Advanced High Voltage Power Device Concepts

Download or read book Advanced High Voltage Power Device Concepts written by B. Jayant Baliga and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-09-21 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.