Fundamentals of Power Semiconductor Devices

• Main Author: Baliga, B. Jayant (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2008.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Energy.; Solid state physics.; Electric power production.; Spectroscopy.; Microscopy.; Electronics.; Microelectronics.; Electronic circuits.; Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation.; Energy Technology.; Circuits and Systems.; Solid State Physics.; Spectroscopy and Microscopy.; Energy, general.

Fundamentals of Power Semiconductor Devices provides an in-depth treatment of the physics of operation of power semiconductor devices that are commonly used by the power electronics industry. Analytical models for explaining the operation of all power semiconductor devices are developed. The treatme...

Table of Contents:

• Material Properties and Transport Physics
• Breakdown Voltage
• Schottky Rectifiers
• P-i-N Rectifiers
• Power MOSFETs
• Bipolar Junction Transistors
• Thyristors
• Thyristors
• Synopsis.