• DocumentCode
    884303
  • Title

    Techniques for reducing the peak power of a switching transistor with p-i-n diode load

  • Author

    Georgopoulos, Chris J.

  • Volume
    12
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1977
  • fDate
    10/1/1977 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    537
  • Lastpage
    540
  • Abstract
    Describes techniques for reducing the peak power of switching transistor that reverse biases a p-i-n diode load. Particular emphasis is placed on a parallel combination of a Zener diode and an inductor and it is shown that, for an experimental p-i-n driver, the peak power is reduced from 252 to 90 W.
  • Keywords
    Bipolar transistors; Semiconductor diodes; Semiconductor switches; bipolar transistors; semiconductor diodes; semiconductor switches; Clamps; Impedance; Inductors; P-i-n diodes; Resistors; Stress; Switching circuits; Virtual manufacturing; Virtual reality; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Solid-State Circuits, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9200
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JSSC.1977.1050951
  • Filename
    1050951