Power Electronics Devices (and Components)

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Lecture slides (click on preview picture)

The covered topics are:

• An initial overview of power electronics devices and components
• Fundamental semiconductor physics
• pn junctions
• Introduction to power semiconductors- P-i-N diodes, Schottky, and BJTs
• Conventional power semiconductors- Thyristors, MPSFETs, and BJTs
• Next generation power semiconductors- Wide bandgap devices and gate drive networks
• Passive components- capacitors, inductors, and passive filters
• Way forward in power semiconductors- packaging, thermal, reliability and faults.

Citation

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@misc{Sah_PEDC_2025,
    author = {Sah, Bikash},
    title = {{Power Electronics Devices (and Components)}},
    url = {https://github.com/IAS-Uni-Siegen/EMD_course},
    year = {2025}
}