A Closed-Loop Current Source Gate Driver With Active Gate Current Control for Dynamic Voltage Balancing in Series-Connected GaN HEMTs
- Award ID(s):
- 1847693
- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10306216
- Publisher / Repository:
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- IEEE Open Journal of Power Electronics
- Volume:
- 2
- ISSN:
- 2644-1314
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- p. 463-482
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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