Title

Evaluation of gate drive circuit effect in cascode GaN-based applications

Journal title

Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences Technical Sciences

Yearbook

2021

Volume

69

Issue

2

Affiliation

Tan, Q.Y. : Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, The University of Sheffield, S1 3JD, UK ; Narayanan, E.M.S. : Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, The University of Sheffield, S1 3JD, UK

Authors

Tan, Q.Y. ; Narayanan, E.M.S.

Keywords

cascode GaNFETs ; parasitics ; buck-converter ; gate drive design

Divisions of PAS

Nauki Techniczne

Coverage

e136742

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Date

16.03.2021

Type

Article

Identifier

DOI: 10.24425/bpasts.2021.136742

Source

Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences: Technical Sciences; 2021; 69; 2; e136742