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Between 5 and 10% of the world's electricity is wasted as dissipated heat in the power electronic circuits needed, for example, in computer power supplies, ... ViewItem  DSpace@MITHome MITOpenAccessArticles MITOpenAccessArticles ViewItem DSpace@MITHome MITOpenAccessArticles MITOpenAccessArticles ViewItem JavaScriptisdisabledforyourbrowser.Somefeaturesofthissitemaynotworkwithoutit. Togglenavigation GaNpowerelectronics Author(s) Lu,Bin; Piedra,Daniel; Palacios,Tomas DownloadPalacios_GaNpowerelectronics.pdf(252.7Kb) PUBLISHER_POLICY PublisherPolicy Articleismadeavailableinaccordancewiththepublisher'spolicyandmaybesubjecttoUScopyrightlaw.Pleaserefertothepublisher'ssitefortermsofuse. Termsofuse Articleismadeavailableinaccordancewiththepublisher'spolicyandmaybesubjecttoUScopyrightlaw.Pleaserefertothepublisher'ssitefortermsofuse. Metadata Showfullitemrecord Abstract Between5and10%oftheworld'selectricityiswastedasdissipatedheatinthepowerelectroniccircuitsneeded,forexample,incomputerpowersupplies,motordrivesorthepowerinvertersofphotovoltaicsystems.ThispaperdescribeshowtheuniquepropertiesofGaNenablesanewgenerationofpowertransistorshasthepotentialtoreducebyatleastanorderofmagnitudethecost,volumeandlossesofpowerelectronicsystems.Wewilldescribethreekeytechnologies:Schottkydraincontactsandsubstrateremovaltoincreasethebreakdownvoltage,andadual-gatedevicewithsuperiorenhancement-modecharacteristics. Dateissued2010-12 URI http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/72948 Department MassachusettsInstituteofTechnology.DepartmentofElectricalEngineeringandComputerScience Journal Proceedingsofthe8thInternationalConferenceonAdvancedSemiconductorDevices&Microsystems(ASDAM),2010 Publisher InstituteofElectricalandElectronicsEngineers(IEEE) Citation Lu,Bin,DanielPiedra,andTomasPalacios.“GaNPowerElectronics.”8thInternationalConferenceonAdvancedSemiconductorDevices&Microsystems(ASDAM),2010.105–110.©Copyright2010IEEE Version:Finalpublishedversion ISBN 978-1-4244-8574-1 Collections MITOpenAccessArticles ShowStatisticalInformation SearchDSpace ThisCollection Browse AllofDSpaceCommunities&CollectionsByIssueDateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsThisCollectionByIssueDateAuthorsTitlesSubjects MyAccount Login Statistics OAStatisticsStatisticsbyCountryStatisticsbyDepartment