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Professorship of Power Electronics
Professorship of Power Electronics
Professorship of Power Electronics 

Power semiconductor devices

Understanding of semiconductor physics in power electronics and specifics of different devices.

 
Status Mandatory course
Weekly hours
(V/Ü/P/S)
Wintersemester
3/1/0/0
Advisors Lecture: Prof. Lutz, Prof. Basler
Exercise: M.Sc. James Abuogo
Examination Ends with subject examination
 
Outline Agenda Advisors
1 Introduction Prof. Josef Lutz

Prof. Thomas Basler
2 Basic semiconductor Physics
2.1 Semiconductor properties
2.2 pn-junctions
2.3 Introduction to power device technology
3 Semiconductor devices
3.1 PIN diodes
3.2 Schottky-diodes
3.3 Bipolar transistors
3.4 Thyristors
3.5 MOS transistors
3.6 IGBTs
4 Short introduction to packaging technologies
 
Also consider the general literature recommandation in preparation of the course.
 
Schröder D: Leistungselektronische Bauelemente, 2. Auflage Springer Verlag 2006, ISBN: 3540287280
Linder S: Power Semiconductors, 1st edition Crc Press Llc, June 2006, ISBN: 0824725697
V. Benda, J. Gowar, A. Grant: Power Semiconductor Devices John Wiley & Sons; 1999, ISBN 0 471 97644 X