INVERTERS; ELECTRIC LOSSES; POWER ELECTRONICS; VOLTAGE CONTROL;

ELECTRIC SWITCHES;

EID: 8744233093     PISSN: 02759306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PESC.2004.1355308     Document Type: Conference Paper

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