• DocumentCode
    2369281
  • Title

    AlGaN/GaN transistors for power electronics

  • Author

    Mishra, Umesh K.

  • Author_Institution
    ECE Dept., Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    6-8 Dec. 2010
  • Abstract
    The focus of GaN based devices has expanded beyond LEDs and lasers to the large market of power electronics where the materials properties of high electron mobility, high breakdown field and good thermal conductivity make it attractive in ultra-high efficiency applications ranging from power supplies, PV inverters to motor drives.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; electric breakdown; electron mobility; gallium compounds; high electron mobility transistors; power electronics; power transistors; thermal conductivity; wide band gap semiconductors; AlGaN-GaN; HEMT; LED; breakdown field; electron mobility; lasers; motor drives; power electronics; power supply; power transistors; thermal conductivity; AlGaN/GaN; CAVET; HEMT; power electronics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), 2010 IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA
  • ISSN
    0163-1918
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4424-7418-5
  • Electronic_ISBN
    0163-1918
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IEDM.2010.5703353
  • Filename
    5703353