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Highly-Integrated 1200 V GaN-Based Monolithic Bidirectional Switch

Basler et al., 2025

Document ID
9890162179279739100
Author
Basler M
Reiner R
Grieshaber D
Benkhelifa F
Mueller S
Moench S
Publication year
Publication venue
PCIM Conference 2025; International Exhibition and Conference for Power Electronics, Intelligent Motion, Renewable Energy and Energy Management

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This work presents a highly-integrated GaN-based monolithic bidirectional switch (MBDS) with blocking voltage beyond 1200 V. A novel device structure for MBDS with intrinsically integrated free-wheeling diodes is introduced to improve the single-gate self-control …
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