Advanced High Voltage Power Device Concepts

The devices described in "Advanced MOS-Gated Thyristor Concepts" are utilized in microelectronics production equipment, in power transmission equipment, and for very high power motor control in electric trains, steel-mills, etc. Advanced concepts that enable improving the performance of power thyristors are discussed here, along with devices with blocking voltage capabilities of 5,000-V, 10,000-V and 15,000-V. Throughout the book, analytical models are generated to allow a simple analysis of the structures and to obtain insight into the underlying physics. The results of two-dimensional simulations are provided to corroborate the analytical models and give greater insight into the device operation.

List of contents

1 Introduction.- 2 Silicon Thyristors.- 3 Silicon Carbide Thyristors.- 4 Silicon GTO.- 5 Silicon IGBT.- 6 SiC Planar MOSFET Structures.- 7 Silicon Carbide IGBT.- 8 Silicon MCT.- 9 Silicon BRT.- 10 Silicon EST.- 11 Synopsis.

Summary

The devices described in “Advanced MOS-Gated Thyristor Concepts” are utilized in microelectronics production equipment, in power transmission equipment, and for very high power motor control in electric trains, steel-mills, etc. Advanced concepts that enable improving the performance of power thyristors are discussed here, along with devices with blocking voltage capabilities of 5,000-V, 10,000-V and 15,000-V. Throughout the book, analytical models are generated to allow a simple analysis of the structures and to obtain insight into the underlying physics. The results of two-dimensional simulations are provided to corroborate the analytical models and give greater insight into the device operation.

Product details

• Authors: B Jayant Baliga, B. J. Baliga, B. Jayant Baliga
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2014
• EAN: 9781493901326
• ISBN: 978-1-4939-0132-6
• No. of pages: 568
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 237 mm x 32 mm
• Weight: 884 g
• Illustrations: XVI, 568 p.
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Electronics, electrical engineering, communications engineering; B, engineering, Solid State Physics, Circuits and Systems, Electronics, Microelectronics, Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation, Electronic Devices, Spectrum analysis, spectrochemistry, mass spectrometry, Power electronics, Electrical Power Engineering, Power Electronics, Electrical Machines and Networks, Electronics engineering, Electronic circuits, Electronic Circuits and Systems, Electronics: circuits & components