The MAJIC-FET - A high speed power switch with low on-resistance
Abstract
A new device, called the MAJIC-FET, has been developed for high power switching applications that exhibits a low on-resistance during current conduction in order to minimize the steady-state conduction losses, and high speed turn-off to minimize the switching losses. The semiconductor device operates at high current densities during forward conduction, and the chip size can be minimized for any given current handling capacity. In this device, the injection of minority carriers from the gate junction controls its admittance.
- Publication:
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IEEE Electron Device Letters
- Pub Date:
- July 1982
- DOI:
- 10.1109/EDL.1982.25533
- Bibcode:
- 1982IEDL....3..189B
- Keywords:
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- Carrier Injection;
- High Current;
- Power Conditioning;
- Switching Circuits;
- Time Response;
- Electric Switches;
- Electrical Impedance;
- Electronic Control;
- Energy Dissipation;
- Field Effect Transistors;
- Minority Carriers;
- Off-On Control;
- Semiconductor Devices;
- Steady State;
- Transistor Circuits;
- Electronics and Electrical Engineering