Discrete and Integrated Power Semiconductor Devices

Discrete and Integrated Power Semiconductor Devices
Author: Vítezslav Benda
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 438
Release: 1999-01-26
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9780471976448

Dieses Buch beschreibt in leicht verständlicher Weise Aufbau, Funktion, Eigenschaften und Anwendungsmöglichkeiten wichtiger Halbleiter-Bauelemente - von Leistungsdioden über Thyristoren und MOSFETs bis hin zu integrierten Systemen. Die Autoren verzichten dabei auf komplizierte Mathematik; sie stützen sich vielmehr auf grundlegende physikalische Modelle. (11/98)

Semiconductor Devices

Semiconductor Devices
Author: James Fiore
Publisher:
Total Pages: 407
Release: 2017-05-11
Genre:
ISBN: 9781796543537

Across 15 chapters, Semiconductor Devices covers the theory and application of discrete semiconductor devices including various types of diodes, bipolar junction transistors, JFETs, MOSFETs and IGBTs. Applications include rectifying, clipping, clamping, switching, small signal amplifiers and followers, and class A, B and D power amplifiers. Focusing on practical aspects of analysis and design, interpretations of device data sheets are integrated throughout the chapters. Computer simulations of circuit responses are included as well. Each chapter features a set of learning objectives, numerous sample problems, and a variety of exercises designed to hone and test circuit design and analysis skills. A companion laboratory manual is available. This is the print version of the on-line OER.

Electronic Devices and Circuits

Electronic Devices and Circuits
Author: Denton J. Dailey
Publisher:
Total Pages: 842
Release: 2001
Genre: Analog electronic systems
ISBN:

This new text by Denton J. Dailey covers both discrete and integrated components. Among the many features that students will find helpful in understanding the material are the following: Concept icons in the margins signify that topical coverage relates to other fields and areas of electronics, such as communications, microprocessors, and digital electronics. These icons help the reader to answer the question, "Why is it important for me to learn this?" Key terms presented in each chapter are defined in the margins to reinforce students' understanding. Chapter objectives introduce each chapter and provide students with a roadmap of topics to be covered.

Wide Bandgap Semiconductor Power Devices

Wide Bandgap Semiconductor Power Devices
Author: B. Jayant Baliga
Publisher: Woodhead Publishing
Total Pages: 420
Release: 2018-10-17
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0081023073

Wide Bandgap Semiconductor Power Devices: Materials, Physics, Design and Applications provides readers with a single resource on why these devices are superior to existing silicon devices. The book lays the groundwork for an understanding of an array of applications and anticipated benefits in energy savings. Authored by the Founder of the Power Semiconductor Research Center at North Carolina State University (and creator of the IGBT device), Dr. B. Jayant Baliga is one of the highest regarded experts in the field. He thus leads this team who comprehensively review the materials, device physics, design considerations and relevant applications discussed. - Comprehensively covers power electronic devices, including materials (both gallium nitride and silicon carbide), physics, design considerations, and the most promising applications - Addresses the key challenges towards the realization of wide bandgap power electronic devices, including materials defects, performance and reliability - Provides the benefits of wide bandgap semiconductors, including opportunities for cost reduction and social impact

Power Electronics Semiconductor Devices

Power Electronics Semiconductor Devices
Author: Robert Perret
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 381
Release: 2013-03-01
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1118623207

This book relates the recent developments in several key electrical engineering R&D labs, concentrating on power electronics switches and their use. The first sections deal with key power electronics technologies, MOSFETs and IGBTs, including series and parallel associations. The next section examines silicon carbide and its potentiality for power electronics applications and its present limitations. Then, a dedicated section presents the capacitors, key passive components in power electronics, followed by a modeling method allowing the stray inductances computation, necessary for the precise simulation of switching waveforms. Thermal behavior associated with power switches follows, and the last part proposes some interesting prospectives associated to Power Electronics integration.

Control of Series-Parallel Conversion Systems

Control of Series-Parallel Conversion Systems
Author: Xinbo Ruan
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2018-12-11
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9811327602

Series-parallel conversion systems, in which multiple standardized converter modules are connected in series or parallel at the input and output sides, to meet the demands of various applications. This book focuses on the control strategies for the series-parallel conversion systems with DC-DC converters and DC-AC inverters as the basic modules, respectively, to achieve input voltage/current sharing and output voltage/current sharing among the constituent modules. The detailed theoretical analysis with design examples and experimental validations are presented. This book is essential and valuable reference for graduate students and academics majoring in power electronics and engineers engaged in developing DC-DC converters, DC-AC inverters and power electronics transformers.

Power Electronic Packaging

Power Electronic Packaging
Author: Yong Liu
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 606
Release: 2012-02-15
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1461410533

Power Electronic Packaging presents an in-depth overview of power electronic packaging design, assembly,reliability and modeling. Since there is a drastic difference between IC fabrication and power electronic packaging, the book systematically introduces typical power electronic packaging design, assembly, reliability and failure analysis and material selection so readers can clearly understand each task's unique characteristics. Power electronic packaging is one of the fastest growing segments in the power electronic industry, due to the rapid growth of power integrated circuit (IC) fabrication, especially for applications like portable, consumer, home, computing and automotive electronics. This book also covers how advances in both semiconductor content and power advanced package design have helped cause advances in power device capability in recent years. The author extrapolates the most recent trends in the book's areas of focus to highlight where further improvement in materials and techniques can drive continued advancements, particularly in thermal management, usability, efficiency, reliability and overall cost of power semiconductor solutions.

Physical Limitations of Semiconductor Devices

Physical Limitations of Semiconductor Devices
Author: Vladislav A. Vashchenko
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2008-03-22
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0387745149

Providing an important link between the theoretical knowledge in the field of non-linier physics and practical application problems in microelectronics, the purpose of the book is popularization of the physical approach for reliability assurance. Another unique aspect of the book is the coverage given to the role of local structural defects, their mathematical description, and their impact on the reliability of the semiconductor devices.

Analog and Switching Circuit Design

Analog and Switching Circuit Design
Author: J. Watson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 677
Release: 1989
Genre: Integrated circuits
ISBN: 9780471551324

This introduction to basic circuit design reviews a variety of semiconductor devices, integrated structures, analog circuits, and low-power switching circuits. It describes the electrical characteristics and applications of semiconductor devices, covering amplifier stages, biasing, difference stages, noise, integrated circuits, frequency-dependent circuits, discrete and field-effect devices, switching devices, semiconductor transducers, and power supplies. Analog-to-digital and digital- to-analog convertors are also considered and closing chapters introduce the concept of computer-aided design and describe how application-specific integrated circuits may be designed and produced. Questions and numerical problems are also included.

Modern Power Devices

Modern Power Devices
Author: B. Jayant Baliga
Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
Total Pages: 504
Release: 1987-03-10
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN:

Written in a tutorial form, the text supplies in-depth the physics, design, and fabrication technology for power devices. Each chapter includes a discussion of the basic concepts of device operation and their electrical characteristics, a detailed analysis of the device physics, and the technology of fabrication. Extensive analytical solutions are used to enable the reader to obtain an understanding of the physics.