• DocumentCode
    1114295
  • Title

    High-Power Asymmetrical Thyristors

  • Author

    Chu, C.K. ; Spisak, Paul B. ; Walczak, D.A.

  • Author_Institution
    Powerex, Inc., Hillis Street, Youngwood, PA 15697, USA.
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1987
  • fDate
    4/1/1987 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    98
  • Lastpage
    100
  • Abstract
    The power loss of fast-speed thyristors is relatively high, especially for higher blocking voltage devices. High-power asymmetrical thyristors will reduce the power loss up to 40 percent. The newly developed high-power asymmetrical thyristors and their trade-offs are discussed.
  • Keywords
    Buffer layers; Cathodes; Conductivity; Electrons; Impurities; Leakage current; Silicon; Testing; Thyristors; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Power Electronics, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0885-8993
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TPEL.1987.4766343
  • Filename
    4766343
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1114295