High voltage high current semiconductor devices and its new application-future power electronics possibilities for social infrastructure

Author

Ohashi, Hiromichi

Author_Institution

Nat. Inst. of Adv. Ind. Sci. & Technol., Tsukuba, Japan

fYear

2011

fDate

23-27 Oct. 2011

Firstpage

408

Lastpage

411

Abstract

Effective and efficient use of electrical power will become more important for coming highly electrified society. In the highly electrified society, power electronics will become essential means for processing electrical power effectively. Power semiconductor devices (power devices) are key components of power electronics as one of typical switching technologies in electrical engineering. Power device history and future advanced power devices are discussed focusing on high voltage and high current power devices.

Keywords

electrical engineering; history; power semiconductor devices; switching convertors; electrical engineering; electrical power; high voltage high current semiconductor devices; power device history; power electronics; power semiconductor devices; social infrastructure; switching technologies; Diamond-like carbon; HVDC transmission; Insulated gate bipolar transistors; Next generation networking; Silicon; Silicon carbide; Electrified society; Power device; Power electronics; Wide band-gap semiconductor;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electric Power Equipment - Switching Technology (ICEPE-ST), 2011 1st International Conference on

Conference_Location

Xi´an

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1273-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICEPE-ST.2011.6123019

Filename

6123019