Semiconductor Power Devices

Power Semiconductor Devices - Key Components for Efficient Electrical Energy Conversion Systems.- Semiconductor Properties.- pn - Junctions.- Short introduction to power device technology.- pin-Diodes.- Schottky Diodes.- Bipolar Transistors.- Thyristors.- MOS Transistors.- IGBTs.- Packaging and Reliability of Power Devices.- Destructive Mechanisms in Power Devices.- Power Device Induced Oscillations and Electromagnetic Disturbances.- Power Electronic Systems.- Appendix.- Index.

Josef Lutz joined Semikron in Nuremberg, Germany, in 1983. First he worked in the development of GTO thyristors, then in the field of fast recovery diodes. He introduced the Controlled Axial Lifetime (CAL) diode, is holder of several patents regarding fast diodes, and has published more than 100 papers and conference contributions. In 1999 he received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering at the University of Ilmenau, Germany. Since August 2001 he is Professor for Power Electronics and Electromagnetic Compatibility at the Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany. He is member of the board of directors of the ZfM, of the International Steering Committee of the EPE, advisory board of the PCIM, of the program committee of the ISPS and CIPS. In 2005 he was awarded the rank of an honourable professor at the North Caucasus State Technical University in Stavropol. Uwe Scheuermann joined Semikron in Nuremberg, Germany, after completing his Ph.D. in semiconductor physics in 1990. After spending5 years with the development of diode and thyristor chips, he changed his focus to the development of power modules. He has been involved in the development of the advanced power module families without base plates and the implementation of new packaging concepts like spring contacts. He has published more than 30 papers and holds several patents in the field of packaging technology. Today, he is at Semikron responsible for the reliability of components. He is a member of the board of directors of the PCIM Europe and of the program committee of the CIPS. Since 2006 he is engaged as an external lecturer at the Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen. Rik De Doncker received his degree of Doctor in Electrical Engineering from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium in 1986. During 1987 he was appointed Visiting Associate Professor at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. In 1988, he was employed as a General Electric Company fellow at the microelectronic center IMEC, Leuven,